Excerpt from the American Library Association site:
Awarded annually by the Children's and School Librarians Sections of the American Library Association to the artist who has created the most distinguished picture book of the year; named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott
The Caldecott Medal "shall be awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year. The award shall go to the artist, who must be a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not he be the author of the text. Members of the Newbery Medal Committee will serve as judges…”
From the beginning of the awarding of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, committees could, and usually did, cite other books as worthy of attention. Such books were referred to as Newbery or Caldecott "runners-up." In 1971 the term "runners-up" was changed to "honor books." The new terminology was made retroactive so that all former runners-up are now referred to as Newbery or Caldecott Honor Books.
Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present
indicates writer/illustrator
| 2006 | The Hello, Goodbye Window illustration by Chris Raschka; text by Norton Juster(Michael di Capua/Hyperion) |
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2005 | Kitten's First Full Moon text/illustration by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow /HarperCollins) |
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2004 | The Man Who Walked Between the
Towers text/illustration by Mordicai
Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) |
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2003 | My Friend
Rabbit text/illustration by Eric
Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) |
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2002 | The Three Pigs text/illustration by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) |
| 2001 | So
You Want to Be President illustration by David Small,
text by Judith St. George (Philomel Books) |
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2000 | Joseph
Had a Little Overcoat text/illustration
by Simms Taback (Viking) |
| 1999 | Snowflake
Bentley illustration by Mary Azarian;
text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton) |
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1998 | Rapunzel text/illustration
by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) |
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1997 | Golem text/illustration
by David Wisniewski (Clarion) |
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1996 | Officer
Buckle and Gloria text/illustration
by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) |
| 1995 | Smoky
Night illustration by David Diaz; text by
Eve Bunting (Harcourt) |
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| 1994 | Grandfather's
Journey illustration by Allen Say;
text edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton) |
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1993 | Mirette on the High Wire text/illustration
by Emily Arnold McCully
(Putnam) |
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1992 | Tuesday text/illustration
by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) |
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1991 | Black
and White text/illustration by
David Macaulay (Houghton) |
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1990 | Lon
Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China text/illustration by Ed Young (Philomel) |
| 1989 | Song
and Dance Man illustration by Stephen Gammell;
text by Karen Ackerman (Knopf) |
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| 1988 | Owl
Moon illustration by John Schoenherr; text by
Jane Yolen (Philomel) |
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| 1987 | Hey,
Al illustration by Richard Egielski; text by
Arthur Yorinks (Farrar) |
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1986 | The
Polar Express text/illustration
by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) |
| 1985 | Saint
George and the Dragon illustration by Trina
Schart Hyman; text retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown) |
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1984 | The
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot text/illustration
by Alice and Martin Provensen (Viking) |
| 1983 | Shadow translation/illustration by Marcia
Brown; original text in French by Blaise Cendrars (Scribner) |
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1982 | Jumanji text/illustration
by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) |
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1981 | Fables text/illustration
by Arnold Lobel (Harper) |
| 1980 | Ox-Cart
Man illustration by Barbara Cooney; text by
Donald Hall (Viking) |
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1979 | The
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses text/illustration
by Paul Goble
(Bradbury) |
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1978 | Noah's
Ark text/illustration by Peter
Spier (Doubleday) |
| 1977 | Ashanti
to Zulu: African Traditions illustration
by Leo & Diane Dillon; text by Margaret Musgrove (Dial) |
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| 1976 | Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears illustration
by Leo & Diane Dillon; text by retold by Verna Aardema
(Dial) |
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1975 | Arrow
to the Sun text/illustration by
Gerald McDermott (Viking) |
| 1974 | Duffy
and the Devil illustration by Margot Zemach;
text retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar) |
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| 1973 | The
Funny Little Woman illustration by Blair
Lent; text retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton) |
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1972 | One
Fine Day text/ illustration by Nonny
Hogrogian (Macmillan) |
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1971 | A
Story A Story text/ illustration by Gail
E. Haley (Atheneum) |
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1970 | Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble text/illustration
by William Steig
(Windmill Books) |
| 1969 | The
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship illustration
by Uri Shulevitz; text retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar) |
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| 1968 | Drummer
Hoff illustration by Ed Emberley; text adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall) |
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1967 | Sam,
Bangs & Moonshine text/illustration
by Evaline Ness (Holt) |
| 1966 | Always
Room for One More illustration by Nonny
Hogrogian; text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair
Alger] (Holt) |
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| 1965 | May
I Bring a Friend? illustration by Beni Montresor;
text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum) |
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1964 | Where
the Wild Things Are text/illustration by
Maurice Sendak (Harper) |
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1963 | The
Snowy Day text/illustration by
Ezra Jack Keats (Viking) |
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1962 | Once
a Mouse text/illustration by Marcia
Brown (Scribner) |
| 1961 | Baboushka
and the Three Kings illustration by
Nicolas Sidjakov; text by Ruth Robbins (Parnassus) |
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| 1960 | Nine
Days to Christmas illustration by Marie
Hall Ets; text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking) |
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| 1959 | Chanticleer
and the Fox illustration by Barbara
Cooney; text adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
by Barbara Cooney (Crowell) |
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1958 | Time
of Wonder text/illustration by
Robert McCloskey (Viking) |
| 1957 | A
Tree Is Nice illustration by Marc Simont; text by
Janice Udry (Harper) |
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| 1956 | Frog
Went A-Courtin' illustration by Feodor Rojankovsky;
retold by John Langstaff) (Harcourt) |
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1955 | Cinderella,
or the Little Glass Slipper illustration
by Marcia Brown; text by translated from Charles Perrault
by Marcia Brown (Scribner) |
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1954 | Madeline's
Rescue text/illustration by Ludwig
Bemelmans (Viking) |
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1953 | The
Biggest Bear text/illustration
by Lynd Ward (Houghton) |
| 1952 | Finders
Keepers illustration by Nicolas, pseud.
(Nicholas Mordvinoff); text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]
(Harcourt) |
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1951 | The
Egg Tree text/illustration by Katherine
Milhous (Scribner) |
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1950 | Song
of the Swallows text/illustration
by Leo Politi (Scribner) |
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1949 | The
Big Snow text/illustration by Berta & Elmer
Hader (Macmillan) |
| 1948 | White
Snow, Bright Snow illustration by Roger
Duvoisin; text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop) |
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| 1947 | The
Little Island illustration by Leonard Weisgard;
text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]
(Doubleday) |
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1946 | The
Rooster Crows text/illustration
by Maude & Miska
Petersham
(Macmillan) |
| 1945 | Prayer
for a Child illustration by Elizabeth
Orton Jones; text by Rachel Field (Macmillan) |
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| 1944 | Many
Moons illustration by Louis Slobodkin; text by
James Thurber (Harcourt) |
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1943 |
The
Little House text/illustration
by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton) |
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1942 |
Make Way for Ducklings text/illustration
by Robert McCloskey (Viking) |
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1941 | They
Were Strong and Good text/illustration
by Robert Lawson (Viking) |
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1940 | Abraham
Lincoln text/illustration
by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
(Doubleday) |
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1939 | Mei
Li text/illustration
by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday) |
| 1938 | Animals
of the Bible, A Picture Book illustration
by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text selected by Helen Dean Fish
(Lippincott) |
