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Children and Adolescent Literature: Caldecott

A guide featuring information about the library's juvenile and young adult collectionss , including information on award winners, Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King and more.

The Caldecott Medal

The Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC)

ALSC Caldecott Medal Home Page

"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."

Caldecott Medal Links

More information about the Caldecott Medal is available from ALSC:

Caldecott Medal Winners: 2010-

2010's  2020's  
2010
The Lion & The Mouse
Jerry Pinkney
398.2 P65ℓ  

2020
The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander
MALONE DOES NOT HAVE

 
2011
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Erin. E. Stead
F St3si 

2021
We are the water protetors

Carole Lindstrom
MALONE DOES NOT HAVE
 

2012
A Ball for Daisy
Chris Raschka
F R18b
2022
Watercress
Andrea Wang
MALONE DOES NOT HAVE
 
2013
This is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen
F K66t  
   

2014
Locomotive
Brian Floca
385.0973 F65ℓ Oversize

 

 

 

2015
The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend
Dan Santat
 F Sa5ab

 

 

2016
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
 Lindsay Mattick
 599.785 M43f  

 2017
Radiant Child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe

740.92 St4r  

   
2018
Wolf in the snow
Matthew Cordell
F C81w 
  
   

2019
Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackwell
MALONE DOESN'T OWN
 

 

 

Caldecott Medal Winners: 1980 - 2009

 

2000's 1990's 1980's
2009
Krommes, Beth [illus]
The House in the Night
F SW2h
1999
Azarian, Mary [illus]
Snowflake Bentley
551.5784 M36s                         
1989
Gammell, Stephen [illus]
Song and Dance Man
F Ac5s                 
2008
Selznick, Brian
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
F Se4i YA
1998
Zelinsky, Paul O.
Rapunzel
398.2 Z3r 
1988
Schoenherr, John [illus]
Owl Moon
F Y7o 
2007
Wiesner, David
Flotsam
F W63f
1997
Wisniewski, David
Golem
398.21 W76g 

1987
Egielski, Richard [illus]                      
Hey, Al
F Y8h 

2006
Raschka, Christopher [illus]
The Hello, Goodbye Window
F J98h
1996
Rathmann, Peggy
Officer Buckle and Gloria
F R18o 

1986
Van Allsburg, Chris                          
The Polar Express
F V26p

2005
Henkes, Kevin
Kitten's First Full Moon
F H38k
1995
Diaz, David [illus]
Smoky Night
F B88sm
1985
Schart, Trina [illus]
Saint George and the Dragon
398.2 H66s
2004
Gerstein, Mordicai
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
791.34 G32m
1994
Say, Allen
Grandfather’s Journey                             
 F Sa9g  
1984
Provensen, Alice
The Glorious Flight: Across
the Channel with Louis Bleriot

629.13 P94 
2003
Rohmann, Eric
My Friend Rabbit
F R63m
1993
McCully, Emily Arnold
Mirette on the High Wire
 F M13mi
1983
Brown, Marcia [illus]
Shadow
841 C332s        
2002
Wiesner, David
The Three Pigs
F W63th
1992
Wiesner, David
Tuesday
F W63t
1982
Van Allsburg, Chris
Jumanji
F V26j
2001
Small, David [illus]
So You Want to be President?
973.099 St4s
1991
Macaulay, David
Black and White
F M11b
1981
Lobel, Arnold
Fables
F L78fa
2000
Taback, Simms
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
F T11j

1990
Young, Ed
Lon Po Po
398.2 Y8l 

1980
Cooney, Barbara [illus]
Ox-cart Man
F H14o

Caldecott Medal Winners: 1950 - 1979

1970's 1960's 1950's
1979
Goble, Paul
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
F G53g
1969
Shulevitz, Uri [illus]
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
F R17f
1959
Cooney, Barbara [illus]
Chanticleer and the Fox
F C78c                        
1978
Spier, Peter [illus]
Noah’s Ark
F R32n
1968
Emberley, Ed [illus]
Drummer Hoff
F Em1 
1958
McCloskey, Robert
Time of Wonder
F M13t                              
1977
Dillon, Leo & Diane [illus]
Ashanti to Zulu
916 M97
1967
Ness, Evaline
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
F N37s
1957
Simont, Marc [illus]
A Tree is Nice
F Ud7t
1976
Dillon, Leo & Diane [illus]
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears 
398.2 Aa7w 
1966
Hogrogian, Nonny [illus]
Always Room for One More
F Aℓ3a 
1956
Rojankovsky, Feodor
Frog Went A-Courtin’
F L26f
1975
McDermott, Gerald
Arrow to the Sun
398.2 M14a 
1965
Montressor, Beni [illus]
May I Bring a Friend?
F D44m  
1955
Perrault, Charles
Cendrillion
39802 P42c

1974
Zemach, Harve
Duffy and the Devil
398.2 Z4 

1964
Sendak, Maurice
Where the Wild Things Are
F Se5w 
1954
Bemelmans, Ludwig
Madeline’s Rescue
F B42m                               
1973
Lent, Blair [illus]
The Funny Little Woman
398.2 M85
1963
Keats, Ezra Jack
The Snowy Day
F K22s
1953
Ward, Lynd
The Biggest Bear
F W21b
1972
Hogrogian, Nonny
One Fine Day
F H67
1962
Brown, Marcia
Once a Mouse: A Fable Cut in Wood
398.2 H63o
1952
Lipkind, William
Finder’s Keepers
F L66f
1971
Haley, Gail E.
A Story, a Story
F H13s
1961
Sidjakov, Nicolas [illus]
Baboushka and the Three Kings
398.2 R53b
1951
Milhous, Katherine
The Egg Tree
F M59e

1970
Steig, William
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
F St3

1960
Ets, Marie Hall
Nine Days to Christmas
F Et7n

1950
Politi, Leo
Song of the Swallows
F P75s

Caldecott Medal Winners: 1938 - 1949

1940's 1940's 1930's
1949
Hader, Berta
The Big Snow
F H11b
1944
Slobodkin, Louis [illus]
Many Moons
F T42m                                
1939
Handforth, Thomas
Mei Li
F H19m                            
1948
Duvoisin, Roger [illus]
White Snow, Bright Snow                 
F T72w

1943
Burton, Virginia Lee
The Little House
F B95ℓ

1938
Lanthrop, Dorothy P.
Animals of the Bible
220.859 L34a

1947
Weisgard, Leonard [illus]
The Little Island
F B81ℓ
1942
McCloskey, Robert
Make Way for Ducklings
F M13m
 
1946
Petersham, Maud Fuller
The Rooster Crows
398.8 P44r
1941
Lawson, Robert
They Were Strong and Good
920 L44t
 
1945
Orton, Elizabeth [illus]
Prayer for a Child
248 F45p

1940
D’Aulaire, Ingri
Abraham Lincoln
973.7092 Au5a Oversize