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 Caldecott Award Books

This award, named in honor of nineteenth-century illustrator Randolph Caldecott, is given each year to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

1938 Fish, Helen Dean and Lathrop, Dorothy P. (illus.) Animals of the Bible.
1939 Handforth, Thomas Mei Li.   (out of print)
1940 D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Abraham Lincoln.
1941 Lawson, Robert They Were Strong and Good.
1942 McCloskey, Robert Make Way for Ducklings.
1943 Burton, Virginia Lee The Little House.
1944 Thurber, James and Slobodkin, Louis (illus.) Many Moons.
1945 Field, Rachel and Jones, Elizabeth Orton (illus.) Prayer for a Child.
1946 Petersham, Maud and Miska The Rooster Crows:  A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles.
1947 MacDonald, Golden and Weisgard, Leonard (illus.) The Little Island.
1948 Tresselt, Alvin and Duvoisin, Roger (illus.) White Snow Bright Snow.
1949 Hader, Berta and Elmer The Big Snow.
1950 Politi, Leo Song of the Swallows.
1951 Milhous, Katherine The Egg Tree.
1952 Will and Nicolas (illlus.) Finders Keepers.
1953 Ward, Lynd Biggest Bear.
1954 Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline’s Rescue.
1955 Perrault, Charles and Brown, Marcia (illus.) Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper.
1956 Langstaff, John and Rojankovsky, Feodor (illus.) Frog Went A-Courtin’.
1957 Udry, Janice May and Simont, Marc (illus.) A Tree is Nice.
1958 McCloskey, Robert Time of Wonder.
1959 Chaucer, Geoffrey and Cooney, Barbara (illus.) Chanticleer and the Fox.
1960 Ets, Marie Hall Nine Days to Christmas.
1961 Robbins, Ruth and Sidjakov, Nicolas (illus.) Baboushka and the Three Kings.
1962 Brown, Marcia Once a Mouse.
1963 Keats, Ezra Jack The Snowy Day.
1964 Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are.
1965 De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk and Montresor, Beni (illus.) May I Bring a Friend?
 
1966 Leodhas, Sorche Nic and Hogrogian, Nonny (illus.) Always Room for One More.
 
1967 Ness, Evaline Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine.
1968 Emberley, Barbara and Emberley, Ed (illus.) Drummer Hoff.
1969 Ransome, Arthur and Shulevitz, Uri (illus.) The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship.
 
1970 Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
1971 Haley, Gail E. A Story, a Story.
1972 Hogrogian, Nonny One Fine Day.
1973 Mosel, Arlene and Lent, Blair (illus.) The Funny Little Woman.
1974 Zemach, Harve and Zemach, Margot (illus.) Duffy and the Devil.
1975 McDermott, Gerald Arrow to the Sun.
1976 Aardema, Verna and Dillon, Leo and Diane (illus.) Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.
1977 Musgrove, Margaret and Dillon, Leo and Diane (illus.) Ashanti to Zulu, African Traditions.
1978 Spier, Peter Noah’s Ark.
1979 Goble, Paul The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
1980 Hall, Donald and Cooney, Barbara (illus.) Ox-Cart Man.
1981 Lobel, Arnold Fables.
1982 Van Allsburg, Chris Jumanji.
1983 Cendrars, Blaise and Brown, Marcia (illus.) Shadow.
1984 Provensen, Alice and Martin The Glorious Flight.
1985 Hodges, Margaret and Hyman, Trina Schart (illus.) Saint George and the Dragon.
1986 Van Allsburg, Chris The Polar Express.
1987 Yorinks, Arthur and Egielski, Richard (illus.) Hey Al!
1988 Yolen, Jane and Schoenherr, John (illus.) Owl Moon.
1989 Ackerman, Karen and Gammell, Stephen (illus.) Song and Dance Man.
1990 Young, Ed Lon Po Po.
1991 Macaulay, David Black and White.
1992 Wiesner, David Tuesday.
1993 McCully, Emily Mirette on the High Wire.
1994 Say, Allen Grandfather's Journey.
1995 Bunting, Eve and Diaz, David (illus.) Smoky Night.
1996 Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria.
1997 Wisniewski, David Golem.
1998 Zelinsky, Paul O. Rapunzel.
1999 Martin, Jacqueline Briggs and Azarian, Mary (illus.) Snowflake Bentley.
2000 Taback, Simms Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.
2001 St. George, Judith and Small, David (illus.) So You Want to be President.
2002 Wiesner, David The Three Pigs.
2003 Rohmann, Eric My Friend Rabbit.
2004 Gerstein, Mordicai The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.
2005 Henkes, Kevin Kitten's First Full Moon.
2006 Juster, Norton and Raschka, Chris (illus.) The Hello, Goodbye Window.
2007 Wiesner, David Flotsam.

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