| Established in 1938, the Caldecott medal is presented each year to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. |
1997 Wisniewski, David Golem |
1996 Rathmann, Peggy. Officer Buckle and Gloria |
1995 Diaz, David. Smoky Night (Text by Eve Bunting) |
1994 Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey |
1993 McCully, Emily Arnold. Mirette on the High Wire |
1992 Wiesner, David. Tuesday |
1991 Macaulay, David. Black & White |
1990 Young, Ed. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
1989 Gammell, Stephen. Song and Dance Man (Text by Karen Ackerman) |
1988 Schoenherr, John. Owl Moon (Text by Jane Yolen) |
1987 Egielski, Richard. Hey, Al (Text by Arthur Yorinks) |
1986 Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express |
1985 Hyman, Trina Schart. Saint George and the Dragon (Text by Margaret Hodges) |
1984 Provensen, Alice and Provensen, Martin. The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot |
1983 Brown, Marcia. Shadow (Text by Blaise Cendrars) |
1982 Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji |
1981 Lobel, Arnold. Fables |
1980 Cooney, Barbara. Ox-Cart Man (Text by Donald Hall) |
1979 Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
1978 Spier, Peter. Noah's Ark (Text by Jacob Revius) |
1977 Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (Text by Margaret Musgrove) |
1976 Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale (Text by Verna Aardema) |
1975 McDermott, Gerald. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale |
1974 Zemach, Margot. Duffy and the Devil (Text by Harve Zemach) |
1973 Lent, Blair. The Funny Little Woman (Text by Arlene Mosel) |
1972 Hogrogian, Nonny. One Fine Day |
1971 Haley, Gail E. A Story--A Story |
1970 Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
1969 Shulevitz, Uri. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Text by Arthur Ransome) |
1968 Emberley, Ed. Drummer Hoff (Text by Barbara Emberley) |
1967 Ness, Evaline. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine |
1966 Hogrogian, Nonny. Always Room for One More (Text by Sorche Nic Leodhas) |
1965 Montresor, Beni. May I Bring a Friend? (Text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers) |
1964 Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are |
1963 Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day |
1962 Brown, Marcia. Once a Mouse |
1961 Sidjakov, Nicolas. Baboushka and the Three Kings (Text by Ruth Robbins) |
1960 Ets, Marie Hall. Nine Days to Christmas (Text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida) |
1959 Cooney, Barbara. Chanticleer and the Fox (Text by adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer) |
1958 McCloskey, Robert. Time of Wonder |
1957 Simont, Marc. A Tree is Nice (Text by Janice May Udry) |
1956 Rojankovsky, Feodor. Frog Went A-Courtin' (Text by John Langstaff) |
1955 Brown, Marcia. Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper (Text by Charles Perrault) |
1954 Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline's Rescue |
1953 Ward, Lynd K. The Biggest Bear |
1952 Mordvinoff, Nicolas. Finders Keepers (Text by William Lipkind) |
1951 Milhous, Katherine. The Egg Tree |
1950 Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows |
1949 Hader, Berta and Hader, Elmer. The Big Snow |
1948 Duvoisin, Roger. White Snow, Bright Snow (Text by Alvin Tresselt) |
1947 Weisgard, Leonard. The Little Island (Text by Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown]) |
1946 Petersham, Maud and Petersham, Miska. The Rooster Crows |
1945 Jones, Elizabeth Orton. Prayer for a Child (Text by Rachel Field) |
1944 Slobodkin, Louis. Many Moons (Text by James Thurber) |
1943 Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House |
1942 McClosky, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings |
1941 Lawson, Robert. They Were Strong and Good |
1940 d'Aulaire, Ingri and d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin. Abraham Lincoln |
1939 Handforth, Thomas. Mei Li |
1938 Lathrop, Dorothy P. Animals of the Bible |
