The Caldecott Award is named in honor of Randolph J. Caldecott, a 19th-Century illustrator renowned for his children's picture books. The award is given annually to the illustrator of "the most distinguished American picture book for children," chosen from those published in the United States during the previous year. It is awarded by the American Library Association. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. |
| Call Number |
Author / Illustrator |
Title |
↑ Year ↓ |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Lathrop, Dorothy |
Animals of the Bible |
1938 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Handforth, Thomas |
Mei Li |
1939 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
D'Aulaire, Ingri |
Abraham Lincoln |
1940 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Lawson, Robert |
They were strong and good |
1941 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
McCloskey, Robert |
Make way for ducklings |
1942 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Burton, Virginia Lee |
The little house |
1943 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Thurber, James / Slobodkin, Louis |
Many Moons |
1944 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Field, Rachel / Jones, Elizabeth O. |
Prayer for a Child |
1945 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
MacDonald, Golden / Weisgard, Leonard |
The little island |
1946 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Tresselt, Alvin / Duviosin, Roger |
White snow, bright snow |
1947 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Hader, Berta |
The big snow |
1948 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Politi, Leo |
Song of the swallows |
1949 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Milhous, Kathryn |
The egg tree |
1951 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Will / Nicholas |
Finders keepers |
1952 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Ward, Lynd |
The biggest bear |
1953 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Bemelmans, Ludwig |
Madeline's rescue |
1954 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Perrault, Charles / Brown, Marcia |
Cinderella, or the little glass slipper |
1955 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Langstaff, John / Rojankovsky, Feodor |
Frog went a-courtin' |
1956 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Udry, Janice / Simont, Marc |
A tree is nice |
1957 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
McCloskey, Robert |
Time of wonder |
1958 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Chaucer, Geoffrey / Cooney, Barbara |
Chanticleer and the fox |
1959 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Ets, Marie Hall |
Nine days to Christmas |
1960 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Robbins, Ruth / Sidjakov, Nicholas |
Baboushka and the three kings |
1961 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Brown, Marcia |
Once a mouse |
1962 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Keats, Ezra Jack |
The snowy day |
1963 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Sendak, Maurice |
Where the wild things are |
1964 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
DeRegniers, Beatrice / Montresor, Beni |
May I bring a friend? |
1965 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Nic Leodhas, Sorche |
Always room for one more |
1966 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Ness, Evaline |
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine |
1967 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Emberly, Barbara / Emberly, Ed |
Drummer Hoff |
1968 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Ransome, Arthur / Shulevitz, Uri |
Fool of the world and the flying ship |
1969 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Steig, William |
Sylvester and the magic pebble |
1970 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Haley, Gail E. |
A story, a story |
1971 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Hogrogian, Nonny |
One fine day |
1972 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Mosel, Arlene |
The funny little woman |
1973 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Zemach, Harve / Zemach, Margot |
Duffy and the Devil |
1974 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
McDermott, Gerald |
Arrow to the sun |
1975 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Aardema, Verna |
Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears |
1976 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Musgrove, Margaret |
Ashanti to Zulu |
1977 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Spier, Peter |
Noah's Ark |
1978 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Goble, Paul |
Girl who loved wild horses |
1979 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Hall, Donald / Cooney, Barbara |
Oxcart man |
1980 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Lobel, Arnold |
Fables |
1981 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Van Allsburg, Chris |
Jumanji |
1982 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Cendrars, Blaise / Brown, Marcia |
Shadow |
1983 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Provensen, Alice and Martin |
Glorious flight |
1984 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Hodges, Margaret / Hyman, Trina Schart |
Saint George and the Dragon |
1985 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Van Allsburg, Chris |
Polar Express |
1986 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Yorinks, Arthur / Egielski, Richard |
Hey, Al |
1987 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Yolen, Jane / Schoenherr, John |
Owl moon |
1988 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Ackerman, Karen / Gammell, Stephen |
Song and dance man |
1989 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Young, Ed |
Lon Po Po |
1990 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Macaulay, David |
Black and white |
1991 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Wiesner, David |
Tuesday |
1992 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
McCully, Emily A. |
Mirette on the high wire |
1993 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Say, Allan |
Grandfather's journey |
1994 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Bunting, Eve / Diaz, David |
Smoky night |
1995 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Rathmann, Peggy |
Officer Buckle and Gloria |
1996 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Wisniewski, David |
Golem |
1997 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Zelinsky, Paul O. |
Rapunzel |
1998 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Martin, Jacqueline / Azarian, Mary |
Snowflake Bentley |
1999 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Taback, Simms |
Joseph had a little overcoat |
2000 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
St. George, Judith / Small, David |
So you want to be President |
2001 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Wiesner, David |
The three pigs |
2002 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Rohmann, Eric |
My friend Rabbit |
2003 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Gerstein, Mordecai |
Man who walked between the towers |
2004 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Henkes, Kevin |
Kitten's first full moon |
2005 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Juster, Norton / Raschka, Chris |
Hello goodbye window |
2006 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Wiesner, David |
Flotsam |
2007 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Selznick, Brian |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
2008 |
| AWARD Caldecott |
Swanson, Susan / Krommes, Beth |
The House in the Night |
2009 |
