The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children

Association for Library Service to Children

The Association for Library Service to Children is a division of the American Library Association. Its members are concerned with the profession of children's Librarianship...

 (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association

American Library Association

The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book

Picture book

A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...

 for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognized by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced...

. The Caldecott and the Newbery Medal

Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...

s are the most prestigious American children's book awards.

The Caldecott Medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan

Rene Paul Chambellan

Rene Paul Chambellan was an American sculptor, born in West Hoboken, New Jersey.Chambellan studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris and with Solon Borglum in New York City. Chambellan specialized in architectural sculpture...

 in 1937. The scene on the face of the medal is derived from Randolph Caldecott's illustrations for The Diverting History of John Gilpin

The Diverting History of John Gilpin

The Diverting History of John Gilpin is a comic ballad by William Cowper, written in 1782. The ballad concerns a draper called John Gilpin who rides a runaway horse...

, in which Gilpin

John Gilpin

John Gilpin was a based on real-life character whose exploits became legendary and featured in a well-known comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper entitled The Diverting History of John Gilpin...

 is astride a runaway horse. The story, in turn, was based on a poem from 1782 by William Cowper

William Cowper

William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry...

. The reverse of the medal depicts another of Caldecott's illustrations, "Four and twenty blackbirds bak'd in a pie.

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a Song of Sixpence is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is also listed in the Roud folk song index as number 13191.-Lyrics:...

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In addition to the Caldecott medal, the committee awards additional citations referred to as the Caldecott Honor to worthy runners-up.

Criteria for the award

• The book must be published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
• The illustrations must be original work.
• The artist must be a citizen or resident of the United States.
• The book must be considered for the artistic technique employed; pictorial interpretation of story; appropriateness of style of illustration to the story; delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting mood or information through the pictures; and recognition of a child audience.
• The book must display respect for children's understandings, abilities, and appreciations.
• The book must be a self-contained entity, not dependent on other media for its enjoyment.

Award process

The committee that decides on the Caldecott Award winner comprises 15 members. 8 are elected by the entire membership of the ALSC and 7 members are appointed by the ALSC President, including the committee's chairperson. Many publishers send committee members copies of books. In 2009 committee members each received more than 700 titles. To help identify possible contenders, the chairperson will generally ask for committee members to identify strong contenders each month. During fall, each member of the committee may formally nominate seven books.

Caldecott recipients

Note: Winners are highlighted in yellow.

Year	Illustrator	Book	Citation
1938		Animals of the Bible Animals of the Bible Animals of the Bible is a book illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop with text compiled by Helen Dean Fish. Released by J. B. Lippincott Company, it was the first recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1938....	Winner
1938		Four and Twenty Blackbirds	Honor
1938		Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale	Honor
1939		Mei Li Mei Li Mei Li is a book by Thomas Handforth. Released by Doubleday, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1939....	Winner
1939		Andy and the Lion	Honor
1939		Barkis	Honor
1939			Honor
1939		Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Honor
1939		Wee Gillis	Honor
1940		Abraham Lincoln	Winner
1940		Cock-a-Doodle Doo	Honor
1940		Madeline Madeline Madeline is a children's book series written by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film...	Honor
1940			Honor
1941		They Were Strong and Good They Were Strong and Good They Were Strong and Good is a book by Robert Lawson that won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941. It tells the story of Lawson's family: where they came from, how they met, what they did, where they lived...	Winner
1941		Paddle-to-the-Sea	Honor
1941		April's Kittens	Honor
1942		Make Way for Ducklings Make Way For Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallard ducks who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center of Boston,...	Winner
1942			Honor
1942		In My Mother's House	Honor
1942		Nothing At All	Honor
1943			Winner
1943		Dash and Dart	Honor
1943		Marshmallow	Honor
1944		Many Moons Many Moons Many Moons is a children's picture book written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. It was published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1943 and won the Caldecott Medal in 1944. Princess Lenore becomes ill, and only one thing will make her better: the moon...	Winner
1944		Small Rain: Verses From The Bible	Honor
1944		Pierre Pidgeon	Honor
1944			Honor
1944			Honor
1944	Plato Chan	Good-Luck Horse	Honor
1945		Prayer for a Child Prayer for a Child Prayer for a Child is a 1944 book by Rachel Field. Its artwork by Elizabeth Orton Jones won it a Caldecott Medal in 1945. The whole book is narrated by a little girl, but it represents children as a whole...	Winner
1945		Mother Goose	Honor
1945		In the Forest	Honor
1945		Yonie Wondernose Yonie Wondernose Yonie Wondernose is a 1944 picture book by Marguerite de Angeli, who would later win the Newbery Medal for The Door in the Wall. Sometimes described as an "Amish Curious George", the book was to win the Caldecott Honor citation. As with many of de Angeli's books, it was how she expressed her...	Honor
1945			Honor
1946			Winner
1946		Little Lost Lamb	Honor
1946		Sing Mother Goose	Honor
1946		My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World	Honor
1946		You Can Write Chinese	Honor
1947			Winner
1947		Rain Drop Splash	Honor
1947		Boats on the River	Honor
1947		Timothy Turtle	Honor
1947		Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street	Honor
1947		Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns	Honor
1948		White Snow, Bright Snow White Snow, Bright Snow White Snow, Bright Snow is a 1947 book by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Released by Lothrop Publishers, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1948.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1948		Stone Soup	Honor
1948		McElligot's Pool McElligot's Pool McElligot's Pool is a 1947 children's book by Dr. Seuss.It is a tale of a boy named Marco who is ridiculed for fishing in a small, polluted pool...	Honor
1948		Bambino the Clown	Honor
1948		Roger and the Fox	Honor
1948		Song of Robin Hood	Honor
1949			Winner
1949		Blueberries for Sal Blueberries for Sal Blueberries for Sal is a children's picture book by Robert McCloskey. It was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1949.The story is of a little girl Sal and her mother as they go out into the country to pick blueberries for winter, and a bear and his mother as they go to eat berries for winter from the...	Honor
1949		All Around the Town	Honor
1949		Juanita	Honor
1949		Fish in the Air	Honor
1950		Song of the Swallows Song of the Swallows Song of the Swallows is a book by Leo Politi. Published by Scribner, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1950....	Winner
1950		America's Ethan Allen	Honor
1950			Honor
1950			Honor
1950		Bartholomew and the Oobleck Bartholomew and the Oobleck Bartholomew and the Oobleck is a 1949 book by Dr. Seuss . It follows the adventures of a young boy named Bartholomew, who must rescue his kingdom from a sticky substance called "oobleck". The book is a sequel of sorts to The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins...	Honor
1950		Henry Fisherman	Honor
1951			Winner
1951		Dick Whittington and His Cat	Honor
1951			Honor
1951		If I Ran the Zoo If I Ran the Zoo If I Ran the Zoo is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss in 1950.The book is written in anapestic tetrameter, Seuss's usual verse type, and illustrated in Seuss's trademark pen and ink style...	Honor
1951			Honor
1951		T-Bone, the Baby Sitter	Honor
1952		Finders Keepers Finders Keepers (book) Finders Keepers is a book written by William Lipkind and illustrated by Nicholas Mordvinoff. Released by Harcourt, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1952....	Winner
1952		Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo	Honor
1952		Skipper John's Cook	Honor
1952		All Falling Down	Honor
1952		Bear Party	Honor
1952		Feather Mountain	Honor
1953			Winner
1953		Puss in Boots	Honor
1953		One Morning in Maine	Honor
1953		Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals	Honor
1953			Honor
1953		Five Little Monkeys	Honor
1954		Madeline's Rescue Madeline's Rescue Madeline's Rescue is a book by Ludwig Bemelmans, the second in the Madeline series. Released by Viking Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1954.-Plot:...	Winner
1954		Journey Cake, Ho!	Honor
1954		When Will the World Be Mine?	Honor
1954			Honor
1954			Honor
1954		Green Eyes	Honor
1955		Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper is a book illustrated by Marcia Brown. Released by Scribner Press, the book is a retelling of the story of Cinderella as written by Charles Perrault, and was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1955....	Winner
1955		Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes	Honor
1955		Wheel On The Chimney	Honor
1955			Honor
1956		Frog Went A-Courtin' Frog Went A-Courtin' (book) Frog Went A-Courtin' is a book by John Langstaff and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. Released by Harcourt, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1956. It is based on the folk song "Frog Went A-Courting."...	Winner
1956		Play With Me	Honor
1956		Crow Boy	Honor
1957			Winner
1957		Mr. Penny's Race Horse	Honor
1957		1 is One	Honor
1957		Anatole Anatole (mouse) Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named 'mouse village' outside the French city of Paris, commuting by bicycle who was foraging for food when he overheard some humans complaining...	Honor
1957		Gillespie and the Guards	Honor
1957		Lion	Honor
1958		Time of Wonder Time of Wonder Time of Wonder is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey that won the Caldecott Medal in 1958. The book tells tells the story of a family's summer on a Maine island overlooking Penobscot Bay, filled with bright images and simple alliteration...	Winner
1958		Fly High, Fly Low	Honor
1958		Anatole and the Cat	Honor
1959		Chanticleer and the Fox Chanticleer and the Fox The Nun's Priest's Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, the 626-line narrative poem is a beast fable and mock epic based on an incident in the Reynard cycle...	Winner
1959			Honor
1959		What Do You Say, Dear?	Honor
1959		Umbrella	Honor
1960		Nine Days to Christmas Nine Days to Christmas Nine Days to Christmas is a book by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida. Released by Viking Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1960....	Winner
1960		Houses from the Sea	Honor
1960			Honor
1961		Baboushka and the Three Kings Baboushka and the Three Kings Baboushka and the Three Kings is a book by Ruth Robbins and illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov. Released by Parnassas, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1961....	Winner
1961		Inch by Inch	Honor
1962		Once a Mouse Once a Mouse Once a Mouse is a 1961 book by Marcia Brown. Released by Scribner Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1962, Brown's second honor....	Winner
1962		Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song	Honor
1962		Little Bear's Visit	Honor
1962			Honor
1963			Winner
1963			Honor
1963		Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present	Honor
1964		Where the Wild Things Are Where The Wild Things Are Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 , a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film...	Winner
1964		Swimmy	Honor
1964		All in the Morning Early	Honor
1964		Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes	Honor
1965		May I Bring a Friend? May I Bring a Friend? May I Bring a Friend? is a 1964 book by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers. It tells the story of a boy who gets invited to the king and queen's palace over and over. The first time he goes, he asks if he can bring a friend. When they say yes, he always brings some type of exotic animal...	Winner
1965		Rain Makes Applesauce	Honor
1965			Honor
1965			Honor
1966		Always Room for One More Always Room for One More Always Room for One More is a book by Sorche Nic Leodhas that won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's literature illustration in 1966. It tells the tale of Lachie MacLachlan, a generous Scottish man. While he lives in a small hut with his wife and ten children, he always...	Winner
1966		Hide and Seek Fog	Honor
1966		Just Me	Honor
1966		Tom Tit Tot	Honor
1967		Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine Sam, Bangs and Moonshine is a popular 1966 book by Evaline Ness. For its illustrations, it won the 1967 Caldecott Medal.-Plot:Samantha is a motherless child of a fisherman. To keep herself busy, she pretends that her mother is a mermaid and that Bangs, her cat, can talk to her. Sam also claims to...	Winner
1967		One Wide River to Cross	Honor
1968		Drummer Hoff Drummer Hoff Drummer Hoff is the title and main character of a children's book by Barbara and Ed Emberley. Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for the book's illustrations. Written by Barbara Emberley, it tells a tale of seven soldiers who build a cannon named the "Sultan", and Drummer Hoff, who fires it...	Winner
1968		Frederick	Honor
1968		Seashore Story	Honor
1968			Honor
1969			Winner
1969		Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky	Honor
1970		Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is a children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig. It won him the Caldecott Medal , his first of many Caldecott and Newbery Medal honors. It tells the tale of a donkey from the fictional community of Oatsdale...	Winner
1970		Goggles!	Honor
1970		Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse	Honor
1970		Pop Corn & Ma Goodness	Honor
1970		Thy Friend, Obadiah	Honor
1970			Honor
1971			Winner
1971			Honor
1971		Frog and Toad are Friends Frog and Toad are Friends Frog and Toad Are Friends is the first Book in the Frog and Toad trilogy published in 1970 by the American author of children's stories, Arnold Lobel.-Summary:...	Honor
1971		In the Night Kitchen In the Night Kitchen In the Night Kitchen is a popular and controversial children's picture book, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and first published in 1970. The book depicts a young boy's dream journey through a surreal baker's kitchen where he assists in the creation of a cake to be ready by the morning...	Honor
1972		One Fine Day One Fine Day (book) One Fine Day is a book by Nonny Hogrogian. Released by Macmillan, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1972....	Winner
1972		Hildilid's Night	Honor
1972		If All the Seas Were One Sea	Honor
1972		Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book	Honor
1973			Winner
1973		Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti	Honor
1973		Hosie's Alphabet	Honor
1973		Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs	Honor
1973		When Clay Sings	Honor
1974		Duffy and the Devil Duffy and the Devil Duffy and the Devil is a book by Margot Zemach. Released by Farrar, Strauss, and Girioux, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1974....	Winner
1974		Three Jovial Huntsmen	Honor
1974		Cathedral	Honor
1975		Arrow to the Sun Arrow to the Sun Arrow to the Sun is a 1973 short film and a 1974 book, both by Gerald McDermott. The book was printed in gouache and ink, and won the 1975 Caldecott Medal for illustration...	Winner
1975		Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book	Honor
1976		Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a picture book told in the form of a cumulative tale written for young children, which tells an African legend. In this origin story, the mosquito lies to a lizard, who puts sticks in his ears and ends up frightening another animal, which...	Winner
1976			Honor
1976		Strega Nona Strega Nona Strega Nona is an original children's book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola about an elderly lady who helps her fellow villagers out with their troubles, most notably by curing headaches, helping single women find husbands, and ridding people of warts...	Honor
1977		Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions is a 1976 children's book written by Margaret Musgrove and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It was Musgrove's first book, but the Dillons were experienced artists and this book won them the second of their two consecutive Caldecott Medals...	Winner
1977			Honor
1977			Honor
1977		Fish for Supper	Honor
1977			Honor
1977		Hawk, I'm Your Brother	Honor
1978		Noah's Ark Noah's Ark (book) Noah's Ark is a book by Peter Spier. Released by Doubleday, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1978and a National Book Award for picture books....	Winner
1978		Castle Castle (book) Castle is the second book in Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower series, published in 2000 by Scholastic. The cover design and art are by Madalina Stefan and Steve Rawlings respectively.-Plot:...	Honor
1978		It Could Always Be Worse	Honor
1979			Winner
1979		Freight Train Freight Train (book) right|frame|The cover of Freight TrainFreight Train is a 24 page children's picture book written and illustrated by Donald Crews. It lacks any story, but rather describes the inner workings of a large cargo train. It was named one of 1979's Caldecott Honor books.-Inside Freight Train:The...	Honor
1979			Honor
1980		Ox-Cart Man Ox-Cart Man Ox-Cart Man is the title of a 1979 book written by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. It won the 1980 Caldecott Medal. The book deals with an 18th century farming family that uses an ox-cart to take their goods to market, where they make the money to buy the things they need.Ox-Cart Man...	Winner
1980		Ben's Trumpet	Honor
1980			Honor
1980			Honor
1981		Fables Fables (book) Fables is a book by Arnold Lobel. Released by Harper Collins, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1981. Publishers Weekly called the book, "the most remarkable of the author-illustrator's 60-plus, bestselling award winners."...	Winner
1981			Honor
1981			Honor
1981		Mice Twice	Honor
1981		Truck Truck (book) Truck is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Donald Crews. It is notable for telling a story without using any humans or narration. It consists entirely of a single semi-trailer truck traveling through urban environments. It is the second of Donald Crews' books to focus around...	Honor
1982		Jumanji Jumanji Jumanji is the title of a 1981 children's illustrated short story and fantasy story written and illustrated by the American author Chris Van Allsburg. It was made into a 1995 film of the same name. Both the book and the movie are about a magical board game that implements real animals and other...	Winner
1982		Where the Buffaloes Begin	Honor
1982		On Market Street	Honor
1982		Outside Over There	Honor
1982			Honor
1983		Shadow Shadow (Marcia Brown book) Shadow is a translation of the poem La Féticheuse by French writer Blaise Cendrars. The book was released by Scribner and illustrated by Marcia Brown. It was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1983, Brown's third honor....	Winner
1983			Honor
1983		When I Was Young in the Mountains	Honor
1984			Winner
1984		Little Red Riding Hood	Honor
1984		Ten, Nine, Eight Ten, Nine, Eight Ten, Nine, Eight is a children's book by Molly Bang. It was published in 1983 and is a countdown from ten to one by a little girl. Barney the Dinosaur read this book on the Barney & Friends episode Having Tens of Fun!. This book won the Caldecott Honor....	Honor
1985		Saint George and the Dragon Saint George and the Dragon (book) Saint George and the Dragon is a book written by Margaret Hodges and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Released by Little, Brown, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1985. The text is adapted from Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene....	Winner
1985		Hansel and Gretel	Honor
1985		Have You Seen My Duckling?	Honor
1985			Honor
1986			Winner
1986			Honor
1986		King Bidgood's in the Bathtub	Honor
1987		Hey, Al Hey, Al Hey, Al is a book written by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski. Released by Farrar Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1987.-Synopsis:...	Winner
1987			Honor
1987		Alphabatics	Honor
1987		Rumpelstiltskin	Honor
1988		Owl Moon Owl Moon Owl Moon is a 1987 children's picture book by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr. The book won many awards, most notably being the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, and has appeared on the show Reading Rainbow. Owl Moon has been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages,...	Winner
1988		Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale	Honor
1989		Song and Dance Man Song and Dance Man Song and Dance Man is a children's picture book written by Karen Ackerman and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Published in 1988, the book is about a grandfather who tells his grandchildren about his adventures on the stage. Gammell won the 1989 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.-References:...	Winner
1989			Honor
1989		Free Fall	Honor
1989		Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Honor
1989		Mirandy and Brother Wind	Honor
1990		Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Ed Young. Published in 1989, the book is a version of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. Young won the 1990 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations....	Winner
1990		Bill Peet: An Autobiography	Honor
1990		Color Zoo	Honor
1990			Honor
1990		Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins	Honor
1991		Black and White Black and White (book) Black and White is a book by David Macaulay. Released by Houghton Mifflin, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1991. The book contains four different illustrated stories told at once, two on the left hand page and two on the right...	Winner
1991		Puss in Boots	Honor
1991			Honor
1992		Tuesday Tuesday (book) Tuesday is a book by David Wiesner. Released by Clarion Books, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1992.The story, told in detailed illustrations with only a few captions, concerns frogs who mysteriously rise out of their pond on floating lily pads as the sun sets on a...	Winner
1992		Tar Beach	Honor
1993		Mirette on the High Wire Mirette on the High Wire Mirette on the High Wire is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Published in 1992, the book tells the story of Mirette, a French girl who learns to walk on the tightrope. McCully won the 1993 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations.-Plot summary:Mirette lives in...	Winner
1993			Honor
1993		Seven Blind Mice	Honor
1993		Working Cotton	Honor
1994		Grandfather's Journey Grandfather's Journey Grandfather's Journey is a book by Allen Say. Released by Houghton Mifflin, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1994. The story is based on Say's grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again.-Plot:...	Winner
1994		Peppe the Lamplighter	Honor
1994		In the Small, Small Pond	Honor
1994		Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest	Honor
1994		Owen	Honor
1994		Yo! Yes?	Honor
1995		Smoky Night Smoky Night Smoky Night is a 1994 children's book by Eve Bunting. It tells the story of a Los Angeles riot and its aftermath: two people who previously disliked each other working together to find their cats. In the end, the cats teach their masters how to get along. The book made the list of One Hundred Books...	Winner
1995		John Henry	Honor
1995		Swamp Angel	Honor
1995		Time Flies	Honor
1996		Officer Buckle and Gloria Officer Buckle and Gloria Officer Buckle and Gloria is the name of the 1995 picture book by Peggy Rathmann that won the 1996 Caldecott Medal.-Plot Summary:A rather boring police officer named Officer Buckle is assigned to take a police dog named Gloria to his safety speech at the local school. Until that time, whenever...	Winner
1996		Alphabet City	Honor
1996		Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin	Honor
1996			Honor
1996		Tops & Bottoms	Honor
1997		Golem Golem (book) Golem is a 1996 picture book written and illustrated by David Wisniewski. With illustrations made of cut-paper collages, it is Wisniewski's retelling of the Jewish folktale of the Golem, with real people, real places, and a lengthy one-page background at the end.The story is set in year 1580 in...	Winner
1997		Hush! A Thai Lullaby	Honor
1997			Honor
1997			Honor
1997		Starry Messenger	Honor
1998		Rapunzel Rapunzel (book) Rapunzel is a book by Paul O. Zelinsky retelling the Brothers Grimm "Rapunzel" story. Released by Dutton Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1998....	Winner
1998			Honor
1998		Harlem	Honor
1998		There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly	Honor
1999		Snowflake Bentley Snowflake Bentley (book) Snowflake Bentley is a children's picture book written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian. Published in 1998, the book is about Wilson Bentley, the first known photographer of snowflakes. Azarian won the 1999 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations....	Winner
1999		Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra	Honor
1999		No, David! No, David! No, David! is a children's book by David Shannon. The book was inspired by a small book, entitled No David, that David Shannon wrote when he was five...	Honor
1999		Snow	Honor
1999		Tibet Through the Red Box	Honor
2000		Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Joseph Had a Little Overcoat is the title of a 1999 book by Simms Taback that won the 2000 Caldecott Medal. The main character is Joseph, a 40-something Jewish farmer, who has a little striped overcoat. When it is old, Joseph makes it into a little jacket and so on until he makes it into a button....	Winner
2000			Honor
2000		Sector 7	Honor
2000		When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry	Honor
2000			Honor
2001		So You Want to Be President? So You Want to Be President? So You Want to Be President? is a children's picture book written by Judith St. George and illustrated by David Small. Published in 2000, the book features a comprehensive guide to the Presidents of the United States. The book includes information about the education, family, and prior occupations...	Winner
2001		Casey at the Bat	Honor
2001		Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is an award-winning children's book by Doreen Cronin. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin, the Simon and Schuster book tells the story of Farmer Brown's cows, who find an old typewriter in the barn and proceed to write letters to Farmer Brown, listing various...	Honor
2001		Olivia	Honor
2002			Winner
2002			Honor
2002		Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	Honor
2002			Honor
2003		My Friend Rabbit My Friend Rabbit My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture book book written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann. Published in 2002, the book is a lighthearted tale about the friendship between a mouse and a rabbit. Rohmann won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations...	Winner
2003			Honor
2003		Hondo & Fabian Hondo & Fabian Hondo & Fabian is a children's picture book by Peter McCarty. Released by Henry Holt & Co. in 2002, it is a Caldecott Honor book. A sequel, Fabian Escapes, is due to be released in 2007....	Honor
2003		Noah's Ark	Honor
2004			Winner
2004		Ella Sarah Gets Dressed	Honor
2004		What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?	Honor
2004		Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is a children's picture book by Mo Willems. Released by Hyperion Press in 2003, it was Willems' first book for children, and received the Caldecott Honor. The plot is about a bus driver who has to leave so he asks the reader to watch the Pigeon. The pigeon tries...	Honor
2005		Kitten's First Full Moon Kitten's First Full Moon Kitten's First Full Moon is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. Published in 2004, the book tells the story of a kitten who thinks the moon is a bowl of milk. Henkes won the 2005 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations. The book is in black and white and typeset in...	Winner
2005			Honor
2005		Coming on Home Soon	Honor
2005		Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale is a children's picture book by Mo Willems. Released by Hyperion Books in 2004, an illustrated version of the book won the 2005 Caldecott Honor and a Carnegie Medal in 2007. In August 2007, the sequel, Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity was published...	Honor
2006			Winner
2006		Rosa	Honor
2006		Zen Shorts Zen Shorts Zen Shorts is a 2005 children's picture book by Jon J. Muth. The book was followed by Zen Ties in 2008.-Plot:3 kids, Karl, Michael and Addy, encounter a panda named Stillwater. The panda carries a red umbrella and he also speaks in a "slight panda accent". For the next three days, the three kids...	Honor
2006		Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride	Honor
2006		Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems	Honor
2007		Flotsam Flotsam (book) Flotsam is a children's picture book written and illustrated by David Wiesner. Published by Clarion/Houghton Mifflin in 2006, it was the 2007 winner of the Caldecott Medal. Flotsam is the recipient of David Wiesner's 3rd Caldecott Medal. The book contains illustrations of underwater life with no...	Winner
2007		Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet	Honor
2007		Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom	Honor
2008			Winner
2008		Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad	Honor
2008		First the Egg	Honor
2008			Honor
2008		Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity is a children's picture book by Mo Willems. A sequel to Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, it was released on September 4, 2007 and reached the number one spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for children's books.In the book, a young girl named...	Honor
2009			Winner
2009			Honor
2009		How I Learned Geography	Honor
2009			Honor
2010			Winner
2010		All the World	Honor
2010		Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors	Honor
2011			Winner
2011		Dave the Potter	Honor
2011		Interrupting Chicken	Honor

Recipients of multiple Caldecotts

2 Medals: Leo and Diane Dillon

Leo and Diane Dillon

Leo and Diane Dillon are an American husband and wife team of illustrators. Among their awards are two consecutive Caldecott Medals for the children's books Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions....

, Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He twice won the Caldecott Medal, for Jumanji and The Polar Express , both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures...

, Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney was an American children's author and illustrator of more than 200 books and double Caldecott Medalist. She has written books for six decades...

, Nonny Hogrogian

Nonny Hogrogian

Nonny Hogrogian is an American author and illustrator. She was born on May 7, 1932 in New York City, and graduated from Hunter College. King of the Kerry Fair was the first book she illustrated, in 1960. She was awarded the Caldecott Medal twice...

, Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey was an American author and illustrator of children's books. McCloskey wrote and illustrated eight books, two of which won the Caldecott Medal, the American Library Association's annual award of distinction for children's book illustration.Many of McCloskey's books were set on the...

3 Medals: Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown

Marcia Joan Brown is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won the Caldecott Medal three times, the only person to do so until David Wiesner in 2007. She is also the winner of the 1977 Regina Medal, a six-time recipient of the Caldecott Honor, and...

, David Wiesner

David Wiesner

David Wiesner is an American author and illustrator of children's books and publications. His work has won several honors, including three Caldecott Medals and two Caldecott Honors.-Career:...

External links

• Caldecott Medal - official page
• American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners for 1938 to the present.