The Caldecott Medal
In honor of the nineteenth-century illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott, the Caldecott Medal has been awarded annually since 1938 under the supervision of the Association for Library Service to Children of the America Library Association to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children published during the preceding year.Award Winners by Year
2005 Kitten's First Full Moon illustrated by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
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2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press)
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2003 My Friend Rabbit illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
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2002 The Three Pigs illustrated by David Wiesner
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2001 So You Want to Be President? illustrated by David Small
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2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat illustrated by Simms Taback
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1999 Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian
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1998 Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinski
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1997 Golem by David Wisniewski
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1996 Officer Buckle & Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
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1995 Smoky Night by David Diaz, Eve Bunting
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1994 Grandfather's Journey by Allen Fay
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1993 Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCuly
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1992 Tuesday by Wiesner
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1990 Lon Po Po by Ed Young
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1989 Song and Dance Man by Stephen Gammell
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1988 Owl Moon by John Schoenherr
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1987 Hey Al by Richard Egielski
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1986 Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
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1985 St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
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1984 Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen
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1983 Shadow by Marcia Brown
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1982 Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
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1981 Fables by Arnold Lobel
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1980 Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
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1979 Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Gobel
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1978 Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
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1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Leo and Diane Dillon
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1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Leo and Diane Dillon
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1975 Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott
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1974 Duffy and the Devil by Margot Zemach
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1973 The Funny Little Woman by Blair Lent
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1972 One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
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1971 A Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley
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1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
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1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Uri Shulevitz
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1968 Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberley
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1967 Sam Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness
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1966 Always Room for One More by Nonny Hogrogian
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1965 May I Bring a Friend? by Beni Montresor
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1964 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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1963 The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
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1962 Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
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1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings by Nicolas Sidjakov
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1960 Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets
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1959 Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
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1958 Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
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1957 A Tree is Nice by Marc Simont
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1956 Frog Went a Courtin' by Feodor Rojankovsky
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1955 Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper by Marcia Brown
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1954 Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
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1953 The Biggest Bear by Lynd K. Ward
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1952 Finders Keepers by Nicolas Mordvinoff
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1951 The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhouse
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1950 Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
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1949 The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
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1948 White Snow; Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin
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1947 The Little Island by Leonard Weisgard
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1946 The Rooster Crows by Maud and Miska Petersham
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1945 Prayer for a Child by Elizabeth Orton Jones
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1944 Many Moons by Louis Slobodkin
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1943 The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
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1942 Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
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1941 They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
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1940 Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
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1939 Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
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1938 Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop
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