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Children Literature Award Winners
Caldacott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Pura Belpré Awards
About the Awards
Caldecott
Caldecott Winners 2014-Present
Caldecott Winners 1938-2012
Coretta Scott King
Newbery
Printz Award
Pura Belpré
Robert F. Sibert
Caldecott Winners 2014-Present
Big
by
Vashti Harrison
Call Number: Y 813.6 H2484b
2024 Caldecott Medal
Hot Dog
by
Doug Salati
Call Number: 813.6 Sa316ho
2023 Caldecott Medal
Watercress
by
Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
Call Number: 813.6 W1841w
2022 Caldecott Medal
We Are Water Protectors
by
Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Call Number: 813.6 L6456w 2020
2021 Caldecott Medal
The Undefeated
by
Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y-E Al272u
2020 Caldecott Medal
Hello Lighthouse
by
Sophie Blackall
Call Number: Y-E B5619h
2019 Caldecott Medal
Wolf in the Snow
by
Matthew Cordell
Call Number: Y Juvenile Books 740.92 B2932r
2018 Caldecott Medal
Radiant Child
by
Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: Y Juvenile Books 740.92 B2932r
2017 Caldecott Medal
Finding Winnie
by
Lindsay Mattick; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y Juvenile Books Y M434f
2016 Caldecott Medal
The Adventures of Beekle
by
Dan Santat
Call Number: Y Juvenile Books Y-E Sa593a
2015 Caldecott Medal
Locomotive
by
Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y Juvenile Books 385.0973 F651l
2014 Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Winners 1938-2012
2013: This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press) Y-E K666t
2012: A Ball for Daisy by Chirs Raschka (Schwartz & Wade) Y-E R1833b
2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee written by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Erin E. Stead (Roaring Brook) Y-E St311s
2010: The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Liitte, Brown and Co.) 398.2 P6561l
2009: The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company) Y-E Sw248h
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic) Y Se499i
2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion) Y-E W6378f
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua/Hyperion) Y-E J982h
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers) Y-E H389k
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) Y 791.34092 P4455g
2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) Y-E R6364m
2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) Y-E W6378th
2001: So You Want to Be President?, illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel Books) Y 973.099 St1s
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Viking) Y-E T111j
1999: Snowflake Bentley, illustrated by Mary Azarian, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton) Y 551.5784109 B446m
1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) Y 398.22 Z37r
1997: Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion) Y 398.2108992 W762g
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) Y-E R188o
1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt) Y-E B886s
1994: Grandfather's Journey, illustrated by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton) Y-E Sa99g
1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam) Y M139m
1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) Y-E W6378tu
1991: Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton) Y M128b
1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel) Y 398.20951 Y84l
1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf) Y-E Ac57s
1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel) Y-E Y78o
1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar) Y-E Y821h
1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) Y V263p
1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown) Y 813.54 H666s
1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking) Y 926.2913 P948g
1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner) Y 841.912 C3324s
1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) Y-E V263j
1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper) Y L783f
1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking) Y-E H141o
1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury) Y G538g 2001
1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday) Y 222.11 Sp44n
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial) Y 960 M972a
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial) Y 398.2 Aa72w
1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking) Y-E M143a 2004
1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar) Y 398.2 Z4d
1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton) Y 398.2 M852f
1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan) Y-E H679o
1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum) Y 398.2 H137s
1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books) Y-E St33s 1980
1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar) Y 398.21 R174f 1987
1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall) Y-E Em13d 1987
1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt) Y-E N373s
1966: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt) Y-E Al35al
1965: May I Bring a Friend?, illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum) Y-E D444m 1989
1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper) Y-E Se55w 1991
1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking) Y-E K225s 1976
1962: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner) Y-E H638o 1961
1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins (Parnassus) Y 398.2 R538b 1988
1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking) Y-E Et74n
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell) Y-E C393c 1986
1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking) Y-E M132t 1985
1957: A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry (Harper) Y-E Ud8t 1992
1956: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff) (Harcourt) Y-E F922f 1991
1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner) Y 398.21 P426c 1988
1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking) Y-E B423mr
1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton) Y-E W214b 1980
1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt) Y-E L664f
1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner) Y-E M599e 1992
1950: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner) Y P759so 1987
1949: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan) Y-E H117b 1993
1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop) Y-E T725w
1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday) Y-E B815l
1946: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan) Y 398.8 P44258r
1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field (Macmillan) Y-E F458p
1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt) Y-E T424m 1998
1943: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton) Y-E B957l 1969
1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) Y-E M132m 2001
1941: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson (Viking) Y 920.073 L446t 1968
1940: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday) Y 923.173 L638a
1939: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday) Y H191m
1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott) Y 220.95 L348a
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