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The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

2007 Medal Winner: Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion) Honor Books: Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford

2006 Medal Winner: The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster Honor Books: Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman

2005 Medal Winner: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes Honor Books: The Red Book by Barbara Lehman Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems.

2004 Medal Winner: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein Honor Books: Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.

2003 Medal Winner: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann Honor Books: The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney

2002 Medal Winner: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner Honor Books: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport The Stray Dog by Marc Simont

2001 Medal Winner: So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George Honor Books: Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin Olivia by Ian Falconer

2000 Medal Winner: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback Honor Books: A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text: John Updike Sector 7 by David Wiesner When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney

1999 Medal Winner: Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Honor Books: Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney No, David! by David Shannon Snow by Uri Shulevitz Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís

1998 Medal Winner: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky Honor Books: The Gardener illustrated by David Small Text: Sarah Stewart Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers Text: Walter Dean Myers There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

1997 Medal Winner: Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion) Honor Books: Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey Starry Messenger by Peter Sís

1996 Medal Winner: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann Honor Books: Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci Tops & Bottoms, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens

1995 Medal Winner: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting Honor Books: John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester (Dial) Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs Time Flies by Eric Rohmann

1994 Medal Winner: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine Honor Books: Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott Owen by Kevin Henkes Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson

1993 Medal Winner: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully Honor Books: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young Working Cotton, illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams

1992 Medal Winner: Tuesday by David Wiesner Honor Book: Tar Beach by Faith

1991 Medal Winner: Black and White by David Macaulay Honor Books: Puss in Boots, illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams

1990 Medal Winner: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young Honor Books: Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel

1989 Medal Winner: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman Honor Books: The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder Free Fall by David Wiesner Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack

1988 Medal Winner: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen Honor Book: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

1987 Medal Winner: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks Honor Books: The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky

1986 Medal Winner: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Honor Books: The Relatives Came, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood

1985 Medal Winner: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges Honor Books: Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, retold and illustrated by John Steptoe

1984 Medal Winner: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen Honor Books: Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

1983 Medal Winner: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars Honor Books: A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant

1982 Medal Winner: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Honor Books: Where the Buffaloes Begin, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker On Market Street, illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard

1981 Medal Winner: Fables by Arnold Lobel Honor Books: The Bremen-Town Musicians, retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang Mice Twice by Joseph Low Truck by Donald Crews

1980 Medal Winner: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall Honor Books: Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

1979 Medal Winner: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble Honor Books: Freight Train by Donald Crews The Way to Start a Day, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor

1978 Medal Winner: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier Honor Books: Castle by David Macaulay It Could Always Be Worse, retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach

1977 Medal Winner: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove Honor Books: The Amazing Bone by William Steig The Contest, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott Hawk, I'm Your Brother, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor

1976 Medal Winner: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial) Honor Books: The Desert is Theirs, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola

1975 Medal Winner: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott Honor Books: Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings

1974 Medal Winner: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach Honor Books: Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers Cathedral by David Macaulay

1973 Medal Winner: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel Honor Books: Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott Hosie's Alphabet, illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm When Clay Sings, illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor

1972 Medal Winner: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian Honor Books: Hildilid's Night, illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings

1971 Medal Winner: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley Honor Books: The Angry Moon, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold LobelIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

1970 Medal Winner: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig Honor Books: Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni Pop Corn & Ma Goodness, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle The Judge: An Untrue Tale, illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach

1969 Medal Winner: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar) Honor Books: Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell

1968 Medal Winner: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley Honor Books: Seashore Story by Taro Yashima The Emperor and the Kite, illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen

1967 Medal Winner: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt) Honor Book: One Wide River to Cross, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley

1966 Medal Winner: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] Honor Books: Hide and Seek Fog, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt Just Me by Marie Hall Ets Tom Tit Tot, retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness

1965 Medal Winner: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers Honor Books: Rain Makes Applesauce, illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer The Wave, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges A Pocketful of Cricket, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill

1964 Medal Winner: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Honor Books: Swimmy by Leo Lionni All in the Morning Early, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Philip Reed

1963 Medal Winner: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Honor Books: The Sun is a Golden Earring, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow

1962 Medal Winner: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown Honor Books: Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier Little Bear's Visit, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey

1961 Medal Winner: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins Honor Book: Inch by Inch, by Leo Lionni

1960 Medal Winner: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida Honor Books: Houses from the Sea, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey The Moon Jumpers, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry

1959 Medal Winner: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney Honor Books: The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin Umbrella by Taro Yashima

1958 Medal Winner: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking) Honor Books: Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman Anatole and the Cat, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus

1957 Medal Winner: A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry Honor Books: Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets 1 is One by Tasha Tudor Anatole, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus Gillespie and the Guards, illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin Lion by William Pène du Bois

1956 Medal Winner: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt) Honor Books: Play With Me, by Marie Hall Ets Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

1955 Medal Winner: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown Honor Books: Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli Wheel On The Chimney, illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown The Thanksgiving Story, illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh

1954 Medal Winner: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans Honor Books: Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein The Steadfast Tin Soldier, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James A Very Special House, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum

1953 Medal Winner: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward Honor Books: Puss in Boots, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg The Storm Book, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes

1952 Medal Winner: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] Honor Books: Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown All Falling Down, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion Bear Party by William Pène du Bois Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds

1951 Medal Winner: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous Honor Books: Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown The Two Reds, ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry

1950 Medal Winner: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi Honor Books: America's Ethan Allen, illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook The Wild Birthday Cake, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis The Happy Day, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

1949 Medal Winner: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader Honor Books: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey All Around the Town, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley Juanita by Leo Politi Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese

1948 Medal Winner: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt Honor Books: Stone Soup by Marcia Brown McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber Roger and the Fox, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis Song of Robin Hood, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson

1947 Medal Winner: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] Honor Books: Rain Drop Splash, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt Boats on the River, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack Timothy Turtle, illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler

1946 Medal Winner: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham Honor Books: Little Lost Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] Sing Mother Goose, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese

1945 Medal Winner: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field Honor Books: Mother Goose, illustrated by Tasha Tudor In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli The Christmas Anna Angel, illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer

1944 Medal Winner: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber Honor Books: Small Rain: Verses From The Bible, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones Pierre Pidgeon, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader A Child's Good Night Book, illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown Good-Luck Horse, illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan

1943 Medal Winner: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton Honor Books: Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry

1942 Medal Winner: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Honor Books: An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham In My Mother's House, illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling Nothing At All, by Wanda Gág

1941 Medal Winner: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson Honor Book: April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry

1940 Medal Winner: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Honor Books: Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford

1939 Medal Winner: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth Honor Books: Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág Wee Gillis, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf

1938 Medal Winner: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish Honor Books: Four and Twenty Blackbirds, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff Posted by WMSLibrary at [|12:19 PM]