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Caldecott Medal 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.

2010	The Lion & The Mouse	Pinkney (Little, Brown and Co./Books for Young Readers) E FIC Pin
2009	The House in the Night	Swanson (Houghton Mifflin) E FIC Swa
2008	The Invention of Hugo Cabret	Selznick (Hyperion) E FIC Sel
2007	Flotsam	Wiesner (Clarion) E FIC Wie
2006	The Hello, Goodbye Window	Juster (Hyperion) E FIC Jus
2005	Kitten’s First Full Moon	Henkes (Greenwillow Books) E FIC Hen
2004	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers	Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/ Millbrook Press) E 791.34 Ge
2003	My Friend Rabbit	Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/ Millbrook Press) E FIC Roh
2002	The Three Pigs	Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) E FIC Wie
2001	So You Want to Be President?	Small (Philomel Books) J 973.099 Sa
2000	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat	Taback (Viking) E FIC Tab
1999	Snowflake Bentley	Azarian (Houghton) E 921 B4461m
1998	Rapunzel	Zelinsky (Dutton) E 398.22 Ze
1997	Golem	Wisniewski (Clarion) E 398.21 Wi
1996	Officer Buckle and Gloria	Rathmann (Putnam) E FIC Rat
1995	Smoky Night	Diaz (Harcourt Brace) E FIC Bun
1994	Grandfather's Journey	Say (Houghton Mifflin) E FIC Say
1993	Mirette on the High Wire	McCully (Putnam) E FIC Mac
1992	Tuesday	Wiesner (Clarion) E FIC Wie
1991	Black and White	Macaulay (Houghton Mifflin) E FIC Mac
1990	Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China	Young (Philomel) E 398.209 Yo
1989	Song and Dance Man	Gammell (Knopf) E FIC Ack
1988	Owl Moon	Yolen (Putnam) E FIC Yol
1987	Hey, Al	Yorinks (Farrar) E FIC Yar
1986	Polar Express	Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin) E CC Van
1985	Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend	Hyman (Little Brown) E 398.2 Ho
1984	The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25 1909	Provensen (Viking) E 629.13 Pr
1983	Shadow	Brown (Scribner) E FIC Cen
1982	Jumanji	Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin) E CC Van
1981	Fables	Lobel (Harper & Row) E FIC Lob
1980	Ox-Cart Man	Cooney (Viking) E FIC Hal
1979	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses	Goble (Bradbury) E FIC Gob
1978	Noah's Ark	Spier (Doubleday) E FIC Rev
1977	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions	Dillon (Dial) E 960 Mu
1976	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale	Dillon (Dial) E FIC Aar
1975	Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale	McDermott (Viking) E FIC Mac
1974	Duffy and the Devil	Zemach (Farrar) E FIC Zem
1973	The Funny Little Woman	Lent (Dutton) E FIC Mos
1972	One Fine Day	Hogrogian (Macmillan) E FIC Hog
1971	A Story, A Story: An African Tale	Haley (Atheneum) E 398 Ha
1970	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	Steig (Windmill Books) E FIC Ste
1969	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale	Shulevitz (Farrar) J 398 Ra
1968	Drummer Hoff	Emberley (Prentice-Hall) E FIC Emb
1967	Sam, Bangs & Moonshine	Ness (Holt) E FIC Nes
1966	Always Room for One More	Hogrogian (Holt) E FIC Nic
1965	May I Bring a Friend?	Montresor (Atheneum) E FIC Der
1964	Where the Wild Things Are	Sendak (Harper) E FIC Sen
1963	The Snowy Day	Keats (Viking) E FIC Kea
1962	Once a Mouse: A Fable Cut in Wood	Brown (Scribner) E FIC Bro
1961	Baboushka and the Three Kings	Sidjakov (Parnassus) E CC Rob
1960	Nine Days to Christmas	Ets (Viking) E CC Ets
1959	Chanticleer and the Fox	Cooney (Crowell) E FIC Cha
1958	Time of Wonder	McCloskey (Viking) E FIC Mac
1957	A Tree Is Nice	Simont (Harper) E FIC Udr
1956	Frog Went A-Courtin'	Rojankovsky (Harcourt) E FIC Fro
1955	Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper	Brown (Scribner) E FIC Per
1954	Madeline's Rescue	Bemelmans (Viking) E FIC Bem
1953	The Biggest Bear	Ward (Houghton) E FIC War
1952	Finders Keepers	Mordvinoff (Harcourt) E FIC Lip
1951	The Egg Tree	Milhous (Scribner) E FIC Mil
1950	Song of the Swallows	Politi (Scribner) E FIC Pol
1949	The Big Snow	Hader (Macmillan) E FIC Had
1948	White Snow, Bright Snow	Duvoisin (Lothrop) E FIC Tre
1947	The Little Island	Weisgard (Doubleday) E FIC Mac
1946	The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles	Petersham (Macmillan) E 398.8 Pe
1945	Prayer for a Child	Jones (Macmillan) E 242 Fi
1944	Many Moons	Slobodkin (Harcourt) E FIC Thu
1943	The Little House	Burton (Houghton) E FIC Bur
1942	Make Way for Ducklings	McCloskey (Viking) E FIC Mac
1941	They Were Strong and Good	Lawson (Viking) E 920 La
1940	Abraham Lincoln	d'Aulaire (Doubleday) J 921 L638a
1939	Mei Li	Handforth (Doubleday) E FIC Han
1938	Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book	Lathrop (Lippincott) J 220.859 La

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