Caldecott Prize Winning Books

1938 Lathrop, Dorothy Animals of the Bible

1939 Handforth, Thomas Mei Li

1940 D'Aulaire, Ingri Abraham Lincoln

1941 Lawson, Robert They were Strong and Good

1942 McCloskey, Robert Make Way for Ducklings

1943 Burton, Virginia Lee The Little House

1944 Thurber, James Many Moons (Louis Slobodkin)

1945 Field. Rachel Prayer for a Child (Elizabeth O. Jones)

1946 Petersham, Maud The Rooster Crows

1947 MacDonald, Golden The Little Island (Leonard Weisgard)

1948 Tresselt, Alvin White Snow, Bright Snow (Roger Duvoisin)

1949 Hader, Berta The Big Snow

1950 Politi, Leo Song of the Swallows

1951 Milhous, Kathryn The Egg Tree

1952 Will Finders Keepers (Nicholas)

1953 Ward, Lynd The Biggest Bear

1954 Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline's Rescue

1955 Perrault, Charles Cinderella, or the little glass slipper (Marcia Brown)

1956 Langstaff, John Frog Went A-Courtin' (Feodor Rojankovsky)

1957 Udry, Janice A Tree is Nice (Marc Simont)

1958 McCloskey, Robert Time of Wonder

1959 Chaucer, Geoffrey Chanticleer and the Fox (Barbara Cooney)

1960 Ets, Marie Hall Nine Days to Christmas

1961 Robbins, Ruth Baboushka and the Three Kings (Nicholas Sidjakov)

1962 Brown, Marica Once a Mouse

1963 Keats, Ezra Jack The Snowy Day

1964 Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are

1965 DeRegniers, Beatrice May I Bring a Friend? (Beni Montresor)

1966 NicLeodhas, S. Always Room for One More

1967 Ness, Evaline Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine

1968 Emberly, Barbara Drummer Hoff (Ed Emberly)

1969 Ransome, Arthur The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Uri Shulevitz)

1970 Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

1971 Haley, Gail E. A Story, a Story

1972 Hogrogian, Nonny One Fine Day

1973 Mosel, Arlene The Funny Little Woman (Blair Lent)

1974 Zemach, Harve Duffy and the Devil (Margo Zemach)

1975 McDermott, Gerald Arrow to the Sun

1976 Aardema, Verna Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

1977 Musgrove, Margaret Ashanti to Zulu

1978 Spier, Peter Noah's Ark

1979 Goble, Paul The Girl who Loved Wild Horses

1980 Hall, Donald Oxcart Man (Barbara Cooney)

1981 Lobel, Arnold Fables

1982 Van Allsburg, C. Jumanji

1983 Brown, Marcia Shadow (original French text: Blaise Cendrars)

1984 Provensen, Alice The Glorious Flight

1985 Hodges, Margaret Saint George and the Dragon (Trina Schart Hyman)

1986 Van Allsburg, C. The Polar Express

1987 Yorinks, Arthur Hey, Al (Richard Egielski)

1988 Yolen, Jane Owl Moon (John Schoenherr)

1989 Ackerman, Karen Song and Dance Man (Stephen Gammell)

1990 Young, Ed Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China

1991 Macaulay, David Black and White

1992 Wiesner, David Tuesday

1993 McCully, Emily A. Mirette on the High Wire

1994 Say, Allan Grandfather's Journey

1995 Bunting, Eve Smoky Night (David Diaz)

1996 Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria

1997 Wisniewski, David Golem

1998 Zelinsky, Paul O. Rapunzel

1999 Martin, Jacqueline Snowflake Bentley (Mary Azarian)

2000 Taback, Simms Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

2001 St. George, Judith So You Want to Be President (David Small)

2002 Wiesner, David The Three Pigs