Caldecott Medal Winners
The Ralph Caldecott Medal recognizes the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
- 2012: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
- 2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
- 2010: The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
- 2009: The House in the Night written by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
- 2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- 2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner
- 2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window written by Norton Juster, illustrated by Chris Raschka
- 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? written by Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small
- 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
- 1999: Snowflake Bentley written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian
- 1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
- 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski
- 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
- 1995: Smoky Night written by Eve Bunting, illustrated by David Diaz
- 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: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
- 1989: Song and Dance Man written by Karen Ackerman, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
- 1988: Owl Moon written by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
- 1987: Hey, Al written by Arthur Yorink, illustrated by Richard Egielski
- 1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- 1985: Saint George and the Dragon written by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
- 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
- 1983: Shadow written by Blaise Cendrars, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- 1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
- 1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel
- 1980: Ox-Cart Man written by Donal Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
- 1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
- 1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
- 1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions written by Margaret Musgrove, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
- 1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears written by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
- 1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
- 1974: Duffy and the Devil written by Harve Zemach, illustrated by Margot Zemach
- 1973: The Funny Little Woman written by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent
- 1972: One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
- 1971: A Story A Story by Gail E. Haley
- 1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- 1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship written by Arthur Ransome, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
- 1968: Drummer Hoff written by Barbara Emberley, illustrated by Ed Emberley
- 1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
- 1966: Always Room for One More written by Sorche Nic Leodhas, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
- 1965: May I Bring a Friend? written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by Beni Montresbyor
- 1964: Where the Wild Things Are,by Maurice Sendak
- 1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- 1962: Once a Mouse retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- 1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
- 1960: Nine Days to Christmas written by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets;
- 1959: Chanticleer and the Fox written by Barbara Cooney, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
- 1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
- 1957: A Tree Is Nice written by Janice Udry, illustrated by Marc Simont
- 1956: Frog Went A-Courtin' written by John Langstaff, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsk
- 1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown, illustrated by Marcia Brown
- 1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- 1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
- 1952: Finders Keepers written by William Lipkind, illustrated by Nicholas Mordvinoff
- 1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
- 1950: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
- 1949: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
- 1948: White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tressel, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
- 1947: The Little Island written by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown], illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
- 1946: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham
- 1945: Prayer for a Child written by Rachel Field, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
- 1944: Many Moons written by James Thurber, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
- 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 & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- 1939: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
- 1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book written by Helen Dean Fish, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
