Caldecott Medal - Picture Book (Awarded by Association for Library Service to Children)

Awards List

2023

Hot Dog
(Winner)
Doug Salati

Ain't Burned All the Bright
(Honor Book)
Jason Reynolds

Knight Owl
(Honor Book)
Christopher Denise

Berry Song
(Honor Book)
Michaela Goade

2022

Watercress
(Winner)
Andrea Wang

Mel Fell
(Honor Book)
Corey R. Tabor

The Wonder Walkers
(Honor Book)
Micha Archer

Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
(Honor Book)
Shawn Harris

2021

We Are Water Protectors
(Winner)
Carole Lindstrom

The Cat Man of Aleppo
(Honor Book)
Irene Latham; Karim Shamsi-Basha

Outside In
(Honor Book)
Deborah Underwood

A Place Inside of Me
(Honor Book)
Zetta Elliott

Me & Mama
(Honor Book)
Cozbi A. Cabrera

2020

The Undefeated
(Winner)
Kwame Alexander

Going Down Home with Daddy
(Honor Book)
Kelly Starling Lyons

Bear Came Along
(Honor Book)
Richard T. Morris

Double Bass Blues
(Honor Book)
Andrea Loney

2019

Hello Lighthouse
(Winner)
Sophie Blackall

Alma and How She Got Her Name
(Honor Book)
Juana Martinez-Neal

The Rough Patch
(Honor Book)
Brian Lies

A Big Mooncake for Little Star
(Honor Book)
Grace Lin

Thank You, Omu!
(Honor Book)
Oge Mora

2018

Wolf in the Snow
(Winner)
Matthew Cordell

Big Cat, Little Cat
(Honor Book)
Elisha Cooper

A Different Pond
(Honor Book)
Bao Phi

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
(Honor Book)
Derrick Barnes

2017

Radiant Child
(Winner)
Javaka Steptoe

Leave Me Alone
(Honor Book)
Vera Brosgol

They All Saw a Cat
(Honor Book)
Brendan Wenzel

Du Iz Tak?
(Honor Book)
Carson Ellis

2016

Last Stop on Market Street
(Honor Book)
Matt De La Pena

2015

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
(Winner)
Dan Santat

This One Summer
(Honor Book)
Jillian Tamaki; Mariko Tamaki

Nana in the City
(Honor Book)
Lauren Castillo

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
(Honor Book)
Mac Barnett

2014

Flora and the Flamingo
(Honor Book)
Molly Idle

Journey
(Honor Book)
Aaron Becker

Mr. Wuffles!
(Honor Book)
David Wiesner

2013

This Is Not My Hat
(Winner)
Jon Klassen

Extra Yarn
(Honor Book)
Mac Barnett

One Cool Friend
(Honor Book)
Toni Buzzeo

Green
(Honor Book)
Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Creepy Carrots!
(Honor Book)
Aaron Reynolds

Sleep Like a Tiger
(Honor Book)
Mary Logue

2012

A Ball for Daisy
(Winner)
Chris Raschka

Me... Jane
(Honor Book)
Patrick McDonnell

Blackout
(Honor Book)
John Rocco

Grandpa Green
(Honor Book)
Lane Smith

2011

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
(Winner)
Philip Christian Stead

Interrupting Chicken
(Honor Book)
David Ezra Stein

2010

The Lion & the Mouse
(Winner)
Jerry Pinkney

Red Sings from Treetops
(Honor Book)
Joyce Sidman

All the World
(Honor Book)
Liz Garton Scanlon

2009

The House in the Night
(Winner)
Susan Marie Swanson

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
(Honor Book)
Marla Frazee

How I Learned Geography
(Honor Book)
Uri Shulevitz

2008

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(Winner)
Brian Selznick

Henry's Freedom Box
(Honor Book)
Ellen Levine

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
(Honor Book)
Mo Willems

2007

Flotsam
(Winner)
David Wiesner

Moses
(Honor Book)
Carole Boston Weatherford

2006

The Hello, Goodbye Window
(Winner)
Norton Juster

Zen Shorts
(Honor Book)
Jon J. Muth

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride
(Honor Book)
Marjorie Priceman

2005

Kitten's First Full Moon
(Winner)
Kevin Henkes

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
(Honor Book)
Mo Willems

Coming on Home Soon
(Honor Book)
Jacqueline Woodson

The Red Book
(Honor Book)
Barbara Lehman

2004

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
(Honor Book)
Mo Willems

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
(Honor Book)
Margaret Chodos-Irvine

2003

My Friend Rabbit
(Winner)
Eric Rohmann

Hondo & Fabian
(Honor Book)
Peter McCarty

Noah's Ark
(Honor Book)
Jerry Pinkney

The Spider and the Fly
(Honor Book)
Tony DiTerlizzi

2002

The Three Pigs
(Winner)
David Wiesner

Stray Dog
(Honor Book)
Marc Simont

2001

So You Want to Be President?
(Winner)
Judith St. George

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
(Honor Book)
Doreen Cronin

Olivia
(Honor Book)
Ian Falconer

2000

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
(Winner)
Simms Taback

The Ugly Duckling
(Honor Book)
Hans Christian Andersen

When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry...
(Honor Book)
Molly Bang

Sector 7
(Honor Book)
David Wiesner

1999

Snow
(Honor Book)
Uri Shulevitz

No, David!
(Honor Book)
David Shannon

1998

Rapunzel
(Winner)
Paul Zelinsky

Harlem
(Honor Book)
Walter Dean Myers

The Gardener
(Honor Book)
Sarah Stewart

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
(Honor Book)
Simms Taback

1997

Golem
(Winner)
David Wisniewski

1996

Officer Buckle and Gloria
(Winner)
Peggy Rathmann

Faithful Friend
(Honor Book)
Robert D. San Souci

Tops & Bottoms
(Honor Book)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
(Honor Book)
Lloyd Moss

Alphabet City
(Honor Book)
Stephen T. Johnson

1995

Smoky Night
(Winner)
Eve Bunting

Time Flies
(Honor Book)
Eric Rohmann

Swamp Angel
(Honor Book)
Anne Isaacs

John Henry
(Honor Book)
Julius Lester

1994

Grandfather's Journey
(Winner)
Allen Say

In the Small, Small Pond
(Honor Book)
Denise Fleming

Owen
(Honor Book)
Kevin Henkes

1993

Mirette on the High Wire
(Winner)
Emily Arnold McCully

Seven Blind Mice
(Honor Book)
Ed Young

Working Cotton
(Honor Book)
Sherley Anne Williams

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
(Honor Book)
Jon Scieszka

1992

Tuesday
(Winner)
David Wiesner

Tar Beach
(Honor Book)
Faith Ringgold

1991

Black and White
(Winner)
David MacAulay

1990

Lon Po Po
(Winner)
Ed Young

Bill Peet: An Autobiography
(Honor Book)
Bill Peet
  • / General Fiction
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Color Zoo
(Honor Book)
Lois Ehlert

The Talking Eggs
(Honor Book)
Robert D. San Souci

1989

Song and Dance Man
(Winner)
Karen Ackerman
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(Honor Book)
James Marshall

Mirandy and Brother Wind
(Honor Book)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

1988

Owl Moon
(Winner)
Jane Yolen

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
(Honor Book)
John Steptoe

1987

Hey, Al
(Winner)
Arthur Yorinks

Village of Round and Square Houses
(Honor Book)
Ann Grifalconi

Rumpelstiltskin
(Honor Book)
Paul Zelinsky

Alphabatics
(Honor Book)
Suse MacDonald

1986

The Polar Express
(Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

The Relatives Came
(Honor Book)
Cynthia Rylant

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
(Honor Book)
Audrey Wood

1985

Saint George and the Dragon
(Winner)
Margaret Hodges

Hansel and Gretel
(Honor Book)
Rika Lesser

Have You Seen My Duckling? Board Book
(Honor Book)
Nancy Tafuri
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Story of Jumping Mouse
(Honor Book)
John Steptoe

1984

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
(Winner)
Alice Provensen
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Little Red Riding Hood
(Honor Book)
Trina Schart Hyman

1983

Shadow
(Winner)
Blaise Cendrars

When I Was Young in the Mountains
(Honor Book)
Cynthia Rylant

A Chair for My Mother
(Honor Book)
Vera B. Williams

1982

Jumanji
(Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

On Market Street
(Honor Book)
Arnold Lobel

Outside Over There
(Honor Book)
Maurice Sendak

1981

Fables
(Winner)
Arnold Lobel

The Bremen-Town Musicians
(Honor Book)
Ilse Plume
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Truck
(Honor Book)
Donald Crews

Mice Twice
(Honor Book)
Joseph Low

Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher
(Honor Book)
Molly Bang

1980

Ox-Cart Man
(Winner)
Donald Hall

The Treasure
(Honor Book)
Uri Shulevitz

Ben's Trumpet
(Honor Book)
Rachel Isadora

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
(Honor Book)
Chris Van Allsburg

1979

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
(Winner)
Paul Goble

The Way to Start a Day
(Honor Book)
Byrd Baylor

Freight Train
(Honor Book)
Donald Crews

1978

It Could Always Be Worse
(Honor Book)
Margot Zemach

Castle
(Honor Book)
David MacAulay

1977

Ashanti to Zulu
(Winner)
Margaret Musgrove

The Amazing Bone
(Honor Book)
William Steig

Contest
(Honor Book)
Nonny Hogrogian

1976

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
(Winner)
Verna Aardema

Strega Nona: Her Story
(Honor Book)
Tomie DePaola
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Desert is Theirs
(Honor Book)
Byrd Baylor

1975

Arrow to the Sun
(Winner)
Gerald McDermott

1974

Duffy and the Devil
(Winner)
Harve Zemach

1973

The Funny Little Woman
(Winner)
Arlene Mosel

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Honor Book)
Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm
  • / Fantasy
  • Buy Buy

Anansi the Spider
(Honor Book)
Gerald McDermott

1972

One Fine Day
(Winner)
Nonny Hogrogian

1971

A Story, a Story
(Winner)
Gail E. Haley

Frog and Toad Are Friends
(Honor Book)
Arnold Lobel

In the Night Kitchen
(Honor Book)
Maurice Sendak

1970

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
(Winner)
William Steig
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
(Honor Book)
Leo Lionni
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Thy Friend, Obadiah
(Honor Book)
Brinton Turkle

1969

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
(Winner)
Arthur Ransome

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
(Honor Book)
Elphinstone Dayrell

1968

Drummer Hoff
(Winner)
Barbara Emberley

The Emperor and the Kite
(Honor Book)
Jane Yolen
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Frederick
(Honor Book)
Leo Lionni

1967

Sam, Bangs and Moonshine
(Winner)
Evaline Ness

One Wide River to Cross
(Honor Book)
Barbara Emberley
  • / Action Adventure
  • Buy Buy

1966

Always Room for One More
(Winner)
Sorche Nic Leodhas

Hide and Seek Fog
(Honor Book)
Alvin R. Tresselt

1965

May I Bring a Friend?
(Winner)
Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

Rain Makes Applesauce
(Honor Book)
Julian Scheer
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1964

Where the Wild Things Are
(Winner)
Maurice Sendak

Swimmy
(Honor Book)
Leo Lionni

1963

The Snowy Day
(Winner)
Ezra Jack Keats

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
(Honor Book)
Charlotte Zolotow

1962

Once a Mouse
(Winner)
Marcia Brown
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song
(Honor Book)
Peter Spier
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Little Bear's Visit
(Honor Book)
Else Holmelund Minarik

1961

Baboushka and the Three Kings
(Winner)
Ruth Robbins

Inch by Inch
(Honor Book)
Leo Lionni
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1960

The Moon Jumpers
(Honor Book)
Janice May Udry

1959

Chanticleer and the Fox
(Winner)
Barbara Cooney
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

What Do You Say, Dear?
(Honor Book)
Sesyle Joslin
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Umbrella
(Honor Book)
Taro Yashima

1958

Time of Wonder
(Winner)
Robert McCloskey

Anatole and the Cat
(Honor Book)
Eve Titus
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Fly High, Fly Low
(Honor Book)
Don Freeman

1957

1 Is One
(Honor Book)
Tasha Tudor
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1956

Frog Went A-Courtin'
(Winner)
John Langstaff

Play With Me
(Honor Book)
Marie Hall Ets

Crow Boy
(Honor Book)
Taro Yashima

1955

Cinderella
(Winner)
Marcia Brown
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

The Thanksgiving Story
(Honor Book)
Alice Dalgliesh
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1954

Madeline's Rescue
(Winner)
Ludwig Bemelmans

Very Special House
(Honor Book)
Ruth Krauss

1953

The Biggest Bear
(Winner)
Lynd Ward

Puss In Boots
(Honor Book)
Paul Galdone

One Morning in Maine
(Honor Book)
Robert McCloskey

Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals
(Honor Book)
Fritz Eichenberg

Storm Book
(Honor Book)
Charlotte Zolotow

1952

Finders Keepers
(Winner)
Will Lipkind; Mordvinoff Nicolas
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Bear Party
(Honor Book)
William Pene DuBois
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1951

The Egg Tree
(Winner)
Katherine Milhous
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Dick Whittington and His Cat
(Honor Book)
Marcia Brown
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

If I Ran the Zoo
(Honor Book)
Dr. Seuss

1950

Song of the Swallows
(Winner)
Leo Politi
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Happy Day
(Honor Book)
Ruth Krauss

Bartholomew and the Oobleck
(Honor Book)
Dr. Seuss

1949

The Big Snow
(Winner)
Berta Hader; Elmer Hader
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Blueberries for Sal
(Honor Book)
Robert McCloskey

1948

White Snow, Bright Snow
(Winner)
Alvin R. Tresselt

Stone Soup
(Honor Book)
Marcia Brown

McElligot's Pool
(Honor Book)
Dr. Seuss

1947

The Little Island
(Winner)
Golden MacDonald

1946

The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
(Winner)
Maud Fuller Petersham; Miska Petersham

My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
(Honor Book)
Becky Reyher
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1945

Yonie Wondernose
(Honor Book)
Marguerite de Angeli
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1944

Many Moons
(Winner)
James Thurber

A Child's Good Night Book
(Honor Book)
Margaret Wise Brown
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1943

The Little House
(Winner)
Virginia Lee Burton
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1942

Make Way for Ducklings
(Winner)
Robert McCloskey

Paddle-To-The-Sea
(Honor Book)
Holling Clancy Holling

1941

They Were Strong and Good
(Winner)
Robert Lawson

April's Kittens
(Honor Book)
Clare Turlay Newberry

1940

Abraham Lincoln
(Winner)
Ingri D'Aulaire
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Madeline
(Honor Book)
Ludwig Bemelmans
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1939

Mei Li
(Winner)
Thomas Handforth
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Andy and the Lion
(Honor Book)
James Daugherty

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