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Caldecott Medal Award Winners

The Caldecott Medal 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 published that year. It was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Together with the Newbery Medal, it is the most prestigious American children's book award.
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2008

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