Given to ONLY one book for that year’s best illustrated children’s book.

Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator, Randolph Caldecott

2011 Caldecott Medal A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Stead E Pin Wood Block Prints & Pencils

2010 Caldecott Medal The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney E Pin Watercolors

2009 Caldecott Medal The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson E Swa Watercolors

2008 Caldecott Medal The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick E Sel Pencil

2007 Caldecott Medal Flotsam, by David Wiesner E Wie

2006 Caldecott Medal The Hello, Goodbye Window, by Norton Juster E Jus

2005 Caldecott Medal Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback E Tab

2004 Caldecott Medal Kitten’s First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes E Hen

2003 Caldecott Medal My Friend Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann E Roh

2002 Caldecott Medal So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George 973 St

2001 Caldecott Medal The Three Pigs, by David Wiesner E Wie

2000 Caldecott Medal The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein Ger

1999 Caldecott Medal Snowflake Bentley, by Jaqueline Martin 921 Ben

1998 Caldecott Medal Rapunzel, by Paul Zelinsky Zel Oil Paintings

1997 Caldecott Medal Golem, by David Wisniewksi Wis

1996 Caldecott Medal Officer Buckle and Gloria, by Peggy Rathman E Rat Cartoon

1995 Caldecott Medal Smoky Night, by Eve Bunting E Bun Collage

1994 Caldecott Medal Grandfather's Journey, by Allen Say E Say Watercolors

1993 Caldecott Medal Mirette on the High Wire, by Emily McCully E McC Pastels

1992 Caldecott Medal Tuesday, by David Wiesner E Wie

1991 Caldecott Medal Black and White, by David Macaulay E Mac

1990 Caldecott Medal Lon Po Po, by Ed Young E You

1989 Caldecott Medal Song and Dance Man, by Karen Ackerman E Ack

1988 Caldecott Medal Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen E Yol

1987 Caldecott Medal Hey, Al, by Arthur Yorinks E Yor

1986 Caldecott Medal The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg E Van

1985 Caldecott Medal Saint George and the Dragon, by Margaret Hodges Hod

1984 Caldecott Medal The Glorious Flight, by Provensen, Alice and Martin 921 Ble

1983 Caldecott Medal Shadow, by Blaise Cendrars 841 Cen

1982 Caldecott Medal Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg E Van

1981 Caldecott Medal Fables, by Arnold Lobel E Lob

1980 Caldecott Medal Ox-Cart Man, by Donald Hall E Hal

1979 Caldecott Medal The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, by Paul Goble E Gob

1978 Caldecott Medal Noah's Ark, by Peter Spier E Spi

1977 Caldecott Medal Ashanti to Zulu: African traditions, by Margaret Musgrove 960 Mus

1976 Caldecott Medal Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, by Verna Aardema Aar

1975 Caldecott Medal Arrow to the Sun, by Gerald McDermott McD

1974 Caldecott Medal Duffy and the Devil, by Harve Zemach Zem

1973 Caldecott Medal The Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel E Mos

1972 Caldecott Medal One Fine Day, by Nonny Hogrogian E Hog

1971 Caldecott Medal A Story, by Gail Haley Hal

1970 Caldecott Medal Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig E Ste

1969 Caldecott Medal The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, by Arthur Ransome Ran

1968 Caldecott Medal Drummer Hoff, by Barbara Emberley Emb

1967 Caldecott Medal Sam Bang and Moonshine, by Evaline Ness E Nes

1966 Caldecott Medal Always Room for One More, by Sorche Nic Leodhas Leo

1965 Caldecott Medal May I Bring a Friend?, by Beatrice Schenk DeRegniers E DeR

1964 Caldecott Medal Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak E Sen

1963 Caldecott Medal The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats E Kea

1962 Caldecott Medal Once a Mouse, by Marcia Brown Bro

1961 Caldecott Medal Baboushka and The Three Kings, by Ruth Robbins E Kea

1960 Caldecott Medal Nine Days to Christmas, by Marie Hall Ets F Ets

1959 Caldecott Medal Chanticleer and the Fox, by Barbara Cooney 821 Coo

1958 Caldecott Medal Time of Wonder, by Robert McCloskey E McC

1957 Caldecott Medal A Tree is Nice, by Janice May Udry E Udry

1956 Caldecott Medal Frog Went A- Courtin, by John Langstaff E Lan

1955 Caldecott Medal Cinderella, by Marcia Brown Brown

1954 Caldecott Medal Madeline's Rescue, by Ludwig Bemelmans E Bem

1953 Caldecott Medal The Biggest Bear, by Lynd Ward E War

1952 Caldecott Medal Finders Keepers, by Will & Nicolas Mordvinoff E Mor

1951 Caldecott Medal The Egg Tree, by Katherine Milhous E Mil

1950 Caldecott Medal Song of the Swallows, by Leo Politi E Pol

1949 Caldecott Medal The Big Snow, by Berta and Elmer Hader E Had

1948 Caldecott Medal White Snow Bright Snow, by Alvin Tresselt E Tre

1947 Caldecott Medal The Little Island, by Golden MacDonald E Mac

1946 Caldecott Medal The Rooster Crows, by Maude Petersham Pet

1945 Caldecott Medal Prayers for a Child, by Rachel Field 242 Fie

1944 Caldecott Medal Many Moons, by James Thurber E Thu

1943 Caldecott Medal The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton E Bur

1942 Caldecott Medal Make Way For Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey E McC

1941 Caldecott Medal They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson E Law

1940 Caldecott Medal Abraham Lincoln, by Ingri Parin D’Aulaire Dau

1939 Caldecott Medal Mei Li, by Thomas Handforth E Han

1938 Caldecott Medal Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book, by Dorothy Plathrop 220 Pla