CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOKS
in the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Year
Title
Author / Illustrator
Call Number
1938
Animals of the Bible: Text from the
King James Bible
Dorothy P. Lathrop
S.220 B47a
1939
Mei Li
Thomas Handforth
Q.SE. H19m
1940
Abraham Lincoln
Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
Q.SB. L736a
1941
They Were Strong and Good
Robert Lawson
SE. L44t
1942
Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey
Q.SE. M13m
1943
The Little House
Virginia Lee Burton
SE. B95L 1943
1944
Many Moons
James Thurber / Louis Slobodkin
SE. T424m
1944
Prayer for a Child
Rachel Field / Elizabeth Orton Jones
S.248 F45p 1944
1946
The Rooster Crows
Maud and Miska Petersham
S.398.8 P44r
1947
The Little Island
SE. B81312L
1948
White Snow, Bright Snow
Margaret Wise Brown / Leonard
Weisgard
Alvin Tresselt / Roger Duvoisin
1949
The Big Snow
Berta and Elmer Hader
SE. H11b
1950
Song of the Swallows
Leo Politi
SE. P75s
1951
The Egg Tree
Katherine Milhous
SE. M59e
1952
Finders Keepers
William Lipkind / Nicolas Mordvinoff
SE. L66f
1953
The Biggest Bear
Lynd Ward
SE. W21b
1954
Madeline’s Rescue
Ludwig Bemelmans
Q.SE. B42ma
1955
Cinderella, or the Little Glass
Slipper
Charles Perrault / Translated &
illustrated by Marcia Brown
S.398 P42c
1956
Frog Went A-Courtin’
John Langstaff / Feodor Rojankovsky
SE. F923f
1957
A Tree is Nice
Janice Udry / Marc Simont
SE. Ud4t
1958
Time of Wonder
Robert McCloskey
Q.SE. M13t
SE. T722w
Year
Title
Author / Illustrator
Call Number
1959
Chanticleer and the Fox
Geoffrey Chaucer / Retold & illustrated
by Barbara Cooney
SE. C39c
1960
Nine Days to Christmas
Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida /
Marie Hall Ets
SE. Et7n
1961
Baboushka and the Three Kings
Ruth Robbins / Nicolas Sidjadov
S.398.2 R53b
1962
Once a Mouse…
Hitopadesa / Retold & illustrated by
Marcia Brown
S.398.2 H61o
1963
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
SE. K22s
1964
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
SE. Se5w
1965
May I Bring a Friend?
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers / Beni
Montresor
SE. D444m
1966
Always Room for One More
Sorche Nic Leodhas / Nonny
Hogrogian
S.784 AL4a
1967
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
Evaline Ness
SE. N35s
1968
Drummer Hoff
Q.SE. Em11d 1968
1969
The Fool of the World and the
Flying Ship
Retold by Barbara Emberley / Ed
Emberley
Retold by Arthur Ransome / Uri
Shulevitz
1970
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
William Steig
SE. St33s
1971
A Story, a Story
Retold by Gail Haley
SE. H137s
1972
One Fine Day
Nonny Hogrogian
SE. H6792o
1973
The Funny Little Woman
Retold by Arlene Mosel / Blair Lent
SE. M852f
1974
Duffy and the Devil
Retold by Harve Zemach / Margot
Zemach
SE. Z4d
1975
Arrow to the Sun
Retold by Gerald McDermott
SE. M143ar
1976
1978
Noah’s Ark
Retold by Verna Aardema / Leo &
Diane Dillon
Margaret Musgrove / Leo & Diane
Dillon
Jacobus Revius
SE. Aa72w
1977
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s
Ears
Ashanti to Zulu
1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Paul Goble
SE. G538g
1980
Ox-Cart Man
Donald Hall / Barbara Cooney
SE. H142o
SE. R175f
S.572.96 M972a
SE. R327n
Caldecott Medal Winners 2
Year
Title
Author / Illustrator
Call Number
1981
Fables
Arnold Lobel
S. L783f
1982
Jumanji
Chris Van Allsburg
SE. V263j
1983
Shadow
Blaise Cendrars / Marcia Brown
S.841 C33f:E
1984
The Glorious Flight Across the
Channel with Louis Bleriot
Alice and Martin Provensen
SB. B647p
1985
Saint George and the Dragon
S. H666s
1986
The Polar Express
Margaret Hodges / Trina Schart
Hyman
Chris Van Allsburg
1987
Hey, Al
Arthur Yorinks / Richard Egielski
SE. Y82h
1988
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen / John Schoenherr
SE. Y78o
1989
Song and Dance Man
Karen Ackerman / Stephen Gammell
SE. Ac57s
1990
Lon Po Po
Ed Young
S.398.20951 Y84L
1991
Black and White
David Macaulay
Q.S. M119b
1992
Tuesday
David Wiesner
Q.SE. W6373t
1993
Mirette on the High Wire
Emily Arnold McCully
Q.SE. M139m
1994
Grandfather’s Journey
Allen Say
SE. Sa992g
1995
Smoky Night
Eve Bunting / David Diaz
SE. B886sm
1996
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Peggy Rathmann
Q.SE. R188o
1997
Golem
David Wisniewski
Q.SE. W762g
1998
Rapunzel
Paul O. Zelinsky
Q.S.398.20943 Z37r
1999
Snowflake Bentley
Q.SB. B477m
2000
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Jacqueline Briggs Martin / Mary
Azarian
Simms Taback
2001
So You Want To Be President
Judith St. George / David Small
Q.S.973.099 St23s
2002
The Three Pigs
David Wiesner
Q.SE. W6373th
2003
My Friend Rabbit
Eric Rohmann
Q.SE. R636m
2004
The Man Who Walked Between
the Towers
Mordicai Gerstein
S.791.3 G325m
2005
Kitten's First Full Moon
Kevin Henkes
SE. H389k
Q.SE. V263p
SE. T111j
Caldecott Medal Winners 3
Year
Title
Author / Illustrator
Call Number
2006
The Hello, Goodbye Window
Norton Juster / Chris Raschka
Q.SE. J982h
2007
Flotsam
David Wiesner
Q.SE. W637f
2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
S. Se492i
2009
The House in the Night
Susan Marie Swanson / Beth
Krommes
SE. Sw24h
2010
The Lion and the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney
Q.S.398.2 P656L
2011
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Phillip C. Stead / Erin E. Stead
Q.SE. St3112s
2012
A Ball for Daisy
Chris Raschka
SE. R115b
2013
This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen
Q.SE. K666t
2014
Locomotive
Brian Floca
Q.S.385.0973 F651l
2015
The Adventures of Beekle:
The Unimaginary Friend
Dan Santat
Q. SE. Sa593b
July 2015
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