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Caldecott, Newbery, etc.

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The Caldecott medal has been awarded annually since 1938 to the illustrator of the "most distinguished American picture book for children."

Randolph Caldecott Biography
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Caldecott Medal Winners

Caldecott Medal winners.
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Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop
Call Number: BS663 .B5
ISBN: 0397300476
Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
Year: 1938
Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
Call Number: PZ7.H236 M4
ISBN: 0385074018
Illustrated by author
Year: 1939
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Call Number: E457.905 .D38 1987
ISBN: 9780440406907
Illustrated by author
Year: 1940
They were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
Call Number: PZ7.L425 T4
ISBN: 0670699497
Illustrated by author
Year: 1941
Make way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Call Number: PZ10.3.M127 M2
ISBN: 0670451495
Illustrated by author
Year: 1942
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Call Number: PZ7.B954 L57 1942
ISBN: 0395181569
Illustrated by author
Year: 1943
Many Moons by James Thurber
Call Number: PZ7.T536 M2
ISBN: 0152518738
Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Year: 1944
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field
Call Number: BV265.F455 P9
ISBN: 0027351904
Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
Year: 1945
The Rooster Crows by Maud and Miska Petersham
Call Number: PZ8.3.P484 R7
ISBN: 0027731006
Illustrated by authors
Year: 1946
The Little Island by Golden MacDonald
Call Number: PZ8.3.B879 L7
ISBN: 044040830X
Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Year: 1947
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
Call Number: PZ7.T799 W5
ISBN: 0688411614
Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
Year: 1948
The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
Call Number: PZ10.3.H128 B5
ISBN: 0689717571
Illustrated by authors
Year: 1949
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
Call Number: PZ7.P769 S6
ISBN: 0684188317
Illustrated by author
Year: 1950
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
Call Number: PZ7.M644 E2 1978
ISBN: 0684127164
Illustrated by author
Year: 1951
Finders Keepers by Will and Nicolas
Call Number: PZ7.L6637 F5 1989
ISBN: 0156309505
Illustrated by Nicolas
Year: 1952
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
Call Number: PZ7.W2146 B53 1980
ISBN: 0395148065
Illustrated by author
Year: 1953
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Call Number: PZ7.B455 M185
ISBN: 0140566511
Illustrated by author
Year: 1954
Cinderella, Or the Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault
Call Number: PZ8.P454 C5
ISBN: 0689814747
Illustrated by Marcia Brown
Year: 1955
Frog went a-courtin' by John Langstaff
Call Number: PZ8.3.F927 F9
ISBN: 015230214X
Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
Year: 1956
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
Call Number: QK475.8 .U37 1984
ISBN: 0064431479
Illustrated by Marc Simont
Year: 1957
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0064431479)
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Call Number: PZ7.M127 T5
ISBN: 0140502017
Illustrated by author
Year: 1958
Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer
Call Number: PZ8.2.C496 C4
ISBN: 1562820222
"Adaptation of the 'Nun's priest's tale' from the Canterbury tales."
Illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Year: 1959
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/1562820222)
Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
Call Number: PZ7.E85 N7
ISBN: 0140544429
Illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
Year: 1960
Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins
Call Number: PZ8.1.R635 B11
ISBN: 0395426472
Adapted from a Russian folk tale.
Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
Year: 1961
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0395426472)
Once a Mouse ... by Marcia Brown
Call Number: PZ8.2.H5 O5 1961
ISBN: 0689713436
Illustrated by author,
Year: 1962
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Call Number: PZ7.K25 S6
ISBN: 0140501827
Illustrated by author
Year: 1963
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Call Number: PZ8.S474 W5 1988
ISBN: 0060254920
Illustrated by author
Year: 1964
May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Call Number: PZ8.3.D443 M3
ISBN: 0689713533
Illustrated by Beni Montresor
Year: 1965
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas
Call Number: PZ8.3.L5492 A49 1965
ISBN: 0805003304
Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Year: 1966
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
Call Number: PZ7.N463 S18
ISBN: 0805003150
Illustrated by author
Year: 1967
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley
Call Number: PZ8.3.E53 D7
ISBN: 067166249X
Illustrated by Ed Emberley
Year: 1968
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
Call Number: Z8.R212 F6
ISBN: 0374424381
Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Year: 1969
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Call Number: PZ7.S8177 S9 1969
ISBN: 1416902066
Illustrated by author
Year: 1970
A Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley
Call Number: PZ8.1.H168 S8
ISBN: 0689712014
Illustrated by author
Year: 1971
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
Call Number: PZ7.H716 O5
ISBN: 0020436203
Illustrated by author
Year: 1972
The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel
Call Number: PZ8.1.M898 F9
ISBN: 0140547533
Illustrated by Blair Lent
Year: 1973
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach
Call Number: PZ8.1.Z53 D8
ISBN: 0374318875
Illustrated by Margot Zemach
Year: 1974
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
Call Number: E99.P9 M25 1974
ISBN: 0670133698
Illustrated by author
Year: 1975
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
Call Number: PZ8.1.A113 W6
ISBN: 0803760892
Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Year: 1976
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
Call Number: GN645.M987 A8
ISBN: 0803703570
Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Year: 1977
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
Call Number: BS1238.N6 S755 N7
ISBN: 0385094736
Illustrated by author
Year: 1978
The Girl who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Call Number: PZ8.G575 G5
ISBN: 0689845049
Illustrated by author
Year: 1979
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
Call Number: PZ7.H175 O9
ISBN: 0670533289
Illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Year: 1979
Fables by Arnold Lobel
Call Number: PZ8.2.L797 F12
ISBN: 0060239735
Illustrated by author
Year: 1981
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: PZ7.V266 J9
ISBN: 0395304482
Illustrated by author
Year: 1982
Shadow by Blaise Cendrars
Call Number: PZ21.C463 F4713
ISBN: 0684172267
Illustrated & translated by Marcia Brown
Year: 1983
The Glorious Flight... by Alice and Martin Provensen
Call Number: TL721.B5 P76 1983
ISBN: 0670342599
... Across the Atlantic with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909
Illustrated by authors
Year: 1984
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Call Number: PZ8.1.H69 S3 1984
ISBN: 0316367893
Adapted from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene
Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Year: 1985
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: PZ7.V266 P64 1985
ISBN: 0395389496
Illustrated by author
Year: 1986
Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks
Call Number: PZ7.Y819 H3 1986
ISBN: 0374330603
Illustrated by Richard Egielski
Year: 1987
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Call Number: PZ7.Y78 O9 1987
ISBN: 0399214577
Illustrated by John Schoenherr
Year: 1988
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
Call Number: PZ7.A1824 S66 1988
ISBN: 0394893301
Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Year: 1989
Lon Po Po: a Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Call Number: PZ8.1.Y84 L66 1989
ISBN: 0399216197
Illustrated by author
Year: 1990
Black and White by David Macaulay
Call Number: PZ7.M1197 B62 1990
ISBN: 0395521513
Illustrated by author
Year: 1991
Tuesday by David Wiesner
Call Number: PZ7.W6367 T83 1991
ISBN: 0395551137
Illustrated by author
Year: 1992
Mirette On the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Call Number: PZ7.M478415 M57 1992
ISBN: 0399221301
Illustrated by author
Year: 1993
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Call Number: PZ7.S2744 G7 1993
ISBN: 0395570352
Illustrated by author
Year: 1994
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
Call Number: PZ7.B91527 S66 1994
ISBN: 0152699546
Illustrated by David Diaz
Year: 1994
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Call Number: PZ7.R227 O3 1995
ISBN: 0399226168
Illustrated by author
Year: 1996
Golem by David Wisniewski
Call Number: BM531 .W57 1996
ISBN: 0395726182
Illustrated by author
Year: 1997
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
Call Number: PZ8.Z38 R37 1997
ISBN: 0525456074
Illustrated by author
Year: 1998
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Call Number: QC858.B46 M37 1998
ISBN: 0395861624
Illustrated by Mary Azarian
Year: 1999
Joseph had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
Call Number: PZ7.T1115 J67 1999
ISBN: 0670878553
Illustrated by author
Year: 2000
So You Want to be President? by Judith St. George
Call Number: E176.1 .S699 2000
ISBN: 0399234071
Illustrated by David Small
Year: 2001
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Call Number: PZ7.W6367 T42 2001
ISBN: 0618007016
Illustrated by author
Year: 20002
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
Call Number: PZ7.R6413 M92 2002
ISBN: 0761315357
Illustrated by author
Year: 2003
The Man who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Call Number: GV551 .G47 2003
ISBN: 0761328688
Illustrated by author
Year: 2004
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Call Number: PZ10.3 .H389 K5 2004
ISBN: 0060588284
Illustrated by author
Year: 2005
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Call Number: PZ7.J984 H4 2005
ISBN: 0786809140
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Year: 2006
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Call Number: PZ7.W6367 F5 2006
ISBN: 0618194576
Illustrated by author
Year: 2007
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Call Number: PZ7.S4654 I59 2007
ISBN: 0439813786
Illustrated by author
Year: 2008
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
Call Number: PZ7.S97255 H68 2008
ISBN: 0618862447
Illustrated by Beth Krommes
Year: 2009
The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: PZ8.2.P456 L5 2009
ISBN: 0316013560
Illustrated by author
Year: 2010
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead
Call Number: PZ7.S808566 S5 2010
ISBN: 1596434023
Illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Year: 2011
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Call Number: PZ7.R1814 2011
ISBN: 9780375858611
Illustrated by author
Year: 2012
This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Call Number: PZ7.K6781446 T44 2012
ISBN: 0763655996
Illustrated by author
Year: 2013
Locomotive by Brian Floca
Call Number: TJ603.2 .F56 2013
ISBN: 1416994157
Illustrated by author
Year: 2014
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
Call Number: PZ7.S23817 A3 2014
ISBN: 0316199982
Illustrated by author
Year: 2015
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick
Call Number: PZ7.1.M38 F56 2015
ISBN: 0316324906
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Year: 2016
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: N6537.B233 S84 2016
ISBN: 0316213888
Illustrated by author
Year: 2017
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Call Number: PZ7.C815343 W65 2017
ISBN: 1250076366
Illustrated by author
Year: 2018
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
Call Number: PZ7.B5319 H45 2018
ISBN: 9780316362382
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Illustrated by author
Year: 2019
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Call Number: PS3601.L35388 U53 2019
ISBN: 1328780961
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Year: 2020
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Call Number: PZ7.L6623 W33 2020
ISBN: 9781250203557
Illustrated by Michaela Goade
Year: 2021
Watercress by Andrea Wang
Call Number: PZ7.1.W3645 W38 2021
ISBN: 9780823446247
Illustrated by Jason Chin
Year: 2022
Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Call Number: PZ7.1.S2476 H6 2022
ISBN: 9780593308431

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