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A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words

A list of Caldecott  Medal Winners and the Honor Books from 1938.  Please note that if the illustrator's name is left out, it is because the author is the illustrator. 

How many have you read?  Why not try to read the winner and honor award books from the year you were born?  How about your children?  Have they read the books that won the year they were born?  How about Grandma and Grandpa birth year?  Was the award even given that year? 

What are your favorites?  We are looking at putting more books on our WALDSFE Booklist, so send your nomination (author and a brief description preferred) to waldsfe@hotmail.com

So you can jump more easily from decade to decade:

1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000

Title Author first name Author last name Illustrator first name Illustrator last name Awards comments

Animals of the Bible

Helen Dean

Fish

Dorothy P.

Lathrop

1938 Caldecott

 

Four and Twenty Black Birds Helen Dean Fish Robert Lawson 1938 Honor  
Seven Simeons Boris Artzybasheff     1938 Honor  

Mei Li

Thomas

Hadforth

 

 

1939 Caldecott

 

Andy and the Lion James Daugherty     1939 Honor  
Barkis Clare Turlay Newberry     1939 Honor  
The Fores Pool Laura Adams Armer     1939 Honor  
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Wanda Gag     1939 Honor  
Wee Gillis Munro Leaf Robert Lawson 1939 Honor  

Abraham Lincoln

Ingri & Edgar

D'Aulaire

 

 

1940 Caldecott

 

The Ageless Story Lauren Ford     1940 Honor  
Cock-A-Doodle Doo Berta & Elmer Hader     1940 Honor  
Madeline     Ludwig Bemelmans 1940 Honor  
They Were Srtong and Good Robert Lawson     1941 Caldecott  
April's Kittens Clare Turlay Newberry     1941 Honor  

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert

McCloskey

 

 

1942 Caldecott

 

An American ABC Maud & Miska Petersham     1942 Honor  
In My  Mother's House Ann Nolan Clark Velino Herrera 1942 Honor  
Nothing at All Wanda Gag     1942 Honor  
Paddle-to-the-Sea Holling C. Holling     1942 Honor  

The Little House

Virginia Lee

Burton

 

 

1943 Caldecott

 

Dash and Dart Mary and Conrad Buff     1943 Honor  
Marshmallow Clare Trulay Newberry     1943 Honor  

Many Moons

James

Thurber

Louis

Slobodkin

1944 Caldecott

 

A Child's Good Night Book Margaret Wise Brown     1944 Honor Jean Charlot (co-author)
Good Luck Horse Chin-Ye Chan     1944 Honor Plato Chan (co-author)
The Mighty Hunter Berta & Elmer Hader     1944 Honor  
Pierre Pigeon Lee Kingman     1944 Honor Arnold E. Bare (co-aurhor)
Small Rain: Verses from the Bible Jessie Orton Jones Elizabeth Orton Jones 1944 Honor  

Prayer for a Child

Rachel L

Field

Elizabeth Orton

Jones

1945 Caldecott

 

The Christmas Anna Angel Ruth Sawyer     1945 Honor Kate Seredy (co-author)
In the Forest Marie Hall Ets     1944 Honor  
Mother Goose     Tasha Tudor 1945 Honor  
Yonie Wondernose Marguerite de Angeli Maud and Miska Petersham 1944 Honor  

Rooster Crows

Maud and Miska

Petresham

Miska Petersham

 

1946 Caldecott

 

Lost Little Lamb Golden MacDonald Leonard Weisgard 1946 Honor  
My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World Becky Reyher Ruth Bannett 1946 Honor  
Sing Mother Goose Opal Wheeler     1946 Honor  
You Can Write Chinese Kurt Weise     1946 Honor  

The Little Island

Golden

MacDonal

Leonard

Weisgard

1947 Caldecott

 

Boats on the River Marjorie Flack Jay Hyde Barnum 1947 Honor  
Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street Leo Politi     1947 Honor  
Rain Drop Splash Alvin Tresselt Leonard Weisgard 1947 Honor  
Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns Opan Wheeler       1947 Honor  
Timothy Turtle Alice B Davis Guy B. Wiser 1947 Honor  

White Snow, Bright Snow

Alvin

Tersselt

Roger

Duvoisin

1948 Caldecott

 

Bambino the Clown George S. Schreiber     1948 Honor  
McElligot's Pool Dr. Seuss     1948 Honor  
Roger and the Fox Lavinia Davis Hildegard Woodward 1948 Honor  
Song of Robin Hood Anne Malcolmson Virginia Lee Burton 1948 Honor  
Stone Soup Marcia Brown     1948 Honor  

The Big Snow

Berta & Elmer

Hader

 

 

1949 Caldecott

 

All Around the Town Phyllis McGinley Helen Stone 1949 Honor  
Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey     1949 Honor  
Fish in the Air Kurt Weise     1949 Honor  
Juanita Leo Politi     1949 Honor  

Song of the Swallows

Leo

Politi

 

 

1950 Caldecott

 

Ethan Allen Stewart Holbrook Lynd Ward 1950 Honor  
Bartholomew and the Oobleck Dr. Seuss     1950 Honor  
The Happy Day Ruth Krauss Marc Simont 1950 Honor  
Henry Fisherman Marcia Brown     1950 Honor  
The Wild Birthday Cake Lavinia Davis Hildegard Woodward 1950 Honor  

Egg Tree

Katherine

Milhous

 

 

1951 Caldecott

 

Dick Whittington and His Cat Marcia Brown     1951 Honor  
If I Ran the Zoo Dr. Seuss     1951 Honor  
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World Phyllis McGinley Helen Stone 1951 Honor  
T-Bone, the Baby Sitter Clare Newberry     1951 Honor  
The Two Reds William Lipkind Nicholas Mordivonoff 1951 Honor  

Finders Keepers

William

Lipkind

Nicholas

Mordivonoff

1952 Caldecott

Nicolas Will (co-author)

All Falling Down Gene Zion Margaret Bloy Graham 1952 Honor  
Bear Party William Pene du Bois     1952 Honor  
Feather Mountain Elizabeth Olds     1952 Honor  
Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo Marie Hall Ets     1952 Honor  
Skipper John's Cook Marcia Brown     1952 Honor  

The Biggest Bear

Lynd Kendall

Ward

 

 

1953 Caldecott

 

Ape in a Cave Fritz Eichenberg     1953 Honor  
Five Little Monkeys Juliet Kepes     1953 Honor  
One Morning in Maine Robert McCloskey     1953 Honor  
Puss in Boots Charles Perrault Marcia Brown 1953 Honor  
The Storm Book Charlotte Zolotow Margaret Bly Graham 1953 Honor  

Madeline's Rescue

Ludwig

Bemelmans

 

 

1954 Caldecott

 

A Very Special House Ruth Krauss Maurice Sendak 1954 Honor  
Green Eyes A. Birnbaum     1954 Honor  
Journey Cake, Ho! Ruth Sawyer Robert McCloskey 1954 Honor  
The Steadfast Tin Soldier Hans Christian Andersen Marcia Brown 1954 Honor  
When Will the World Be Mine? Miriam Schlein Jean Charlot 1954 Honor  

Cinderella

Charles

Perrault

Marcia

Brown

1955 Caldecott

 

Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes     Marguerite deAngeli 1955 Honor  
The Thanksgiving Story Alice Dalgliesh Helen Sewell 1955 Honor  
Wheel on the Chimney Margaret Wise Brown Tibor Gergely 1955 Honor  

Frog Went A-Courtin'

John

Langstaff

Feodor

Rojankovsky

1956 Caldecott

 

Crow Boy Taro Yashima     1956 Honor  
Play with Me Maria Hall Ets     1956 Honor  

Tree is Nice

Janice May

Udry

Marc

Simont

1957 Caldecott

 

Anatole Eve Titus Paul Galdone 1957 Honor  
Gillespie and the Guards Benjamin Elkin James Daugherty 1957 Honor  
Lion William Pene du Bois     1957 Honor  
Mr. Penny's Race Horse Maria Hall Ets     1957 Honor  
1 is One Tasha Tudor     1957 Honor  

Time of Wonder

Robert

McCloskey

 

 

1958 Caldecott

 

Anatole and the Cat Eve Titus Paul Galdone 1958 Honor  
Fly High, Fly Low Don Freeman     1958 Honor  

Chanticleer and the Fox

Geoffrey

Chaucer

Barbara

Cooney

1959 Caldecott

 

The House that Jack Built Antonio Frasconi     1959 Honor  
Umbrella Taro Yashima     1959 Honor  
What Do You Say, Dear? Sesyle Joslin Maurice Sendak 1959 Honor  

Nine Days to Christmas

Marie Hall

Ets

Aurora

Labastida

1960 Caldecott

 

Houses from the Sea Alice E. Goudey Adrienne Adams 1960 Honor  
The Moon Jumpers Janice May Udry Maurice Sendak 1960 Honor  

Baboushka and the Three Kings

Ruth

Robbins

 

 

1961 Caldecott

 

Inch by Inch Leo Lionni     1961 Honor  

Once a Mouse

Marcia

Brown

 

 

1962 Caldecott

 

The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up Alice E. Goudey Adrienne Adams 1962 Honor  
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night     Peter Spier 1962 Honor  
Little Bear's Visit Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak 1962 Honor  

Snowy Day

Ezra Jack

Keats

 

 

1963 Caldecott

 

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Charlotte Zolotow Maurice Sendak 1963 Honor  
The Sun Is a Golden Earring Natalie M. Belting Bernarda Bryson 1963 Honor  

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice

Sendak

 

 

1964 Caldecott

 

All in the Morning Early Sorche Nic Leodhas Evaline Ness 1964 Honor  
Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes     Phillip Reed 1964 Honor  
Swimmy Leo Lionni     1964 Honor  

May I Bring a Friend?

Beatrice Schenk

De Regniers

 

 

1965 Caldecott

 

A Pocketful of Cricket Rebecca Caudill Ed Young 1965 Honor  
Rain Makes Applesauce Julia Scheer Marvin Bileck 1965 Honor  
The Wave Margaret  Hodges Blair Lent 1965 Honor  

Always Room for One More

Sorche

Leodhas

Nonny

Hogrogian

1966 Caldecott

 

Hide and Seek Fog Alvin Tresselt Roger Duvoisin   1966 Honor  
Just Me Marie Hall Ets     1966 Honor  
Tom Tit Tot Evaline Ness     1966 Honor  

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine

Evaline

Ness

 

 

1967 Caldecott

 

One Wide River to Cross Barbara Emberley Ed Emberly 1967 Honor  

Drummer Hoff

Barabara

Emberley

 

 

1968 Caldecott

 

The Emperor and the Kite Jane Yolen Ed Young 1968 Honor  
Frederick Leo Lionni     1968 Honor  
Seashore Story Taro Tashima     1968 Honor  

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Arthur

Ransome

 

 

1969 Caldecott

 

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky Elphstone Dayrell Blair Lent   1969 Honor  

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

William

Steig

 

 

1970 Caldecott

 

Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse Leo Lionni     1970 Honor  
Goggles Ezra Jack Keats     1970 Honor  
The Judge Harve Zemach Margot Zemach 1970 Honor  
Pop Corn & Ma Goodness Edna Mitchell Preston Robert Andrew Parker 1970 Honor  
Thy Friend, Obadiah Brinton Turkle     1970 Honor  

A Story, A Story: An African Tale

Gail E.

Haley

 

 

1971 Caldecott

 

The Angry Moon William Sleator Blair Lent 1971 Honor  
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel     1971 Honor  
In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak     1971 Honor  

One Find Day

Nonny

Hogrogian

 

 

1972 Caldecott

 

Hildilid's Night Cheli Duran Ryan Arnold Lobel 1972 Honor  
If All the Seas Were One Sea Janina Domanska     1972 Honor  
Moja Means One Muriel Feelings Tom Feelings 1972 Honor  

The Funny Little Woman

Arlene

Mosel

Blair

Lent

1973 Caldecott

 

Anansi the Spider Gerald McDermott     1973 Honor  
Hosie's Alphabet Leonard Baskin     1973 Honor  
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs     Nancy Eckholm Burkert 1973 Honor  
When Clay Sings Byrd Baylor Tom Bahti 1973 Honor  

Duffy and the Devil

Harve

Zemach

 

 

1974 Caldecott

 

Cathedral David Macaulay     1974 Honor  
Three Jovial Huntsmen Susan Jeffers   1974 Honor  

Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale

Gerald

McDermott

 

 

1975 Caldecott

 

Jambo Means Hello Muriel Feelings Tom Feelings 1975 Honor  

Why Mosquitoes Buss in People Ears: A West AFrican Tale

Verna

Aardema

Diane

Dillon

1976 Caldecott

Leo Dillon (co-Authro)

The Desert is Theirs Byrd Baylor Peter Parnall 1976 Honor  
Strega Nona Tomie de Paola     1976 Honor  

Ashanti to Zulz: African Traditions

Leo

Dillon

Diane

Dillon

1977 Caldecott

Margaret W. Musgrove (co-Author)

The Amazing Bone William Steig     1977 Honor  
The Contest Nonny Hogrogian     1977 Honor  

Noah's Ark

Peter

Spier

 

 

1978 Caldecott

 

Freight Train Donald Crews     1978 Honor  
The Way to Start a Day Byrd Baylor Peter Parnall 1978 Honor  

Ox Cart Man

Donald

Hall

Barbara

Cooney

1980 Caldecott

 

Ben's Trumpet Rachel Isadora     1980 Honor  
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Chris Van Allsburg     1980 Honor  
The Treasure Uri Shulevitz     1980 Honor  

Fables

Arnold

Lobel

 

 

1981 Caldecott

 

The Bremen-Town Musicians Ilse Plume     1981 Honor  
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher Molly Bang     1981 Honor  
Mice Twice Joseph Low     1981 Honor  
Truck Donald Crews     1981 Honor  

Jumanji

Chris

Van Allsburg

 

 

1982 Caldecott

 

On Market Street Arnold Lobel     1982 Honor  
Outside Over There Maurice Sendak     1982 Honor  
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Nancy Willard Alice & Martin Provensen 1982 Honor  
Where the Buffaloes Begin Olaf Baker Stephen Gammell 1982 Honor  

Shadow

Blaise

Cendrars

Marcia

Brown

1983 Caldecott

 

A Chair for My Mother Vera B. Williams     1983 Honor  
When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant Diane Goode 1983 Honor  

The Glorious Flight

Alice

Provensen

Martin

Provensen

1984 Caldecott

 

Little Red Riding Hood     Trina Schart Hyman 1984 Honor  
Ten, Nine, Eight Molly Garrett Bang     1984 Honor  

Saint George and the Dragon

Margaret

Hodges

Tina S.

Hyman

1985 Caldecott

 

Hansel and Gretel Rika Lesser Paul O. Zelinsky 1985 Honor  
Have You Seen My Duckling Nancy Tafuri     1985 Honor  
The Story of Jumping Mouse John Steptoe     1985 Honor  

Polar Express

Chris

Van Allsburg

 

 

1986 Caldecott

 

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Audrey & Don Wood     1986 Honor  
The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant Stephen Gammell 1986 Honor  

Hey, Al

Arthur

Yorinks

Richard

Egielski

1987 Caldecott

 

Alphabatics Suse MacDonald     1987 Honor  
Rumplestiltskin     Paul O. Zelinsky 1987 Honor  
The Village of Round and Square Houses Ann Grifalconi     1987 Honor  

Owl Moon

Jane

Yolen

John

Schoenherr

1988 Caldecott

 

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale John Steptoe     1988 Honor  

Song & Dance Man

Karen

Ackerman

Stephen

Gammell

1989 Caldecott

 

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap Dianne Snyder Allen Say 1989 Honor  
Free Fall David Wiesner     1989 Honor  
Goldilocks and the Three Bears     James Marshall 1989 Honor  
Mirandy and the Brother Wind Patricia C. McKissack Jerry Pinkney 1989 Honor  

Lon Po Po

 

 

Ed

Young

1990 Caldecott

 

Bill Peet: An Autobiography Bill Peet     1990 Honor  
Color Zoo Lois Ehlert     1990 Honor  
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins Eric Kimmel Trina Schart Hyman 1990 Honor  
The Talking Eggs Robert D. San Souci Jerry Pinkney 1990 Honor  

Black & White

David

Macaulay

 

 

1991 Caldecott

 
More More More Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories Vera B. Williams     1991 Honor  
Puss in Boots Charles Perrault Fred Marcellio 1991 Honor Malcolm Arthur (translator)

Tuesday

David

Wiesner

 

 

1992 Caldecott

 

Tar Beach Faith Ringgold     1992 Honor  

Mirette on the High Wire

Emily

McCully

 

 

1993 Caldecott

 

Working Cotton Sherley Anne Willims Carole Byard 1993 Honor  
Seven Blind Mice Ed Young     1993 Honor  
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka Lane Smith 1993 Honor  

Grandfather's Journey

Allen

Say

 

 

1994 Caldecott

 

Peppe the Lamplighter Elisa Bartone Ted Lewin 1994 Honor  
In the Small, Small Pond Denise Fleming     1994 Honor  
Owen Kevin Henkes     1994 Honor  
Raven Gerald McDermott     1994 Honor  
Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka     1994 Honor  

Smokey Night

Eve

Bunting

David

Diaz

1995 Caldecott

 

Swamp Angel Anne Isaacs     1995 Honor  
Time Flies Eric Rohmann     1995 Honor  
John Henry Julius Lester Jerry Pinkney 1995 Honor  

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Peggy

Rathmann

 

 

1996 Caldecott

 

Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens     1996 Honor  
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin Llyod Moss     1996 Honor  
Alphabet City Stephen T. Johnson     1996 Honor  
The Faithful Friend Robert San Souci     1996 Honor  

Golem

David

Wisniewski

 

 

1997 Caldecott

 

The Graphic Alphabet David Pelletier     1997 Honor  
Hush! A Thai Lullaby Minfong Ho     1997 Honor  
The Paperboy Dav Pilkey     1997 Honor  
Starry Messenger Peter Sis     1997 Honor  

Rupunzel

 

 

Paul O.

Zelinsky

1998 Caldecott

 

The Gardener Sarah Stewart     1998 Honor  
There Was on Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly     Simms Taback 1998 Honor  
Harlem: A Poem Walter Dean Myers     1998 Honor  

Snowflake Bently

 

 

Mary

Azarian

1999 Caldecott

 

No, David! David Shannon     1999 Honor  
Snow Uri Shulevitz     1999 Honor  
Tibet: Through the Red Box Peter Sis     1999 Honor  
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra Andrea Davis Pinkney Brian Pinkney 1999 Honor  

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Simms

Taback

 

 

2000 Caldecott

 

Sector 7 David Wiesner     2000 Honor  
The Ugly Duckling     Jerry Pinkney 2000 Honor  
A Child's Calendar     Tina Schart Hyman 2000 Honor  
When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... Molly Garrett Bang     2000 Honor  

So You Want To be President?

Judith

St. George

David

Small

2001 Caldecott

 

Casey at the Bat Ernest Lawrence Thayer Christopher Bing 2001 Honor  
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Betsy Lewin     2001 Honor  
Olivia Ian Falconer     2001 Honor  

The Three Pigs

David

Wiesner

 

 

2002 Caldecott

 

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martine Luther King, Jr. Doreen Rappaport Bryan Collier 2002 Honor  
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Barbara Kerley Brian Selznick 2002 Honor  
The Stray Dog Marc Simont     2002 Honor  
My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann     2003 Caldecott  
The Spider and the Fly Mary Howitt Tony DiTerlizzi 2003 Honor  
Hondo & Fabian Peter McCarty     2003 Honor  
Noah's Ark Jerry Pinkney     2003 Honor  
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein     2004 Caldecott  
Ella Sarah Gets Dressec Margaret Chodos-Irvine     2004 Honor  
What Do You Do with a Tail like This? Steve Jenkins     2004 Honor coauthor & illustrator Robin Page
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Mo Willems     2004 Honor  
Kitten's First Full Moon Kevin Henkes     2005 Caldecott  
The Red Book Barbara Lehman     2005 Honor  
Coming on Home Soon E.B. Lewis Jacqueline Woodson 2005 Honor  
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Mo Willems     2005 Honor  
             

 

     
Last updated:
November, 2006
 

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