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Caldecott Medal Winners

1938 - the Present

1938- Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book- Helen Dean Fish 1973- The Funny Little Woman- Arlene Mosel
1939- Mei Li- Thomas Handforth 1974- Duffy and the Devil- Harve Zemach
1940- Abraham Lincoln- Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1975- Arrow to the Sun- Gerald McDermott
1941- They were Strong and Good- Robert Lawson 1976- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears- Verna Aardema
1942- Make Way for Ducklings- Robert McCloskey 1977- Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions- Margaret Musgrove
1943- The Little House- Virginia Lee Burton 1978- Noah's Ark- Peter Spier
1944- Many Moons- James Thurber 1979- The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses- Paul Goble
1945- Prayer for a Child- Rachel Field 1980- Ox-Cart Man- Donald Hall
1946- The Rooster Crows- Maude & Miska Petersham 1981- Fables- Arnold Lobel
1947- The Little Island- Golden McDonald, pseud. 1982- Jumanji- Chris Van Allsburg
1948- White Snow, Bright Snow- Alvin Tresselt 1983- Shadow- Blaise Cendrars
1949- The Big Snow- Berta & Elmer Hader 1984- The Glorious Flight- Alice & Martin Provensen
1950- Song of the Swallows- Leo Politi 1985- Saint George and the Dragon- Margaret Hodges
1951- The Egg Tree- Katherine Milhous 1986- The Polar Express- Chris Van Allsburg
1952- Finders Keepers- William Lipkind 1987- Hey, Al- Arhtur Yorinks
1953- The Biggest Bear- Lynd Ward 1988- Owl Moon- Jane Yolen
1954- Madeline's Rescue- Ludwig Bemelmans 1989- Song and Dance Man- Karen Ackerman
1955- Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper- Charles Perrault 1990- Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China- Ed Young
1956- Frog Went A-Courtin'- John Langstaff 1991- Black and White- David Macaulay
1957- A Tree is Nice- Janice Udry 1992- Tuesday- David Wiesner
1958- Time of Wonder- Robert McCloskey 1993- Mirette on the High Wire- Emily Arnold McCully
1959- Chanticleer and the Fox- Geoffrey Chaucer 1994- Grandfather's Journey- Allen Say
1960- Nine Days to Christmas- Marie Ets & Aurora Labastida 1995- Smoky Night- Eve Bunting
1961- Baboushka and the Three Kings- Ruth Robbins 1996- Officer Buckle and Gloria- Peggy Rathmann
1962- Once a Mouse- Marcia Brown 1997- Golem- David Wisniewski
1963- The Snowy Day- Ezra Jack Keats 1998- Rapunzel- Paul O. Zelinsky
1964- Where the Wild Things Are- Maurice Sendak 1999- Snowflake Bentley- Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1965- May I Bring a Friend?- Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 2000- Joseph had a Little Overcoat- Simms Taback
1966- Always Room for One More- Sorche Nic Leodhas 2001- So You Want to be President?- Judith St. George
1967- Sam, Bangs & Moonshine- Evaline Ness 2002- The Three Pigs- David Wiesner
1968- Drummer Hoff- Barbara Emberley 2003- My Friend Rabbit- Eric Rohmann
1969- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship-Arthur Ransome 2004- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Mordicai Gerstein
1970- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- William Steig 2005- Kitten's First Full Moon- Kevin Henkes
1971- A Story A Story- Gail Haley 2006- Criss Cross- Lynne Rae Perkins
1972- One Fine Day- Nonny Hogrogian