Named in honor of 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, The Caldecott Medal recognizes the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Awarded annually by The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of The American Library Association (www.ala.org), The Caldecott Medal has been acknowledging the best illustrators of children’s books in the United States since its inception in 1937.

2005 Kitten’s First Full Moon, Kevin Henkes
2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Mordecai Gerstein
2003 My Friend Rabbit, Eric Rohmann
2002 The Three Little Pigs, David Wiesner
2001 So You Want to Be President?, David Small
2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Simms Taback
1999 Snowflake Bentley, Mary Azarian
1998 Rapunzel, Paul O. Zelinsky
1997 Golem, David Wisniewski
1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathmann
1995 Smoky Night, David Diaz
1994 Grandfather's Journey, Allen Say
1993 Mirette on the High Wire, Emily Arnold McCully
1992 Tuesday, David Wiesner
1991 Black and White, David Macaulay
1990 Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China, Ed Young
1989 Song and Dance Man, Stephen Gammell
1988 Owl Moon, John Schoenherr
1987 Hey, Al1, Richard Egielski
1986 The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
1985 St. George and the Dragon, Trina S. Hyman
1984 The Glorious Flight, Alice & Martin Provensen
1983 Shadow, Marcia Brown
1982 Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg
1981 Fables, Arnold Lobel
1980 Ox-Cart Man, Barbara Cooney
1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Paul Goble
1978 Noah's Ark, Peter Spier
1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, Leo Dillon
1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Leo Dillon
1975 Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale, Gerald McDermott
1974 Duffy and the Devil, Margot Zemach
1973 The Funny Little Woman, Blair Lent
1972 One Fine Day, Nonny Hogrogian
1971 A Story--A Story, Gail E. Haley
1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig
1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, Uri Shulevitz
1968 Drummer Hoff, Ed Emberley
1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine, Evaline Ness
1966 Always Room for One More, Nonny Hogrogian
1965 May I Bring a Friend?, Beni Montresor
1964 Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
1963 The Snowy Day, Ezra J. Keats
1962 Once a Mouse, Marcia Brown
1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings, Nicholas Sidjakov
1960 Nine Days to Christmas, Maria H. Ets
1959 Chanticleer and the Fox, Barbara Cooney
1958 Time of Wonder, Robert McCloskey
1957 A Tree Is Nice, Marc Simont
1956 Frog Went A-Courtin', Feodor Rojankovsky
1955 Cinderella, Marcia Brown
1954 Madeline's Rescue, Ludwig Bemelmans
1953 The Biggest Bear, Lynd Ward
1952 Finders Keepers, Nicolas Mordvinoff
1951 The Egg Tree, Katherine Milhous
1950 Song of the Swallows, Leo Politi
1949 The Big Snow, Berta & Elmer Hader
1948 White Snow, Bright Snow, Roger Duvoisin
1947 The Little Island, Leonard Weisgard
1946 The Rooster Crows, Maud Petersham
1945 Prayer for a Child, Elizabeth O. Jones
1944 Many Moons, Louis Slobodkin
1943 The Little House, Virginia L. Burton
1942 Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
1941 They Were Strong and Good, Robert Lawson
1940 Abraham Lincoln, Ingri & Edgar d'Aulaire
1939 Mei Li, Thomas Handforth
1938 Animals of the Bible, Dorothy Lathrop

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