The Randolf Caldecott Medal

The Randolf Caldecott Medal is an award that is given by the American Library Association to the illustrator of a children's picture book. The award is given annually. The Books are selected by a special committee. To read more about the Caldecott Medal visit their web site.

Here is a list of books that has won the Caldecott Medal along with their illustrators.


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  • 2001: So You want to Be President? by David Small
  • 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
  • 1999: Snowflake Bentley, by Mary Azarian
  • 1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
  • 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski
  • 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
  • 1995: Smokey Night by David Diaz
  • 1994: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
  • 1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
  • 1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner
  • 1991: Black and White by David Macaulay
  • 1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
  • 1989: Song and Dance Man by StephenGammell
  • 1988: Owl Moon by John Schoenherr
  • 1987: Hey, Al by Richard Egielski
  • 1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
  • 1985: Saint George and the Dragon by Trina Schart Hyman
  • 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
  • 1983: Shadow by Marcia Brown
  • 1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
  • 1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel
  • 1980: Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
  • 1979:The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
  • 1978:Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
  • 1977:Ashanti to Zulu:African Traditions by Leo & Diane Dillion
  • 1976:Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Leo & Diane Dillon
  • 1975: Arrow to the SUn by Gerald McDermott
  • 1974:Duffy and the Devil by Margot Zemach
  • 1973: The Funny Little Womanby Blair Lent
  • 1972: One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
  • 1971:A Story A Story by Gail E.Haley
  • 1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
  • 1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Uri Shulevitz
  • 1968: Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberley
  • 1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
  • 1966: Always Room for One More by Nonny Hogrogian
  • 1965: May I Bring a Friend? by Beni Montresor
  • 1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  • 1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  • 1962: Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
  • 1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings by Nicolas Sidjakov
  • 1960: Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall
  • 1959: Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
  • 1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
  • 1957: A Tree is Nice by Marc Simont
  • 1956: Fron Went A-Courtin by Feodor Rojankovsky
  • 1955: Cinderella, or the LIttle Glass Slipper by Marcia Brown
  • 1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
  • 1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
  • 1952: Finders Keepers by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicolas Mordvinoff)
  • 1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
  • 1950: The Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
  • 1949: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
  • 1948: White Snow, Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin
  • 1947: The LIttle Island by Leonard Weisgard
  • 1946: The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham
  • 1945: Prayer for a Child by Elisabeth Orton
  • 1944: Many Moons by Louis Slobodkin
  • 1943: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
  • 1942: Make Room for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
  • 1941: They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
  • 1940: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin
  • 1939: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
  • 1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book by Dorothy P. Lanthrop