Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books, Present - 1938
  The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
   
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    The 2000s
      2009
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson
  • Honor Books:
    • Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
    • A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant
    • How I learned geographywritten and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
      2008
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Invention of Hugo Cabret  by Brian Selznick
  • Honor Books:
    • Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railrod by illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
    • First the Egg, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger 
    • The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated by Peter Sís
    • Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, written and illustrated Mo Willems
      2007
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Flotsam by David Wiesner
  • Honor Books:
    • Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet, written and illustrated by David McLimans.
    • Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford.
      2006
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka/written by Norton Juster
  • Honor Books:
    • Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier/written by Nikki Giovanni
    • Zen Shorts illustrated by Jon J. Muth
    • Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
    • Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange/written by Joyce Sidman
      2005
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
  • Honor Books:
    • Red Book by Barbara Lehman
    • Coming on Home Soon by E.B. Lewis
    • Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
      2004
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Man Who Walked Between the TowersBy Mordicai Gerstein
  • Honor Books:
    • Ella Sarah Gets Dressed By Margaret Chodos-Irvine
    • What Do You Do With a Tail Like This By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
    • Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus By Mo Willems
      2003
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
    • Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (Henry Holt & Co.)
    • Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books Inc.)
      2002
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic)
    • Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
    • The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)
      2001
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel)
  • Honor Books:
    • Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer (Handprint)
    • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster)
    • Olivia by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)
      2000
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text by John Updike (Holiday House)
    • Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
    • When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic)
    • The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney text by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)
       
    The 1990s
      1999
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and the Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Andrea Davis Pinkney(Hyperion)
    • No, David! by David Shannon (Scholastic)
    • Snow by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
    • Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sis (Frances Foster)
      1998
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Gardener illustrated by David Small, text by Sarah Stewart (Farrar)
    • Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers, text by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
    • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (Viking)
      1997
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)
  • Honor Books:
    • Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade, text by Minfong Ho (Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books)
    • The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier (Orchard Books)
    • The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books)
    • Starry Messenger by Peter Sís (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)
      1996
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
  • Honor Books:
    • Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson (Viking)
    • Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman, text by Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster)
    • The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
    • Tops & Bottoms, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
      1995
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, text by Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
  • Honor Books:
    • John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Julius Lester (Dial)
    • Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, text by Anne Issacs (Dutton)
    • Time Flies by Eric Rohmann (Crown)
      1994
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say, text by edited by Walter Lorraine(Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin, text by Elisa Bartone (Lothrop)
    • In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Holt)
    • Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (Harcourt)
    • Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
    • Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka, text by edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard)
      1993
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrated by Lane Smith, text by Jon Scieszka (Viking)
    • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Philomel Books)
    • Working Cotton, illustrated by Carole Byard, text by Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)
      1992
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
  • Honor Book:
    • Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.)
      1991
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Puss in Boots, illustrated by Fred Marcellino, text by Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar)
    • "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow
      1990
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel)
  • Honor Books:
    • Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet (Houghton)
    • Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (Lippincott)
    • The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Robert D. San Souci (Dial)
    • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text by Eric Kimmel (Holiday House
       
    The 1980s
      1989
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Karen Ackerman (Knopf)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, illustrated by Allen Say, text by Diane Snyder (Houghton)
    • Free Fall by David Wiesner (Lothrop)
    • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall (Dial)
    • Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf
      1988
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr, text by Jane Yolen (Philomel)
  • Honor Book:
    • Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Lothrop)
      1987
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski, text by Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi (Little, Brown)
    • Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald (Bradbury)
    • Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton
      1986
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Relatives Came, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
    • King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, illustrated by Don Wood, text by Audrey Wood (Harcourt
      1985
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text by retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)
  • Honor Books:
    • Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, text by retold by Rika Lesser (Dodd)
    • Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)
    • The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, retold and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop
      1984
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Holiday)
    • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (Greenwillow
      1983
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
  • Honor Books:
    • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
    • When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode, text by Cynthia Rylant (Dutton
      1982
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Where the Buffaloes Begin, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Olaf Baker (Warne)
    • On Market Street, illustrated by Anita Lobel, text by Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow)
    • Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
    • A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen, text by Nancy Willard (Harcourt
      1981
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Bremen-Town Musicians, retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume (Doubleday)
    • The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang (Four Winds)
    • Mice Twice by Joseph Low (McElderry/Atheneum)
    • Truck by Donald Crews (Greenwillow
      1980
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by Donald Hall (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow)
    • The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
    • The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar
       
    The 1970s
      1979
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury)
  • Honor Books:
    • Freight Train by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)
    • The Way to Start a Day, illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner
      1978
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
  • Honor Books:
    • Castle by David Macaulay (Houghton)
    • It Could Always Be Worse, retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar)
      1977
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, text by Margaret Musgrove (Dial)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Amazing Bone by William Steig (Farrar)
    • The Contest, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow)
    • Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein (Dial)
    • The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott (Lippincott)
    • Hawk, I'm Your Brother, illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner
      1976
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, text by retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Desert is Theirs, illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
    • Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall
      1975
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Muriel Feelings (Dial)
      1974
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)
  • Honor Books:
    • Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers (Bradbury)
    • Cathedral by David Macaulay (Houghton
      1973
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent, text by retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott (Holt)
    • Hosie's Alphabet, illustrated by Leonard Baskin, text by Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin (Viking)
    • Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, text by translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar)
    • When Clay Sings, illustrated by Tom Bahti, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
      1972
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)
  • Honor Books:
    • Hildilid's Night, illustrated by Arnold Lobel, text by Cheli Durán Ryan (Macmillan)
    • If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska (Macmillan)
    • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Muriel Feelings (Dial
      1971
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Angry Moon, illustrated by Blair Lent, text by retold by William Sleator (Atlantic)
    • Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
    • In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Harper
      1970
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books)
  • Honor Books:
    • Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan)
      Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
    • Pop Corn & Ma Goodness, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, text by Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking)
    • Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (Viking)
    • The Judge: An Untrue Tale, illustrated by Margot Zemach, text by Harve Zemach (Farrar
       
    The 1960s
      1969
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz, text by retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)
  • Honor Books:
    • Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton)
      1968
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley, text by adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
  • Honor Books:
    • Frederick by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
    • Seashore Story by Taro Yashima (Viking)
    • The Emperor and the Kite, illustrated by Ed Young, text by Jane Yolen (World
      1967
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt)
  • Honor Book:
    • One Wide River to Cross, illustrated by Ed Emberley, text by adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
      1966
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)
  • Honor Books:
    • Hide and Seek Fog, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
    • Just Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Tom Tit Tot, retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner
      1965
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor, text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)
  • Honor Books:
    • Rain Makes Applesauce, illustrated by Marvin Bileck, text by Julian Scheer (Holiday)
    • The Wave, illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Margaret Hodges (Houghton)
    • A Pocketful of Cricket, illustrated by Evaline Ness, text by Rebecca Caudill (Holt)
      1964
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
  • Honor Books:
    • Swimmy by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
    • All in the Morning Early, illustrated by Evaline Ness, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt)
    • Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum
      1963
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • The Sun is a Golden Earring, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson, text by Natalia M. Belting (Holt)
    • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Charlotte Zolotow (Harper
      1962
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • Honor Books:
    • Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
    • Little Bear's Visit, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Else H. Minarik (Harper)
    • The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, illustrated by Adrienne Adams, text by Alice E. Goudey (Scribner
      1961
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov, text by Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)
  • Honor Book:
    • Inch by Inch, by Leo Lionni (Obolensky)
      1960
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets, text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • Houses from the Sea, illustrated by Adrienne Adams, text by Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
    • The Moon Jumpers, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Janice May Udry (Harper)
       
    The 1950s
      1959
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)
  • Honor Books:
    • The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi (Harcourt)
    • What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Sesyle Joslin (W. R. Scott)
    • Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Viking
      1958
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman (Viking)
    • Anatole and the Cat, illustrated by Paul Galdone, text by Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill
      1957
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Janice Udry (Harper)
  • Honor Books:
    • Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • 1 is One by Tasha Tudor (Walck)
    • Anatole, illustrated by Paul Galdone, text by Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
    • Gillespie and the Guards, illustrated by James Daugherty, text by Benjamin Elkin (Viking)
    • Lion by William Pène du Bois (Viking
      1956
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, text by retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt)
  • Honor Books:
    • Play With Me, by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (Viking
      1955
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • Honor Books:
    • Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
    • Wheel On The Chimney, illustrated by Tibor Gergely, text by Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott)
    • The Thanksgiving Story, illustrated by Helen Sewell, text by Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner
      1954
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey, text by Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
    • When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot, text by Miriam Schlein (W. R. Scott)
    • The Steadfast Tin Soldier, illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James (Scribner)
    • A Very Special House, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Ruth Krauss (Harper)
    • Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum (Capitol
      1953
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Puss in Boots, illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
    • Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt)
    • The Storm Book, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, text by Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
    • Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes (Houghton
      1952
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff), text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
  • Honor Books:
    • Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • All Falling Down, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, text by Gene Zion (Harper)
    • Bear Party by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
    • Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds (Houghton
      1951
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner)
  • Honor Books:
    • Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • The Two Reds, ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff), text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
    • If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
    • The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, illustrated by Helen Stone, text by Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
    • T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper
      1950
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner)
  • Honor Books:
    • America's Ethan Allen, illustrated by Lynd Ward, text by Stewart Holbrook (Houghton)
    • The Wild Birthday Cake, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, text by Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
    • The Happy Day, illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Ruth Krauss) (Harper)
    • Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
    • Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown
       
    The 1940s
      1949
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
  • Honor Books:
    • Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
    • All Around the Town, illustrated by Helen Stone, text by Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
    • Juanita by Leo Politi (Scribner)
    • Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese (Viking
      1948
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
  • Honor Books:
    • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
    • Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber (Viking)
    • Roger and the Fox, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, text by Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
    • Song of Robin Hood, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton, text by edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton)
      1947
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
  • Honor Books:
    • Rain Drop Splash, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
    • Boats on the River, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum, text by Marjorie Flack (Viking)
    • Timothy Turtle, illustrated by Tony Palazzo, text by Al Graham (Welch)
    • Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi (Scribner)
    • Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey, text by selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton
      1946
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
  • Honor Books:
    • Little Lost Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
    • Sing Mother Goose, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler (Dutton)
    • My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, illustrated by Ruth Gannett, text by Becky Reyher (Lothrop)
    • You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese (Viking
      1945
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text by Rachel Field (Macmillan)
  • Honor Books:
    • Mother Goose, illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Oxford University Press)
    • In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
    • The Christmas Anna Angel, illustrated by Kate Seredy, text by Ruth Sawyer (Viking
      1944
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, text by James Thurber (Harcourt)
  • Honor Books:
    • Small Rain: Verses From The Bible, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text by selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking)
    • Pierre Pigeon, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare, text by Lee Kingman (Houghton)
    • The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
    • A Child's Good Night Book, illustrated by Jean Charlot, text by Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott)
    • Good-Luck Horse, illustrated by Plato Chan, text by Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey
      1943
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)
  • Honor Books:
    • Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking)
    • Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper
      1942
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • Honor Books:
    • An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
    • In My Mother's House, illustrating by Velino Herrera, text by Ann Nolan Clark (Viking)
    • Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling (Houghton)
    • Nothing At All, by Wanda Gág (Coward
      1941
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson (Viking)
  • Honor Book:
    • April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper
      1940
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday)
  • Honor Books:
    • Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
    • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
    • The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford (Dodd
       
    The 1930s
      1939
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday)
  • Honor Books:
    • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty (Viking)
    • Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
    • The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans)
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág (Coward)
    • Wee Gillis, illustrated by Robert Lawson, text by Munro Leaf (Viking
      1938
     
  • Medal Winner:
    • Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop, text by selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott)
  • Honor Books:
    • Four and Twenty Blackbirds, illustrated by Robert Lawson, text by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)
    • Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking
       
 
 
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