List of All Caldecott Medal Winners
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children to the illustrator of the best American picture book for children. Artists or their publishers must submit two copies of a book published during the previous year to the ALSC and a selection committee. The Caldecott Award Selection Committee then selects the year’s Caldecott Medal Winner as well as multiple Honorable Mention runners-up.
My intermediate-term goal is to read my daughter every Caldecott Medal winning book before she starts kindergarten. I still have some of these books from when I was a child and the rest are relatively easy to find at libraries or from used book sellers. If nothing else, at least we get to look at great illustrations together.
Below is a full list of every Caldecott Medal Winner since the award was established in 1938
| Year | Book Cover | Title | Check Price on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  |
A Ball for Daisy | A Ball for Daisy |
| 2011 |  |
A Sick Day for Amos McGee | A Sick Day for Amos McGee |
| 2010 |  |
The Lion & the Mouse | The Lion & the Mouse |
| 2009 |  |
The House in the Night | The House in the Night |
| 2008 |  |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret | The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
| 2007 |  |
Flotsam | Flotsam |
| 2006 |  |
The Hello, Goodbye Window | The Hello, Goodbye Window |
| 2005 |  |
Kitten’s First Full Moon | Kitten’s First Full Moon |
| 2004 |  |
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
| 2003 |  |
My Friend Rabbit | My Friend Rabbit |
| 2002 |  |
The Three Pigs | The Three Pigs |
| 2001 |  |
So You Want to Be President? | So You Want to be President? |
| 2000 |  |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
| 1999 |  |
Snowflake Bentley | Snowflake Bentley |
| 1998 |  |
Rapunzel | Rapunzel |
| 1997 |  |
Golem | Golem |
| 1996 |  |
Officer Buckle and Gloria | Officer Buckle & Gloria |
| 1995 |  |
Smoky Night | Smoky Night |
| 1994 |  |
Grandfather’s Journey | Grandfather’s Journey |
| 1993 |  |
Mirette on the High Wire | Mirette on the High Wire |
| 1992 |  |
Tuesday | Tuesday |
| 1991 |  |
Black and White | Black and White |
| 1990 |  |
Lon Po Po | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
| 1989 |  |
Song and Dance Man | Song and Dance Man |
| 1988 |  |
Owl Moon | Owl Moon |
| 1987 |  |
Hey, Al | Hey, Al |
| 1986 |  |
The Polar Express | The Polar Express |
| 1985 |  |
Saint George and the Dragon | Saint George and the Dragon |
| 1984 |  |
The Glorious Flight | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot |
| 1983 |  |
Shadow | Shadow (From the French of Blaise Cendrars) |
| 1982 |  |
Jumanji | Jumanji |
| 1981 |  |
Fables | Fables |
| 1980 |  |
Ox-Cart Man | Ox-Cart Man |
| 1979 |  |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
| 1978 |  |
Noah’s Ark | Noah’s Ark |
| 1977 |  |
Ashanti to Zulu | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions |
| 1976 |  |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale |
| 1975 |  |
Arrow to the Sun | Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale |
| 1974 |  |
Duffy and the Devil | Duffy and the Devil |
| 1973 |  |
The Funny Little Woman | The Funny Little Woman |
| 1972 |  |
One Fine Day | One Fine Day |
| 1971 |  |
A Story A Story | A Story, a Story |
| 1970 |  |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
| 1969 |  |
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale |
| 1968 |  |
Drummer Hoff | Drummer Hoff |
| 1967 |  |
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine | Sam, Bangs & Moonshine |
| 1966 |  |
Always Room for One More | Always Room for One More |
| 1965 |  |
May I Bring a Friend? | May I Bring a Friend? |
| 1964 |  |
Where the Wild Things Are | Where the Wild Things Are |
| 1963 |  |
The Snowy Day | The Snowy Day: 50th Anniversary Edition |
| 1962 |  |
Once a Mouse | Once a Mouse |
| 1961 |  |
Baboushka and the Three Kings | Baboushka and the Three Kings |
| 1960 |  |
Nine Days to Christmas | Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico |
| 1959 |  |
Chanticleer and the Fox | Chanticleer and the Fox |
| 1958 |  |
Time of Wonder | Time of Wonder |
| 1957 |  |
A Tree Is Nice | A Tree Is Nice |
| 1956 |  |
Frog Went A-Courtin’ | Frog Went A-Courtin’ |
| 1955 |  |
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | Cinderella |
| 1954 |  |
Madeline’s Rescue | Madeline’s Rescue |
| 1953 |  |
The Biggest Bear | The Biggest Bear |
| 1952 |  |
Finders Keepers | Finders Keepers |
| 1951 |  |
The Egg Tree | The Egg Tree |
| 1950 |  |
Song of the Swallows | Song of the Swallows |
| 1949 |  |
The Big Snow | The Big Snow |
| 1948 |  |
White Snow, Bright Snow | White Snow, Bright Snow |
| 1947 |  |
The Little Island | The Little Island |
| 1946 |  |
The Rooster Crows | The Rooster Crows : A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles |
| 1945 |  |
Prayer for a Child | Prayer for a Child |
| 1944 |  |
Many Moons | Many Moons |
| 1943 |  |
The Little House | The Little House |
| 1942 |  |
Make Way for Ducklings | Make Way for Ducklings |
| 1941 |  |
They Were Strong and Good | They Were Strong and Good |
| 1940 |  |
Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1939 |
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Mei Li | Mei Li |
| 1938 |  |
Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book | Animals of the Bible |