The Caldecott Medal
Today is 3/12/2010
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
2010 The Lion & the Mouse (E PIN) by Jerry Pinkney
2009 The House in the Night (E SWA) Susan Marie Swanson
2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret (J SEL, J CD SEL) by Brian Selznick
2007 Flotsam (E WIE) by David Wiesner
2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window (E JUS, J KIT CD STORIES JUS)
by Norton Juster
2005 Kitten's First Full Moon (E HEN) by Kevin Henkes
2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
(J 791.3 GER, J KIT CD STORIES GER) by Mordicai Gerstein
2003 My Friend Rabbit (E ROH) by Eric Rohmann
2002 The Three Pigs (E WIE) by David Wiesner
2001 So You Want to be President (J 973 ST, J KIT CD STORIES ST)
by Judith St. George, illus. by David Smal
2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (E TAB, J KIT CD STORIES TAB)
by Simms Taback
1999 Snowflake Bentley (J 920 Bentley, W, J KIT CD STORIES MAR)
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illus. by Mary Asarian
1998 Rapunzel (J 398 ZEL) by Paul O. Zelinsky
1997 Golem (J 398 WIS) by David Wisniewski
1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria (E RAT, J KIT CD STORIES RAT)
by Peggy Rathmann
1995 Smoky Night (E BUN) by Eve Bunting, illus. by David Diaz
1994 Grandfather's Journey (E SAY) by Allen Say
1993 Mirette on the High Wire (E MCC) by Emily Arnold McCully
1992 Tuesday (E WIE) by David Wiesner
1991 Black and White (E MAC) by David Macaulay
1990 Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China (J 398.2 YOU)
by Ed Young
1989 Song and Dance Man (E ACK) by Karen Ackerman, illus.
by Stephen Gammell
1988 Owl Moon (E YOL, J KIT CD STORIES YOL)
by Jane Yolen, illus. by John Schoenherr
1987 Hey, Al (E YOR) by Arthur Yorinks, illus. by Richard Egielski
1986 The Polar Express (E VAN) by Chris Van Alisburg
1985 Saint George and the Dragon (J 398.2 HOD)
by Margaret Hodges, illus. by Trina Schart Hyman
1984 The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
(J 920 Bleriot, L) by Alice and Martin Provensen
1983 Shadow (J 841 CEN) by Blaise Cendrars, illus. by Marcia Brown
1982 Jumanji (J VAN) by Chris Van Allsburg
1981 Fables (E LOB) by Arnold Lobel
1980 Ox-Cart Man (E HAL) by Donald Hall, illus. by Barbara Cooney
1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
(J 398.2 GOB, J KIT CD STORIES GOB) by Paul Goble
1978 Noah's Ark (E SPI) by Peter Spier
1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (J 960 MUS)
by Margaret Musgrove, illus. by Leo and Dianne Dillon
1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (J 398.2 AAR)
by Verna Aardema, illus. by Leo and Dianne Dillon
1975 Arrow to the Sun (J 291.2 MCD) by Gerald McDermott
1974 Duffy and the Devil (E ZEM) by Harve Zemach, illus. by Margot Zemach
1973 The Funny Little Woman (E MOS, J KIT CD STORIES MOS)
by Arlene Mosel, illus. by Blair Lent
1972 One Fine Day (E HOG) by Nonny Hogrogian
1971 A Story A Story (E HAL) by Gail E. Haley
1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (E STE, J KIT CD STORIES STE)
by William Steig
1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (J 398.2 RAN)
by Arthur Ransome, illus. by Uri Shulevitz
1968 Drummer Hoff (E EMB, J KIT CD STORIES EMB)
by Barbara Emberley, illus. by Ed Emberley
1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (E NES) by Evaline Ness
1966 Always Room for One More (J 784 LEO)
by Sorche Nic Leodhas, illus. by Nonny Hogrogian
1965 May I Bring a Friend? (E DE) by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers,
illus. by Beni Montresor
1964 Where the Wild Things Are (E SEN) by Maurice Sendak
1963 The Snowy Day (E KEA) by Ezra Jack Keats
1962 Once a Mouse (J 398 BRO) by Marcia Brown
1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings (E ROB) by Ruth Robbins,
illus. by Nicholas Sidjakov
1960 Nine Days to Christmas (E ETS)
by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida, illus. by Marie Hall Ets
1959 Chanticleer and the Fox (E CHA) adapted from Chaucer,
illus. by Barbara Cooney
1958 Time of Wonder (E MCC, J KIT CD STORIES MCC)
by Robert McCloskey
1957 A Tree Is Nice (E UDR) by Janice Udry, illus. by Marc Simont
1956 Frog Went A-Courtin' (E LAN) by John Langstaff,
illus. by Feodor Rojankovsky
1955 Cinderella (J 398.2 BRO) by Marcia Brown
1954 Madeline's Rescue (E BEM) by Ludwig Bemelmans
1953 The Biggest Bear (E WAR, J KIT CD STORIES WAR) by Lynd Ward
1952 Finders Keepers (E WIL) by William Lipkind,
illus. by Nicholas Mordvinoff
1951 The Egg Tree (E MIL) by Katherine Milhous
1950 Song of the Swallows (E POL) by Leo Politi
1949 The Big Snow (E HAD) by Berta and Elmer Hader
1948 White Snow, Bright Snow (E TRE) by Alvin Tresselt,
illus. by Roger Duvoisin
1947 The Little Island (E BRO, E MAC) by Margaret Wise Brown,
illus. by Leonard Weisgard
1946 The Rooster Crows (E PET) by Maud and Miska Petersham
1945 Prayer for a Child (E FIE, J 249 FIE) by Rachel Field,
illus. by Elizabeth Orton Jones
1944 Many Moons (E THU, J THU) by James Thurber,
illus. by Louis Slobodkin
1943 The Little House (E BUR, J KIT CD STORIES BUR)
by Virginia Lee Burton
1942 Make Way for Ducklings (E MCC, J KIT CD STORIES MCC)
by Robert McCloskey
1941 They Were Strong and Good (J 920 LAWSON) by Robert Lawson
1940 Abraham Lincoln (J 920 Lincoln, A) by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
1939 Mei Lei by Thomas Handforth
1938 Animals of the Bible (J 220 BIB) by Dorothy Lathrop
Many titles are available in audio format as electronic downloads. Ask at the Youth Desk for assistance or for more information.