Award Winning Children's Literature

Caldecott Medal Winners

• 2021: We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade, written by Carole Lindstrom
• 2020: The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander
• 2019: Hello Lighthouse, illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall
• 2018: Wolf in the Snow, illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell 
• 2017: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,  illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe
• 2016: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick 
• 2015: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, illustrated and written by Dan Santat 
• 2014: Locomotive, illustrated and written by Brian Floca 
• 2013: This Is Not My Hat, illustrated and written by Jon Klassen 
• 2012: A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka 
• 2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead 
• 2010: The Lion & the Mouse, illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney 
• 2009:  The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson 
• 2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, illustrated and written by Brian Selznick 
• 2007: Flotsam, illustrated and written by David Wiesner  
• 2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster 
• 2005: Kitten's First Full Moon, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes 
• 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, illustrated and written by Mordicai Gerstein 
• 2003: My Friend Rabbit, illustrated and written by Eric Rohmann 
• 2002: The Three Pigs, illustrated and written byDavid Wiesner 
• 2001: So You Want to Be President?, illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George 
• 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, illustrated and written by Simms Taback 
• 1999: Snowflake Bentley, illustrated by Mary Azarian, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin 
• 1998: Rapunzel, illustrated and written by Paul O. Zelinsky
• 1997: Golem, illustrated and written by David Wisniewski 
• 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria,  illustrated and written by Peggy Rathmann 
• 1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting 
• 1994: Grandfather's Journey, illustrated by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine 
• 1993: Mirette on the High Wire, illustrated and written by Emily Arnold McCully 
• 1992: Tuesday, illustrated and written by David Wiesner 
• 1991: Black and White, illustrated and written by David Macaulay 
• 1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, illustrated and written by Ed Young 
• 1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman 
• 1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen 
• 1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks 
• 1986: The Polar Express, illustrated and written by Chris Van Allsburg 
• 1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges 
• 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, illustrated and written by Alice & Martin Provensen
• 1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars 
• 1982: Jumanji, illustrated and written by Chris Van Allsburg
• 1981: Fables, illustrated and written by Arnold Lobel 
• 1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall 
• 1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses,  illustrated and written by Paul Goble

• 1978: Noah's Ark, illustrated and written by Peter Spier 
• 1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove 
• 1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema 
• 1975: Arrow to the Sun, illustrated and written by Gerald McDermott 
• 1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach 
• 1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel 
• 1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian 
• 1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley 
• 1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, illustrated and written by William Steig 
• 1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome 
• 1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley 
• 1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine, illustrated and written by Evaline Ness 
• 1966: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] 
• 1965: May I Bring a Friend?, illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 
• 1964: Where the Wild Things Are, illustrated and written by Maurice Sendak 
• 1963: The Snowy Day, illustrated and written by Ezra Jack Keats 
• 1962: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown 
• 1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins 
• 1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida 
• 1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney 
• 1958: Time of Wonder, illustrated and written by Robert McCloskey 
• 1957: A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry 
• 1956: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff) 
• 1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown 
• 1954: Madeline's Rescue, illustrated and written by Ludwig Bemelmans 
• 1953: The Biggest Bear,  illustrated and written by Lynd Ward 
• 1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] 
• 1951: The Egg Tree, illustrated and written by Katherine Milhous 
• 1950: Song of the Swallows,  illustrated and written by Leo Politi 
• 1949: The Big Snow, illustrated and written byBerta & Elmer Hader
• 1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt 
• 1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] 
• 1946: The Rooster Crows, illustrated and written by Maud & Miska Petersham
• 1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field 
• 1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber 
• 1943: The Little House,  illustrated and written by Virginia Lee Burton 
• 1942: Make Way for Ducklings, illustrated and written by Robert McCloskey 
• 1941: They Were Strong and Good, illustrated and written by Robert Lawson 
• 1940: Abraham Lincoln, illustrated and written by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 
• 1939: Mei Li,  illustrated and written by Thomas Handforth 
• 1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish 

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