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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 |
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| Four and Twenty Black Birds | Helen Dean | Fish | Robert | Lawson | 1938 Honor | |
| Seven Simeons | Boris | Artzybasheff | 1938 Honor | |||
Mei Li |
Thomas |
Hadforth |
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1939 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1940 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1942 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1943 Caldecott |
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| Dash and Dart | Mary and Conrad | Buff | 1943 Honor | |||
| Marshmallow | Clare Trulay | Newberry | 1943 Honor | |||
Many Moons |
James |
Thurber |
Louis |
Slobodkin |
1944 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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1946 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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1949 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1950 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1951 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1953 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1954 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Crow Boy | Taro | Yashima | 1956 Honor | |||
| Play with Me | Maria Hall | Ets | 1956 Honor | |||
Tree is Nice |
Janice May |
Udry |
Marc |
Simont |
1957 Caldecott |
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| 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 |
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1958 Caldecott |
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| Anatole and the Cat | Eve | Titus | Paul | Galdone | 1958 Honor | |
| Fly High, Fly Low | Don | Freeman |