Caldecott Award Winners
1938-2017
2017: Radiant Child : The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by
Javaka Steptoe
An introduction to the early life and achievements of modern art master Jean-Michael Basquiat describes how as a boy he saw art in all things and used his unique collage-style paintings to convey the pulsing, dynamic energy of New York City.
2001-2015 Award Winners
1981-2000 Award Winners
1961-1980 Award Winners
1938-1960 Award Winners
2001-2015 Award Winners
2016: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
by
Lindsay Mattick
2015: The Adventures of Beekle
by
Dan Santat
2014: Locomotive
by
Brian Floca
2013: This is Not My Hat
by
J. Klassen
2012: A Ball For Daisy
by
Christopher Raschka
2011: A Sick Day For Amos McGee
by
Philip Christian Stead
2010 The Lion & the Mouse
by
Jerry Pinkney
2009: The House in the Night
by
Susan Marie Swanson
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by
Brian Selznick
2007: Flotsam
by
David Wiesner
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window
by
Norton Juster
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon
by
Kevin Henkes
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by
Mordicai Gerstein
2003: My Friend Rabbit
by
Eric Rohmann
2002: The Three Pigs
by
David Wiesner
2001: So You Want to be President?
by
Judith St. George
1981-2000 Award Winners
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by
Simms Taback
1999: Snowflake Bentley
by
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1998: Rapunzel
by
Paul O. Zelinsky
1997: Golem
by
David Wisniewski
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria
by
Peggy Rathmann
1995: Smoky Night
by
Eve Bunting
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
by
Ed. Young
1989: Song and Dance Man
by
Karen Ackerman
1988: Owl Moon
by
Jane Yolen
1987: Hey, Al
by
Arthur Yorinks
1986: The Polar Express
by
Chris Van Allsburg
1985: Saint George and the Dragon
by
Margaret Hodges
1984: The Glorious Flight
by
Alice Provensen
1983: Shadow
by
Blaise Cendrars
1982: Jumanji
by
Chris Van Allsburg
1981: Fables
by
Arnold Lobel
1961-1980 Award Winners
1980: Ox-Cart Man
by
Donald Hall
1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by
Paul Goble
1978: Noah's Ark
by
Peter Spier
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
by
Margaret Musgrove
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
by
Verna Aardema
1975: Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
by
Gerald McDermott
1974: Duffy and the Devil;
by
Harve Zemach
1973: The Funny Little Woman
by
Arlene Mosel
1972: One Fine Day
by
Nonny Hogrogian
1971: A Story, A Story: An African Tale,
by
Gail E. Haley
1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by
William Steig
1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship,
by
Arthur Ransome
1968: Drummer Hoff
by
Barbara Emberley
1967: Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine,
by
Evaline Ness
1966: Always Room for One More,
by
Sorche Nic Leodhas
1965: May I Bring a Friend?
by
Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
1964: Where the Wild Things Are
by
Maurice Sendak
1963: The Snowy Day
by
Ezra Jack Keats
1962: Once a Mouse: A Fable Cut in Wood
by
Marcia Brown
1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings
by
Ruth Robbins
1938-1960 Award Winners
1960: Nine Days to Christmas
by
Marie Hall Ets
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox
by
Geoffrey Chaucer
1958: Time of Wonder
by
Robert McCloskey
1957: A Tree is Nice
by
Janice May Udry
1956: Frog Went A-Courtin'
by
John Langstaff
1955: Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper
by
Charles Perrault
1954: Madeline's Rescue
by
Ludwig Bemelmans
1953: The biggest Bear
by
Lynd Ward
1952: Finders Keepers
by
Will
1951: The Egg Tree
by
Katherine Milhous
1950: Song of the Swallows
by
Leo Politi
1949: The Big Snow,
by
Berta Hader
1948: White Snow, Bright Snow
by
Alvin Tresselt
1947: The Little Island
by
Margaret Wise Brown
1946: The Rooster Crows
by
Maud Fuller Petersham
1945: Prayer For a Child
by
Rachel Lyman Field
1944: Many Moons
by
James Thurber
1943: The Little House
by
Virginia Lee Burton
1942: Make Way For Ducklings,
by
Robert McCloskey
1941: They Were Strong and Good
by
Robert Lawson
1940: Abraham Lincoln
by
Ingri D'Aulaire
1939: Mei Li
by
Thomas Handforth
1938: Animals of the Bible
by
Helen Dean Fish