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Caldecott Medal Winners 1938 - Present

Caldecott Medal Winner and Honor Books 2021

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250203557
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal
A Place Inside of Me by Zetta Elliott; Noa Denmon (Illustrator)
Call Number: OverDrive eBook
ISBN: 9780374307417
Publication Date: 2020-07-21
Caldecott Honor Book 2021
The Cat Man of Aleppo by Karim Shamsi-Basha; Irene Latham; Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781984813787
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
The Caldecott Honor Book 2021
Me and Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534454224
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
A Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book 2021

Caldecott Winner and Honor Books 2020

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781328780966
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Winner of the 2020 Caldecott Medal A 2020 Newbery Honor Book Winner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris; LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316464475
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
A 2020 Caldecott Honor Book!
Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney; Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781524718527
Publication Date: 2019-10-22
A 2020 Caldecott Honor Book!
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons; Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781561459384
Publication Date: 2019-04-01
A 2020 Caldecott Honor Book

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Caldecott Medal Winners

The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Call Number: Educ. Res. PZ 7 .S23817 Adv 2014
ISBN: 9780316199988
Publication Date: 2014-04-08
Winner of the 2015 Caldecott Medal. This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born.

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Last five years

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Educ. Res. PS 3568 .A64 B35 2011
ISBN: 037585861X
Publication Date: 2011-05-10
Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal.
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Educ. Res. PR 9199.4 .M3766 F5 2015
ISBN: 9780316324908
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Winner of the 2016 Caldecott Medal
Locomotive by Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: Educ. Res. TJ 603.2 .F56 2013
ISBN: 9781416994152
Publication Date: 2013-09-03
The Caldecott 2014 Medal Winner.
STEM - Engineering
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
ISBN: 0316213888
Publication Date: 2016-10-25
Winner of the 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Call Number: Educ. Res. PS 3619 .T4285 S5 2010
ISBN: 1596434023
Publication Date: 2010-05-25
The winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal.
STEM - Science
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Educ. Res. PS 3611 .L366 T5 2012
ISBN: 9780763655990
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
WINNER OF THE 2013 CALDECOTT MEDAL!

2000s winners

The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson; Beth Krommes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0618862447
Publication Date: 2008-05-05
A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this 2009 Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780439813785
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
2008 winner
STEM - Technology
Flotsam by David Wiesner
ISBN: 0618194576
Publication Date: 2006-09-04
2007 winner
A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore.
STEM - Science and Technology
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka (Illustrator); Norton Juster
ISBN: 0786809140
Publication Date: 2005-04-26
2006 winner
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060588284
Publication Date: 2004-03-02
2005 winner
STEM - Science
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0761328688
Publication Date: 2003-09-05
2004 winner
STEM - Engineering
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0761315357
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
2003 winner
STEM - Engineering
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0618007016
Publication Date: 2001-04-23
2002 winner
STEM - Science
So You Want to Be President? by David Small (Illustrator); Judith St. George
ISBN: 0399243178
Publication Date: 2004-08-19
2001 winner
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Illustrator); Harriet Ziefert (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670878553
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
2000 winner
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: Educ. Res. PS 3566 .I5247 L5 200
ISBN: 9780316013567
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
2010 winner

1990s winners

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Mary Azarian (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395861624
Publication Date: 1998-09-28
Snowflake Bentley won the 1999 Caldecott Medal.
STEM - Science and Technology
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Retold by, Illustrator); Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm K. Grimm; Becky Brothers Grimm; Brothers Grimm
ISBN: 0142301930
Publication Date: 2002-10-14
1998 winner
Golem by David Wisniewski (Retold by); David Wisniewski (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395726182
Publication Date: 1996-10-18
1997 winner
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
ISBN: 0399226168
Publication Date: 1995-09-28
1996 winner
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152699546
Publication Date: 1994-03-31
1995 winner
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (Illustrator); Eve Bunting
ISBN: 0395570352
Publication Date: 1993-10-25
1994 winner
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0399221301
Publication Date: 1992-10-21
1993 winner
Tuesday by David Wiesner (Illustrator); Dorothy Briley (Editor)
ISBN: 0395551137
Publication Date: 1991-04-22
A 1992 Caldecott Medal book.
Black and White by David MacAulay (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395521513
Publication Date: 1990-04-30
1991 medal winner
STEM -Science and Engineering
Lon Po Po by Ed Young (Illustrator, Translator)
ISBN: 0399216197
Publication Date: 1989-11-01
1990 medal winner

1980s winners

Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman; Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590430092
Publication Date: 1948-01-01
1989 winner
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0399214577
Publication Date: 1987-10-23
1988 winner
STEM - Science
Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks; Richard Egielski (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374330603
Publication Date: 1986-11-01
1987 Caldecott Medal.
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN: 0395389496
Publication Date: 1985-10-28
1986 winner
STEM - Engineering
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges; Trina Schart Hyman
ISBN: 0316367893
Publication Date: 1984-10-30
1985 winner
The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen (Illustrator); Martin Provensen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670342599
Publication Date: 2010-10-14
Winner of the 1984 Caldecott Medal.
STEM- Science, technology and engineering
Shadow by Marcia Brown (Illustrator, Translator); French of Blaise Cendrars (Translator)
ISBN: 0684172267
Publication Date: 1982-05-01
1983 winner
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395304482
Publication Date: 1981-04-27
1982 winner
Fables by Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060239735
Publication Date: 1980-08-06
1981 winner
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall; Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670533289
Publication Date: 1979-10-08
Winner of the 1980 Cadecott Medal
STEM - Science

1970s winners

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689845049
Publication Date: 2001-02-01
1979 winner
STEM - Science
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0440406935
Publication Date: 1992-08-01
1978 winner
STEM - Science
Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove; Diane Dillon (Illustrator); Leo Dillon (Editor); Margaret W. Musgrove
ISBN: 0803703570
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
1977 winner
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803760892
Publication Date: 1975-01-01
1976 winner
STEM - Science
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0140502114
Publication Date: 1977-02-24
1975 winner
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach; Margot Zemach (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374318875
Publication Date: 1973-01-01
1974 Caldecott Medal.
The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel; Blair Lent (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0140547533
Publication Date: 1993-02-14
1973 winner
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0020436203
Publication Date: 1974-09-01
1972 winner
STEM- Science, technology and engineering
A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689712014
Publication Date: 1988-02-28
1971 winner of the Caldecott medal
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416902066
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
1970 winner