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Caldecott Medal Winners 1938–present
2000s
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: Norton Juster
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
2001: So You Want to be President? illustrated by David Small; text: Judith St. George
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
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1990s
1999 : Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian; text: Jacqueline Martin
1998 : Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
1997 : Golem by David Wisniewski
1996 : Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
1995 : Smoky Night illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting
1994 : Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine
1993 : Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
1992 : Tuesday by David Wiesner
1991 : Black and White by David Macaulay
1990 : Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
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1980s
1989 : Song and Dance Man illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman
1988 : Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen
1987 : Hey, Al illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks
1986 : The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
1985 : Saint George and the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges
1984 : The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
1983 : Shadow translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars
1982 : Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
1981 : Fables by Arnold Lobel
1980 : Ox-Cart Man illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall
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1970s
1979 : The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
1978 : Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
1977 : Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove
1976 : Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema
1975 : Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
1974 : Duffy and the Devil illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
1973 : The Funny Little Woman illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel
1972 : One Fine Day retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
1971 : A Story A Story retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
1970 : Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
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1960s
1969 : The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome
1968 : Drummer Hoff illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
1967 : Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
1966 : Always Room for One More illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]
1965 : May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
1964 : Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
1963 : The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
1962 : Once a Mouse retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
1961 : Baboushka and the Three Kings illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins
1960 : Nine Days to Christmas illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
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1950s
1959 : Chanticleer and the Fox illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney
1958 : Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
1957 : A Tree Is Nice illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry
1956 : Frog Went A-Courtin' illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff)
1955 : Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
1954 : Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
1953 : The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
1952 : Finders Keepers illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]
1951 : The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
1950 : Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
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1940s
1949 : The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
1948 : White Snow, Bright Snow illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
1947 : The Little Island illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]
1946 : The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham
1945 : Prayer for a Child illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field
1944 : Many Moons illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber
1943 : The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
1942 : Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
1941 : They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
1940 : Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
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1930s
1939 : Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
1938 : Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish
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