Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present
2009:
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
2008:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2007:
Flotsam by David Wiesner
2006:
The Hello, Goodbye Window Illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster
2005:
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
2004:
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
2003:
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
2002:
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
2001:
So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George
2000:
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback
1999:
Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1998:
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
1997:
Golem by David Wisniewski
1996:
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
1995:
Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting
1994:
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine
1993:
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
1992:
Tuesday by David Wiesner
1991:
Black and White by David Macaulay
1990:
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
1989:
Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman
1988:
Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen
1987:
Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks
1986:
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
1985:
Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges
1984:
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
1983:
Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars
1982:
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
1981:
Fables by Arnold Lobel
1980:
Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall
1979:
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
1978:
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
1977:
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove
1976:
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema
1975:
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
1974:
Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
1973:
The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel
1972:
One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
1971:
A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
1970:
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
1969:
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome
1968:
Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
1967:
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
1966:
Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]
1965:
May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
1964:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
1963:
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
1962:
Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
1961:
Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins
1960:
Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
1959:
Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney
1958:
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
1957:
A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry
1956:
Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff)
1955:
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
1954:
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
1953:
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
1952:
Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]
1951:
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
1950:
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
1949:
The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
1948:
White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
1947:
The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]
1946:
The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham
1945:
Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field
1944:
Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber
1943:
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
1942:
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
1941:
They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson
1940:
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
1939:
Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
1938:
Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish
