Caldecott Medal & Honor Award Winners

2007 Medal Winner:
Flotsam - David Wiesner
Honor Books:
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet - David McLimans
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom - Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

2006 Medal Winner:
The Hello, Goodbye Window - by Norton Juster, illustrated by Chris Raschka
Honor Books:
Rosa - Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier
Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman.
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman

2005 Medal Winner:
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Honor Books:
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems.

2004 Medal Winner:
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Mordicai Gerstein
Honor Books:
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems

2003 Medal Winner:
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
Honor Books:
The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney

2002 Medal Winner:
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Honor Books:
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley
Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont

2001 Medal Winner:
So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George
Honor Books:
Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin
Olivia by Ian Falconer

2000 Medal Winner:
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback
Honor Books:
A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, Text: John Updike
Sector 7 by David Wiesner
When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney

1999 Medal Winner:
Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Honor Books:
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and the Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney, Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney
No, David! by David Shannon
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís

1998 Medal Winner:
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
Honor Books:
The Gardener illustrated by David Small, Text: Sarah Stewart
Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers, Text: Walter Dean Myers
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

1997 Medal Winner:
Golem by David Wisniewski
Honor Books:
Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho
The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
Starry Messenger by Peter Sís

1996 Medal Winner:
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Honor Books:
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss
The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci
Tops & Bottoms, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens

1995 Medal Winner:
Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting
Honor Books:
John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester
Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs
Time Flies by Eric Rohmann

1994 Medal Winner:
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine
Honor Books:
Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson
1993 Medal Winner: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Honor Books:
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Working Cotton, illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams

1992 Medal Winner: Tuesday by David Wiesner
Honor Book:
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

1991 Medal Winner: Black and White by David Macaulay
Honor Books:
Puss in Boots, illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur
"More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams

1990 Medal Winner: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Honor Books:
Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel

1989 Medal Winner: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman
Honor Books:
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder
Free Fall by David Wiesner
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack

1988 Medal Winner: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen
Honor Book:
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

1987 Medal Winner: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks
Honor Books:
The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi
Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky

1986 Medal Winner: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Honor Books:
The Relatives Came, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood
1985 Medal Winner: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges
Honor Books:
Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser
Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, retold and illustrated by John Steptoe

1984 Medal Winner: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
Honor Books:
Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
1983 Medal Winner:
Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars
Honor Books:
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant

1982 Medal Winner: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg)
Honor Books:
Where the Buffaloes Begin, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker
On Market Street, illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel)
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard

1981 Medal Winner: Fables by Arnold Lobel
Honor Books:
The Bremen-Town Musicians, retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang
Mice Twice by Joseph Low
Truck by Donald Crews

1980 Medal Winner:
Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall
Honor Books:
Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

1979 Medal Winner:
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Honor Books:
Freight Train by Donald Crews
The Way to Start a Day, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor

1978 Medal Winner:
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
Honor Books:
Castle by David Macaulay
It Could Always Be Worse, retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach

1977 Medal Winner:
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove
Honor Books:
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Contest, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein
The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott
Hawk, I'm Your Brother, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor

1976 Medal Winner: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema
Honor Books:
The Desert is Theirs, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor
Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola

1975 Medal Winner: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
Honor Books:
Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings

1974 Medal Winner:
Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
Honor Books:
Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers
Cathedral by David Macaulay

1973 Medal Winner: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel
Honor Books:
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
Hosie's Alphabet, illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm
When Clay Sings, illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor

1972 Medal Winner: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Honor Books:
Hildilid's Night, illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan
If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings

1971 Medal Winner: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
Honor Books:
The Angry Moon, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
1970 Medal Winner: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Honor Books:
Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
Pop Corn & Ma Goodness, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston
Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
The Judge: An Untrue Tale, illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach

1969 Medal Winner: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome
Honor Books:
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell
1968 Medal Winner: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
Honor Books:
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Seashore Story by Taro Yashima
The Emperor and the Kite, illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen
1967 Medal Winner: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
Honor Book:
One Wide River to Cross, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley

1966 Medal Winner: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud.
Honor Books:
Hide and Seek Fog, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
Just Me by Marie Hall Ets
Tom Tit Tot, retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness

1965 Medal Winner: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Honor Books:
Rain Makes Applesauce, illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer
The Wave, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges
A Pocketful of Cricket, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill
1964 Medal Winner: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Honor Books:
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
All in the Morning Early, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, (pseud. Leclaire Alger]
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Philip Reed

1963 Medal Winner: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Honor Books:
The Sun is a Golden Earring, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow

1962 Medal Winner: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
Honor Books:
Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier
Little Bear's Visit, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik
The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey

1961 Medal Winner: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins
Honor Book:
Inch by Inch, by Leo Lionni
1960 Medal Winner: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
Honor Books:
Houses from the Sea, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey
The Moon Jumpers, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry

1959 Medal Winner: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney
Honor Books:
The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi
What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin
Umbrella by Taro Yashima

1958 Medal Winner: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Honor Books:
Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
Anatole and the Cat, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus

1957 Medal Winner: A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry
Honor Books:
Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets
1 is One by Tasha Tudor
Anatole, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus
Gillespie and the Guards, illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin
Lion by William Pène du Bois

1956 Medal Winner: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff
Honor Books:
Play With Me, by Marie Hall Ets
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

1955 Medal Winner: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
Honor Books:
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli
Wheel On The Chimney, illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown
The Thanksgiving Story, illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh

1954 Medal Winner: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Honor Books:
Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer
When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James
A Very Special House, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss
Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum

1953 Medal Winner: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
Honor Books:
Puss in Boots, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg
The Storm Book, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow
Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes

1952 Medal Winner: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, (pseud. Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, (pseud. William Lipkind]
Honor Books:
Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets
Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown
All Falling Down, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion
Bear Party by William Pène du Bois
Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds

1951 Medal Winner: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
Honor Books:
Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown
The Two Reds, ill. by Nicolas, (pseud. Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, (pseud. William Lipkind]
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, (pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel]
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley
T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry

1950 Medal Winner: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
Honor Books:
America's Ethan Allen, illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook
The Wild Birthday Cake, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis
The Happy Day, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss)
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, (pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel]
Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

1949 Medal Winner: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
Honor Books:
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
All Around the Town, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley
Juanita by Leo Politi
Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese

1948 Medal Winner: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
Honor Books:
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, (pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel]
Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber
Roger and the Fox, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis
Song of Robin Hood, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson

1947 Medal Winner: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown)
Honor Books:
Rain Drop Splash, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt
Boats on the River, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack
Timothy Turtle, illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham
Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi
Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler

1946 Medal Winner: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham
Honor Books:
Little Lost Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown)
Sing Mother Goose, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler
My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher
You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese

1945 Medal Winner: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field
Honor Books:
Mother Goose, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets
Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli
The Christmas Anna Angel, illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer

1944 Medal Winner:
Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber
Honor Books:
Small Rain: Verses From The Bible, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones
Pierre Pidgeon, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman
The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader
A Child's Good Night Book, illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown
Good-Luck Horse, illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan

1943 Medal Winner: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Honor Books:
Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff
Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry
1942 Medal Winner: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Honor Books:
An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham
In My Mother's House, illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark
Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling
Nothing At All, by Wanda Gág
1941 Medal Winner: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson
Honor Book:
April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry
1940 Medal Winner: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Honor Books:
Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford

1939 Medal Winner: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
Honor Books:
Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry
The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág
Wee Gillis, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf

1938 Medal Winner:
Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish
Honor Books:
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish
Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff