The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children published that year.
Year Author Book
* 1938: Dorothy P. Lathrop Animals of the Bible
* 1939: Thomas Handforth Mei Li
* 1940: Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Abraham Lincoln
* 1941: Robert Lawson,
They Were Strong and Good
* 1942: Robert McCloskey,
Make Way for Ducklings
* 1943: Virginia Lee Burton,
The Little House
* 1944: Louis Slobodkin,
Many Moons
* 1945: Elizabeth Orton Jones,
Prayer for a Child
* 1946: Maud and Miska Petersham,
The Rooster Crows
* 1947: Leonard Weisgard,
The Little Island
* 1948: Roger Duvoisin,
White Snow, Bright Snow
* 1949: Berta and Elmer Hader,
The Big Snow
* 1950: Leo Politi,
Song of the Swallows
* 1951: Katherine Milhous,
The Egg Tree
* 1952: Nicholas Mordvinoff,
Finders Keepers
* 1953: Lynd Ward,
The Biggest Bear
* 1954: Ludwig Bemelmans,
Madeline's Rescue
* 1955: Marcia Brown,
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
* 1956: Feodor Rojankovsky,
Frog Went A-Courtin'
* 1957: Marc Simont,
A Tree is Nice
* 1958: Robert McCloskey,
Time of Wonder
* 1959: Barbara Cooney,
Chanticleer and the Fox
* 1960: Marie Hall Ets,
Nine Days to Christmas
* 1961: Nicolas Sidjakov,
Baboushka and the Three Kings
* 1962: Marcia Brown,
Once a Mouse
* 1963: Ezra Jack Keats,
The Snowy Day
* 1964: Maurice Sendak,
Where the Wild Things Are
* 1965: Beni Montresor,
May I Bring a Friend?
* 1966: Nonny Hogrogian,
Always Room for One More
* 1967: Evaline Ness,
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
* 1968: Ed Emberley,
Drummer Hoff
* 1969: Uri Shulevitz,
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
* 1970: William Steig,
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
* 1971: Gail E. Haley,
A Story a Story
* 1972: Nonny Hogrogian,
One Fine Day
* 1973: Blair Lent,
The Funny Little Woman
* 1974: Margot Zemach,
Duffy and the Devil
* 1975: Gerald McDermott,
Arrow to the Sun
* 1976: Leo and Diane Dillon,
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
* 1977: Leo and Diane Dillon,
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
* 1978: Peter Spier,
Noah's Ark
* 1979: Paul Goble,
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
* 1980: Barbara Cooney,
Ox-Cart Man
* 1981: Arnold Lobel,
Fables
* 1982: Chris Van Allsburg,
Jumanji
* 1983: Marcia Brown,
Shadow
* 1984: Alice and Martin Provensen,
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
* 1985: Trina Schart Hyman,
Saint George and the Dragon
* 1986: Chris Van Allsburg,
The Polar Express
* 1987: Richard Egielski,
Hey, Al
* 1988: John Schoenherr,
Owl Moon
* 1989: Stephen Gammell,
Song and Dance Man
* 1990: Ed Young,
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
* 1991: David Macaulay,
Black and White
* 1992: David Wiesner,
Tuesday
* 1993: Emily Arnold McCully,
Mirette on the High Wire
* 1994: Allen Say,
Grandfather's Journey
* 1995: David Diaz,
Smoky Night
* 1996: Peggy Rathmann,
Officer Buckle and Gloria
* 1997: David Wisniewski,
Golem
* 1998: Paul O. Zelinsky,
Rapunzel
* 1999: Mary Azarian,
Snowflake Bentley
* 2000: Simms Taback,
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
* 2001: David Small,
So You Want to Be President?
* 2002: David Wiesner,
The Three Pigs
* 2003: Eric Rohmann,
My Friend Rabbit
* 2004: Mordicai Gerstein,
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
* 2005: Kevin Henkes,
Kitten's First Full Moon
* 2006: Chris Raschka,
The Hello, Goodbye Window
* 2007: David Wiesner,
Flotsam
* 2008 Brian Selznick
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
*2009 Susan Marie Swanson
The House in the Night
*2010 Jerry Pinkney
The Lion and the Mouse
*2011 Philip C. Stead
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
*2012 Chris Raschka A Ball for Daisy *2013 John Klassen
This is Not My Hat
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