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. Click here for a print-friendly version of this list.
2021 | We Are Water Protectors. Illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom. | JE Lindstrom |
2020 | The Undefeated. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Kwame Alexander. | J Illus . Alexander |
2019 | Hello Lighthouse. Written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall. | JE Blackall |
2018 | Wolf in the Snow. Written and illustrated by Mathew Cordell. | JE Cordell |
2017 | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Written and illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. | J709.2 Basquiat |
2016 | Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall and written by Lindsay Mattick. | J823 MA |
2015 | The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Written and illustrated by Dan Santat. | JE Santat |
2014 | Locomotive. Written and illustrated by Brian Floca. | J385 FL |
2013 | This Is Not My Hat. Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen. | JE Klassen |
2012 | A Ball for Daisy. Written and illustrated by Chris Raschka. | JE Raschka |
2011 | A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Illustrated by Erin E. Stead, and written by Philip C. Stead. | JE Stead |
2010 | The Lion & the Mouse. Written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. | JE Aesop |
2009 | The House in the Night. Illustrated by Beth Krommes; written by Susan Marie Swanson. | JE Swanson |
2008 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. | Y Selznick |
2007 | Flotsam. Written and illustrated by David Wiesner. | JE Wiesner |
2006 | The Hello, Goodbye Window. Illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster. | JE Juster |
2005 | Kitten's First Full Moon. Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. | JE Henkes |
2004 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Written and Illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein. | JE791.3 GE |
2003 | My Friend Rabbit. Written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann. | JE Rohmann |
2002 | The Three Pigs. Written and illustrated by David Wiesner. | JE Wiesner |
2001 | So You Want to Be President. Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George. | J353.03 ST |
2000 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. Written and illustrated by Simms Taback. | JE Taback |
1999 | Snowflake Bentley. Illustrated by Mary Azarian, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. | J921 Bentley |
1998 | Rapunzel. Retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. | J398.2 EU Grimm Rapunzel |
1997 | Golem. Retold and illustrated by David Wisniewski. | J398.2 EU Golem |
1996 | Officer Buckle and Gloria. Written and illustrated by Peggy Rathmann. | JE Rathmann |
1995 | Smoky Night. Illustrated by David Diaz, written by Eve Bunting. | JE Bunting |
1994 | Grandfather's Journey. Written and illlustrated by Allen Say. | JE Say |
1993 | Mirette on the High Wire. Written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. | JE McCully |
1992 | Tuesday. Written and illustrated by David Wiesner. | JE Wiesner |
1991 | Black and White. Written and illustrated by David Macauley. | JE Macauley |
1990 | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China. Translated and illustrated by Ed Young. | J398.2 AS Red |
1989 | Song and Dance Man. Illustrated by Stephen Gammell, written by Karen Ackerman. | JE Ackerman |
1988 | Owl Moon. Illustrated by John Schoenherr, written by Jane Yolen. | JE Yolen |
1987 | Hey, Al. Illustrated by Richard Egielski, written by Arthur Yorinks. | JE Yorinks |
1986 | The Polar Express. Written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. | Christmas JE Van Allsburg |
1985 | Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, retold by Margaret Hodges. | J398.2 EU George |
1984 | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909. Written and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. | JE629.13 PR |
1983 | Shadow. Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, written by Blaise Cendrars. | JE Cendrars |
1982 | Jumanji. Written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. | J Illus Van Allsburg |
1981 | Fables. Written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. | JE Lobel |
1980 | Ox-Cart Man. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney, written by Donald Hall. | JE Hall |
1979 | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Written and illustrated by Paul Goble. | JE Goble |
1978 | Noah's Ark. Illustrated by Peter Spier. | JE Spier |
1977 | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, written by Margaret Musgrove. | JE960 MU |
1976 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, retold by Verna Aardema. | J398.2 AF Aardema |
1975 | Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale. Written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott. | J398.2 NA McDermott |
1974 | Duffy and the Devil. Illustrated by Margot Zemach, retold by Harve Zemach. | J398.2 EU Zemach |
1973 | The Funny Little Woman. Illustrated by Blair Lent, retold by Arlene Mosel. | JE Mosel |
1972 | One Fine Day. Written and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. | JE Hogrogian |
1971 | A Story, a Story: An African Tale. Written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley. | J398.2 AF Haley |
1970 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Written and illustrated by William Steig. | JE Steig |
1969 | The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship. Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz, retold by Arthur Ransome. | J398.2 EU Fool |
1968 | Drummer Hoff. Illustrated by Ed Emberley, adapted by Barbara Emberley. | JE Drummer |
1967 | Sam, Bangs & Moonshine. Written and illustrated by Evaline Ness. | JE Ness |
1966 | Always Room for One More. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, written by Sorche Nic Leodhas. | JE Leodhas |
1965 | May I Bring a Friend?. Illustrated by Beni Montresor, written by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers | JE De Regniers |
1964 | Where the Wild Things Are. Written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. | JE Sendak |
1963 | The Snowy Day. Written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. | JE Keats |
1962 | Once a Mouse-- A Fable Cut in Wood. Written and illustrated by Marcia Brown. | JE Brown |
1961 | Baboushka and the Three Kings. Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov, written by Ruth Robbins. | JE Robbins |
1960 | Nine Days to Christmas. Illustrated by Marie Hall Ets, written by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida. | JE Ets |
1959 | Chanticleer and the Fox. Adapted and illustrated by Barbar Cooney, written by Geoffrey Chaucer. | JE Cooney |
1958 | Time of Wonder. Written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. | JE McCloskey |
1957 | A Tree Is Nice. Illustrated by Marc Simont, written by Janice Udry. | JE Udry |
1956 | A Frog Went A-Courtin. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, retold by John Langstaff. | JE Langstaff |
1955 | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. Retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown. | J398.2 EU Cinderella |
1954 | Madeline's Rescue. Written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans. | JE Bemelmans |
1953 | The Biggest Bear. Written and illustrated by Lynd Ward. | JE Ward |
1952 | Finders Keepers. Written and illustrated by Will and Nicolas. | JE Will |
1951 | The Egg Tree. Written and illustrated by Katherine Milhous. | JE Milhous |
1950 | Song of the Swallows. Written and illustrated by Leo Politi. | JE Politi |
1949 | The Big Snow. Written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader. | JE Hader |
1948 | White Snow, Bright Snow. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, written by Alvin R. Tresselt. | JE Tresselt |
1947 | The Little Island. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, written by Golden MacDonald (Margaret Wise Brown). | JE Brown |
1946 | The Rooster Crows; A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles. Written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. | JE Petersham |
1945 | Prayer for a Child. Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, written by Rachel Field. | JE Field |
1944 | Many Moons. Illustrated by Louis Sloboken, written by James Thurber. | JE Thurber |
1943 | The Little House. Written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton. | JE Burton |
1942 | Make Way for Ducklings. Written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. | JE McCloskey |
1941 | They Were Strong and Good. Written and illustrated by Robert Lawson. | J920 LA |
1940 | Abraham Lincoln. Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. | J921 Lincoln |
1939 | Mei Li. Written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth. | JE Handforth |
1938 | Animals of the Bible. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. | J220 BI |
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