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Caldecott Medal

Caldecott Medal award

The Caldecott Medal is awarded each year for the preceding year’s most distinguished American picture book for children. Runners-up are called Caldecott Honor Books.

The award was named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.

The Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal are the most prestigious of American children’s book awards.

Learn more: official Caldecott Medal homepage


Winners:

Noah’s Ark (1977)

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Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.

Author(s): Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1978)

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Author(s): Paul Goble
Illustrator(s): Paul Goble


Ox-Cart Man (1979)

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Author(s): Donald Hall
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney


Fables (1980)

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Author(s): Arnold Lobel
Illustrator(s): Arnold Lobel


Jumanji (1981)

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Author(s): Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrator(s): Chris Van Allsburg


Shadow (1982)

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Author(s): Blaise Cendrars
Illustrator(s): Marcia J. Brown


The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot (1983)

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Author(s): Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Illustrator(s): Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen


Saint George and the Dragon (1984)

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Author(s): Margaret Hodges
Illustrator(s): Trina Schart Hyman


The Polar Express (1985)

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Author(s): Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrator(s): Chris Van Allsburg


Hey, Al (1986)

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Author(s): Arthur Yorinks
Illustrator(s): Richard Egielski


Owl Moon (1987)

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Author(s): Jane Yolen
Illustrator(s): John Schoenherr


Song and Dance Man (1988)

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Author(s): Karen Ackerman
Illustrator(s): Stephen Gammell


Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (1989)

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Author(s): Ed Young
Illustrator(s): Ed Young


Black and White (1990)

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A surrealist exercise with four simultaneous, possibly interconnected stories going on. Too clever by half? or The (Caldecott) Emperor’s New Clothes?

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

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Tuesday (1991)

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It’s Tuesday and the frogs on their lily pads are out in force.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Mirette on the High Wire (1992)

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Author(s): Emily McCully
Illustrator(s): Emily McCully


Grandfather’s Journey (1993)

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Author(s): Allen Say
Illustrator(s): Allen Say


Smoky Night (1994)

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Author(s): Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s): David Díaz


Officer Buckle and Gloria (1995)

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Author(s): Peggy Rathmann
Illustrator(s): Peggy Rathmann


Golem (1996)

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Author(s): David Wisniewski
Illustrator(s): David Wisniewski