Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present

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2020s

2021 Medal Winner

We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade, written by Carole Lindstrom (Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings)

Honor Books:

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart, illustrated by Noa Denmon, written by Zetta Elliott, and published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group.
The Cat Man of Aleppo, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Irene Latham & Karim Shamsi-Basha (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House)
Me & Mama, illustrated and written by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
Outside In, illustrated by Cindy Derby, written by Deborah Underwood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Members of the 2021 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Annisha Jeffries, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio; Carmen Lynette Boston, DC Public Library, Washington, D.C.; Christine Caputo, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Edith Irene Ching, University of Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland; Alec B. Chunn, Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon; Dr. Brenda Dales, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Melissa Zymboly Depper, Arapahoe Libraries, Englewood, Colorado; Shannan Hicks, William F. Laman Public Library System, North Little Rock, Arkansas; Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, Kirkland, Washington; Hanna Lee, First Regional Library; Erin Ford Nguyen, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee, Sarah Okner, Vernon Area Public Library, Lincolnshire, Illinois; Sarah Rodriguez, Scarsdale Public Library, Scarsdale, New York; Mary Schreiber, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, Ohio; Catherine Sorensen, Heathcote School, Scarsdale, New York.

2020 Medal Winner

The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander (Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Honor Books:

Bear Came Along, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, written by Richard T. Morris (Little, Brown/Hachette)
Double Bass Blues, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Andrea J. Loney (Knopf/Random House Children’s Books/Penguin Random House)
Going Down Home with Daddy, illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons (Peachtree)

Members of the 2020 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Mass.; Joel Bangilan, Harris County Public Library, Houston, Texas; Ericka Brunson, Kitsap Regional Library, Bremerton, Wash.; Evan Michael Bush, Athens (Ga.) Regional Library System; Jean Darnell, St. Pius X, Friendswood, Texas; Dr. Christina Dorr, Hilliard City School District/ Kent State University, Hilliard, Ohio; Pamela Greene, Inglewood Public Library, Los Angeles, Calif.; Alia Jones, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sophie Kenney, Aurora (Ill.) Public Library; Linda Klein, Anchorage (Alaska) Public Library; Erica Marks, Cleveland (Ohio) Public Library; Michelle Ng, San Mateo County Libraries, Belmont, Calif.; Eboni Njoku, DC Public Library, Washington, D.C.; Gloria Repolesk, Emmet O'Neal Public Library, Mountain Brook, Ala.; and David (Mitch) Self, McWhirter Elementary, Seabrook, Texas.

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2010s

2019 Medal Winner

Hello Lighthouse, illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall (Little, Brown/Hachette)

Honor books:

Alma and How She Got Her Name, illustrated and written by Juana Martinez-Neal (Candlewick)
A Big Mooncake for Little Star, illustrated and written by Grace Lin (Little, Brown/Hachette)
The Rough Patch, illustrated and written by Brian Lies (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
Thank You, Omu!, illustrated and written by Oge Mora (Little, Brown/Hachette)

Members of the 2019 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Mary Fellows, Upper Hudson Library System, Albany, N.Y. ; Farouqua Abuzeit, Boston (Mass.) Public Library; Heather Acerro, Rochester (Minn.) Public Library; Tom Bober, School District of Clayton, Mo.; Megan Alleyn Egbert, Meridian (Idaho) Library District; Lucia Martinez Gonzalez, North Miami (Fla.) Public Library; Dr. Darwin L. Henderson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Shannon Horrocks, Sno-Isle Libraries, Snohomish, Wash.; Dr. Jonda C. McNair, Clemson (S.C.) University; Dr. Ruth E. Quiroa, National Louis University, Lisle, Ill.; Chinasa Izeogu Seyse, Schenectady (N.Y.) County Public Library; Amanda Struckmeyer, Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (Wisc.); Marilyn J. Taniguchi, Beverly Hills (Calif.) Public Library; Gwen Vanderhage, Brodart Co., Williamsport, Pa.; and Caroline Ward, Cos Cob, Conn.

2018 Medal Winner

Wolf in the Snow, illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan)

Honor Books:

Big Cat, Little Cat, illustrated and written by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck)
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes (Bolden/Agate)
A Different Pond, illustrated by Thi Bui, written by Bao Phi (Capstone Young Readers/Capstone)
Grand Canyon, illustrated and written by Jason Chin (Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck)

Members of the 2018 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee are: Chair, Letitia A. (Tish) Wilson, Dayton, Ohio; Naphtali Faris, Mid-Continent Public Library, Lone Jack, Mo.; Sarah Flathman, West Linn (Ore.) Public Library; Claudia Haines, Homer (Alaska) Public Library; Marika Jeffery, San Diego Public Library; Annisha Jeffries, Cleveland Public Library; Jeanne McDermott, Queens Library, Flushing, N.Y.; Heather McNeil, Deschutes Public Library, Bend, Ore.; Emily M. Nanney, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, N.C.; Hedra Packman, Meadowbrook, Pa.; Katie Salo, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, Ill.; Dean Schneider, Ensworth School, Nashville, Tenn.; Aaron D. Stefanich, Grand Forks (N.D.) Public Library; Sylvia Vardell, Texas Woman's University, Dallas; and Michelle Young, Hawaii State Public Library System.

2017 Medal Winner

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Honor Books:

Leave Me Alone! illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol (Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck)
Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Little Bee Books/Bonnier)
Du Iz Tak? illustrated and written by Carson Ellis (Candlewick Press)
They All Saw a Cat, illustrated and written by Brendan Wenzel (Chronicle Books)

Members of the 2017 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Rhonda K. Gould, Walla Walla County Rural Library District, Walla Walla, Wash.; Martín Blasco, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Hillsboro, Ore.; Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua (N.Y.) Library; Marian L. Creamer, Children's Literature Alive!, Portland, Ore.; Erica Dean Glenn, Berkeley (Calif.) Public Library; Stacy Dillon, LREI, New York; Brian D. Hart, EveryLibrary, Macon, Ga.; Holly Jin, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library; Lauren Aimonette Liang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Susan Z. Melcher, Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, Ky,; Janet C. Mumford, James McKinney Elementary School Library, Richmond, B.C., Canada; Laurie Reese, Los Angeles Public Library; Lisa Von Drasek, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Ashley Waring, Reading (Mass.) Public Library; and Brian E. Wilson, Evanston (Ill.) Public Library.

2016 Medal Winner

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Honor Books:

Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Troy Andrews and published by (Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS)
Waiting, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Candlewick Press)
Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de la Peña (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin)

Members of the 2016 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library; Lauren Anduri, Oakland (Calif.) Public Library; Alan R. Bailey, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.; Jill Bellomy, Highland Park Middle School, Dallas; Sharon Deeds, Utah State Library, Salt Lake City; Brian Fahey, West Chester (Pa.) Friends School; Laura A. Given, Parkview Center School, Roseville, Minn.; Celia W. Jackson, Oakland (Calif.) Public Library; Elise R. Katz, Wayland (Mass.) Free Public Library; Karen A. MacPherson, Takoma Park Maryland Library; Nicole Powell, Sacramento (Calif.) Public Library; Tess Prendergast, British Columbia, Canada; Jennifer Ralston, Harford County (Md.) Public Library; Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison; and Sarah Bean Thompson, Springfield-Greene County (Mo.) Library.

2015 Medal Winner

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Honor Books:

Nana in the City written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo, (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, illustrated by Mary GrandPré, written by Barb Rosenstock (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett (Candlewick Press)
Viva Frida, written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book)
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)
This One Summer, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, written by Mariko Tamaki (First Second)

Members of the 2015 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Junko Yokota, Center for Teaching through Children’s Books, Skokie, IL; Lucia Acosta, Princeton (NJ) Public Library; Tali Balas Kaplan, Success Academy Charter School, Bronx, NY; Bradley Debrick, Johnson County Library, Overland Park, KS; Alison Ernst, University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI; Adrienne Furness, Henrietta Public Library, Rochester, NY; Jonathan Hunt, San Diego (CA) County Office of Education; Rebecca Jackman, New Providence Middle School, Clarksville, TN; Roger Kelly, Santa Monica (CA) Public Library; Barbara Klipper, Stamford, CT; Susan Kusel, Temple Rodef Shalom Library, Falls Church, VA; Amy Lilien-Harper, Ferguson Library Harry Bennett Branch, Stamford, CT; Sharon McKellar, Oakland (CA) Public Library; Shilo Pearson, Chicago Public Library; and Angela Reynolds, Annapolis Valley Regional Library, Nova Scotia, Canada.

2014 Medal Winner

Locomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)

Honor Books:

Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker (Candlewick Press)
Flora and the Flamingo, written and illustrated by Molly Idle (Chronicle Books)
Mr. Wuffles! written and illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing)

Members of the 2014 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Marion Hanes Rutsch, Chevy Chase, MD; Deborah A. Burns, Chicago Public Library; Dr. Cora Phelps Dunkley, University of South Florida School of Information, Tampa, FL; Carol A. Edwards, Denver Public Library; Judy Freeman, Children’s Literature Consultant, Highland Park, NJ; Rachel Fryd, Free Library of Philadelphia; Carl A. Harvey, II, North Elementary School, Noblesville, IN; Travis Jonker, Wayland Union Schools, Dorr, MI; Carla J. Kozak, San Francisco Public Library; Dennis J. LeLoup, Avon (IN) Intermediate Schools; Miriam Medow, Oakland (CA) Public Library; Leslie M. Molnar, Cleveland; Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona, Tucson; and Blanche Woolls, Glendale, CA.

2013 Medal Winner

This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)

Honor Books:

Creepy Carrots!, illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division)
Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
Green, illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press)
One Cool Friend, illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Sleep Like a Tiger, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

Members of the 2013 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Sandra J. Imdieke, Ph.D., Northern Michigan University,Marquette, MI; Elise DeGuiseppi, Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, WA; Kerry J. Gleason, Wilmington (DE) Institute Library; Sarah J. Howard, Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, MO; Nancy J. Johnson, Ph.D., Singapore American School; JoAnn M. Jonas, San Diego County Library; Dr. Melanie D. Koss, Northern Illinois University, Department of Literacy Education, DeKalb; Wendy Lukehart, District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Miriam Martinez, University of Texas at San Antonio; Dr. Claudette S. McLinn, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature, Inglewood, CA; Kiera Parrott, Darien (CT) Library; Carol Hanson Sibley, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN; Michelle M. Willis, Scotch Plains (NJ) Public Library; Maida Wong, South Pasadena (CA) Public Library; and Dr. Nancy P. Zimmerman, University of South Carolina, SLIS, Columbus, S.C.

2012 Medal Winner

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.)

Honor Books:

Blackout by John Rocco (Disney · Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group)
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith (Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership)
Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Members of the 2012 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Steven L. Herb, Pennsylvania State University, Paterno Library, University Park; Pabby Arnold, East Baton Rouge (LA) Parish Library; Christine D. Caputo, Free Library of Philadelphia; Tony A. Carmack, Loudoun County (VA) Public Library; Peg W. Ciszek, Northbrook (IL) Public Library; Patricia A. Clingman, Dayton Metro Library, Kettering, Ohio; Betsy Crone, Guilford County Schools, Greensboro, NC; Ellen G. Fader, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Ore.; Michele Farley, Indianapolis, IN; Cathryn M. Mercier, Simmons College, Boston; John E. Peters, Bronx, NY; Deanna Romriell, Salt Lake City Public Library; April Roy, Kansas City (MO) Public Library; Allison Santos, Princeton (NJ) Public Library; and Luann Toth, School Library Journal, NY.

2011 Medal Winner

A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead (A Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing)

Honor Books:

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (Candlewick Press)

Members of the 2011 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Judy E. Zuckerman,Brooklyn (NY) Public Library; Carolyn R. Angus, George Stone Center for Children’s Books, Claremont (CA) Graduate University; Ruth Anne Champion, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore; Kevin Delecki, Dayton (OH) Metro Library; Heidi K. Hammond, St. Catherine University Library, St. Paul, MN; Shelley Haley Huntington, NY; Karen Kessel, Tobias Elementary School, Kyle, TX; Megan D. Lambert, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA; Portia Latalladi, Chicago Public Library; Morgan McMillian, Lake Travis Community Library, Austin, TX; Debra Nelson, Prince George's County Memorial Library, Largo, MD; Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Rio Rancho (NM) Public Library; Gail Nordstrom, Viking Library System, Fergus Falls, MN; Elsworth Rockefeller, Martin Luther King Library, Washington, DC; and Robin Smith, Ensworth School, Nashville, TN.

2010 Medal Winner

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown & Company)

Honor Books:

All the World ,illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon (Beach Lane Books)
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors , illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Members of the 2010 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Rita Auerbach,Zahra M. Baird, Library Consultant, Kimberly Bolan & Associates; Christy B. Estrovitz, San Francisco Public Library; Christi Showman Farrar, Woburn Public Library, MA; Suzanne Harold, Multnomah County Library, OR; Merri Lindgren, Cooperative Children's Book Center,WI; Gene Nelson, Provo City Library, UT; Julie Ranelli, Queen Anne's County Free Library, MD; Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA; Brandy Sanchez, Missouri State Library; John P. Scott, Friends School of Baltimore, MD; Henrietta M. Smith, SLIS-University of South Florida-Tampa; Joanna Ward, County of Los Angeles Public Library, CA; Jan S. Watkins, Skokie Public Library, IL; Lucinda Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, VA.

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2000s

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2009 Medal Winner

The House in the Night , illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company)

Honor Books:

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (Harcourt, Inc.)
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux)
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams , illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.)

Members of the 2009 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Nell Colburn, Lynn Piper Carpenter, Birmingham Public Library; Rosanne Cerny, Queens Library, NY; Georgene DeFilippo, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Jennifer Duffy, King County Library System,WA; Susan Erickson, Bernardino County Library, CA; Suzanne E. Gibbs, Lexington Park Library (MD); B. Allison Gray, Palmdale City Library, CA; Jan Johnson, Princeton Public Library; Naomi Morse; Dr. Jamie Cambell Naidoo, University of Alabama, School of Library & Info Services; Richie Partington, San Jose State University,CA; Rachel Payne, Brooklyn Public Library Neighborhood Services; Ed Spicer, Michigan Reading Journal; Terrence Young, Cathedra Academy Library, LA.

2008 Medal Winner

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)

Honor Books:

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

Members of the 2008 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Karen Breen, Kirkus Reviews, New York, NY.; Ilene Abramson, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles; Marilyn Ackerman, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY; Irene L. Briggs, Prince George's County Library, Hyattsville, MD; Jos N. Holman, Tippecanoe County Public Library, Lafayette, IN.; Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Charlottesville, VA; Debbie McLeod, Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission, KS; Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Youngstown, OH; Rhonda Puntney, Lakeshore Library System, Waterford, WI; Sue Rokos, Mohawk Valley Library System, Delanson, NY; Ken Setterington, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ont., Canada; Megan Smith, Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center, Fayetteville, NC; Vicky Smith, McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, ME; Roger Sutton, The Horn Book Magazine, Boston; and Roberto Zapata, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio.

2007 Medal Winner

Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)

Honor Books:

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (Walker)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)

Members of the 2007 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Janice M. Del Negro, Dominican University, River Forest, IL; Carolyn S. Brodie, Kent State University, OH; Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System, Madison, WI; Julie Cummins, Canandaigua, NY; Linda L. Ernst, King County Library System, Bellevue, WA; Dorothy Evans, Chicago Public Library; Mary Fellows, Upper Hudson Library System, Albany, NY; Saroj Ghoting, Riner, VA; Patricia A. Gonzales, Los Angeles Public Library; Richard M. Kerper, Millersville University, PA; Sharron L. McElmeel, McBookWords, Cedar Rapids, IA; Caroline S. Parr, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, Va.; Elizabeth Poe, Morgantown, WV; Ann K. Symons, The Anglo-American School of Moscow, Russia; and Mary Jane Wiseman, Madison, WI.

2006 Medal Winner

The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children)

Honor Books:

Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)

Members of the 2006 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Gratia J. Banta, Gratia Arts, Portland, ME; Nancy Bujold, Capital Area District Library, Lansing, MI; Linnéa Christensen, Hennepin County Library, Plymouth, MN; Genevieve C. Gallagher, Murray Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA; Tabitha Hogan, Winfield Public Library, Winfield, KS; Jeanne Lamb, New York Public Library; Karen Lemmons, Howe Elementary School, Detroit; Andrew Medlar, Chicago Public Library; Kemie R. Nix, Children’s Literature for Children, Peachtree City, GA; Nicole Reader, Benicia Public Library, Benecia, CA; Ellen M. Riordan, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore; Merce Robinson, Cleveland Public Library; Julie Schwartz, Kirkwood Public Library, St. Louis, MO; Sue Sherif, Alaska State Library, Anchorage; and Cheryl Smith, East Chicago Public Library, East Chicago, IN.

2005 Medal Winner

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)

Honor Books:

The Red Book by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children)

Members of the 2005 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Betsy Hearne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Emily Beeck, Los Angeles Public Library; Margaret Chang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA; Maralita (Micki) Freeny, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, Hyattsville, MD; Lolly H. Gepson, Northbrook (IL) Public Library; Anne Heidemann, Chippewa River District Library System, Mount Pleasant, MI; Marie C. Orlando, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, N.Y.; Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City (MO) Public Library; Lolly Robinson, The Horn Book, Boston; Marion Hanes Rutsch, children’s literature consultant, Chevy Chase, MD; Rita J. Smith, Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville; Margie Stern, Delaware County Library System, Media, Pa.; Anne Tisch, Cleveland Heights-University Heights (OH) Public Library; Amanda Williams, Central Texas Library System, Austin; Judy Zuckerman, Brooklyn Public Library, NY.

2004 Medal Winner

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.)
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. (Hyperion)

Members of the 2004 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair: Kathy East, Wood County (OH) District Public Library; Khafre K. Abif, Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library; Karen Breen, Kirkus Reviews, New York; Nell Colburn, Multnomah County Public Library, Portland, OR; MaryKay Dahlgreen, Oregon State Library; Carol Doll, State University of New York, Albany; Debra S. Gold, Parma Heights (OH) Library; Linnea Hendrickson, Albuquerque (NM) Public Schools; Ellen Loughran, Brooklyn, NY; Carla Morris, Provo (Utah) City Library; Bianca Roberts, St. Louis County (MO) Library; Nancy Snyder, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (NC), Bettye L. Smith, District of Columbia Public Library; Anitra T. Steele, Mid-Continent (MO) Public Library; William H. Teale, University of Illinois at Chicago.

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.)

Members of the 2003 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Pat R. Scales, South Carolina's Governor's School of the Arts & Humanities; Diana M. Berry, DeKalb County (GA) School System; Barbara L. Brand, Johnson County (KS) Library-Blue Valley; Sandra Kennedy Bright, New York City Board of Education (Brooklyn); Candace E. Deisley, College of St. Rose-Neil Hellman Library, Albany, NY; Caitlin E. Dixon, Pierce County (WA) Library; Celia Holm, New York Public Library-Mid-Manhattan; Erlene Bishop Killeen, Stoughton Area Schools (WI); Phyllis Mattill, Hennepin County (MN) Library; Walter Minkel, School Library Journal, New York; Torrey Postal, Tucson-Pima (AZ) County Library; Linda Staskus, Cuyahoga County (OH) Public Library; Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County (SC) Library; Bina Williams, Bridgeport (CT) Public Library; and Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County (MN) Library.

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)

Members of the 2002 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Kathryn McClelland, Perrot Memorial Library, Old Greenwich, CT; Anne C. Connor, Los Angeles Public Library; Ann H. Cook, Altamonte Springs, FL; Marian L. Creamer, Riverdale School Library, Portland, OR; Floyd C. Dickman, Columbus, OH; Steven Donald Engelfried, Beaverton City (OR) Library; Cyndi A. Giorgis, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Sharon B. Grover, Arlington (VA) County Library; Molly Krukewitt, Fort Bend County Libraries, Richmond, Texas; Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha (WI) Public Library; Cindy A. Lombardo, Orrville (OH) Public Library; Katherine O'Dell, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR; Susan J. Pine, New York Public Library; Luann Toth, School Library Journal, New York; and Melissa Yurechko, Hartford (CT) Public Library.

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)

Members of the 2001 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Connie Rockman, Children's Literature Consultant, Stratford, Conn.; Viki Ash-Geisler, Spokane, WA; Carolyn D. Ayres, Pittsboro, NC; Rusty True Browder, The Park School Library, Brookline, MA; Ann Carlson, GSLIS, Dominican University, River Forest, IL; Dorian Chong, Berkeley Public Library, Calif.; Barbara A. Genco, Brooklyn Public Library, NY; Mary Ann Gilpatrick, Walla Walla Public Library, Wash.; Helma Hawkins, Kansas City Public Library, MO; Kelly Jennings, Tulsa, OK.; Dolores A. Jones, Hattiesburg, MS; Scott T. Lewis, Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH; Eva-Marie Lusk, Spokane County Library District, WA; Gale W. Sherman, Beyond Basals, Inc., Pocatello, ID; and Deborah Stevenson, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Champaign, IL.

2000 Medal Winner

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)

Honor Books:

A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text: 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: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)

Members of the 2000 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara Keifer, Amy Kellman, Eva Mitnick, Barbara Elleman, Caroline Kienzle, Andrew Finkbeiner, Caroline Kienzle, Ginny Moore Kruse, Gene Nelson, Jennifer Ralston, Oralia Garza de Cortes, Barbara Lintner, Deborah E. Stewart, Sandra J. Imdieke, Jane B. Marino, Jensa Woo.

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1990s

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1999 Medal Winner

Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)

Honor Books:

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney(Hyperion)
No, David! by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Snow by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís (Frances Foster)

Members of the 1999 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara M. Barstow, Alan bern, Rudine Sims Bishop, Rosanne Cerny, Julie A. Corsaro, Janice N. Harrington, Barbara F Immroth, Ronald A. Jobe, Alice R. Neve, Rosalyn L. Pierini, Leda Schubert, Susan C. Sponaas, Susan M. Stan, Cynthia Woodruff, Deborah L. Wright.

1998 Medal Winner

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)

Honor Books:

The Gardener illustrated by David Small Text: Sarah Stewart (Farrar)
Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers Text: Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (Viking)

Members of the 1998 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair John Warren Stewig, Theresa Black Chekon, Carolyn Cody-Fuller, Nell Colburn, Nancy N. DeSalvo, Cheri S. Estes, Jean B. Gaffney, Linnea M. Hendrickosn, Sue C. Kimmel, Marina Starr LaTronica, Frieda Ling, Wendy Vauder Lukehart, Danita R. Nichols, Meb Norton, Janelle A. Paris.

1997 Medal Winner

Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)

Honor Books:

Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: 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)

Members of the 1997 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Linda Ward Callaghan, Charles J. Ashto, Adele R. Bennet, Janice M. Del Negro, Marsha Fowle, Grace Worcester Greene, Marilyn P. Hollinshead, Monique A. King, Nancy S. Kraus, Barbara A. Maxwell, Susan J. Pine, Stephanie Mareck Shauck, Susan M. Veltfort, Sandra M. Wilkie, Junko Yokota.

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: Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster)
The Faithful Friend , illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
Tops & Bottoms , adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)

Members of the 1996 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Julie A. Cummins, Toni A. Bernardi, Marsha D. Broadway, Judith F. Davie, Linda Abby Fein, Karen G. James, Margaret L. Kirkpatric, Jacqueline G. Morris, Kathleen F. Odean, Connie C. Rockman, Julie A. Tomlianovich, Maeve Visser Knoth, Maureen White, Carol Ann Wilson, Bernice L. Yesner.

1995 Medal Winner

Smoky Night , illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester (Dial)
Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs (Dutton)
Time Flies by Eric Rohmann (Crown)

Members of the 1995 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Grace W. Ruth, Rosalind Chang, Barbara Jones Clark, Jane Dyer Cook, Sherry Des Enfants, Bessie Condos Tichauer, Virginia Golodetz, Phyllis K. Kennemer, Marlene K. Lee, Elizabeth C. Overyer, Janice D. Smuda, Kathleen A. Staerkel, John Warren Stewig, Ruth Toor, Phyllis Jeanne Van Orden.

1994 Medal Winner

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)

Honor Books:

Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: 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: edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard)

Members of the 1994 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Maria B. Salvadore, Donna L. Bessant, Floyd C. Dickman, R. Randall Enos, Dorothy J. Evans, Dona Helmer, Mildred C. Lee, Debra A. McLeod, Cathryn M. Mercier, Hilda W. Parfery, Marilou R. Sorensen, Jewell K. Stoddard, Rebecca L. Thomas, Kathy Toon, Elizabeth S. Watson.

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: Jon Scieszka (Viking)
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Philomel Books)
Working Cotton , illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)

Members of the 1993 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Jane Botham, Melody L. Allen, Laurel C. Chase, Susan W. Faust, Carole Fiore, Sharon M. Harvey, Rita J. Hoffmann, Janet K. Irving, April L. Judge, Fay L. Matsunaga, Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Jane H. Pan, Rivkah K. Sass, Sally Anne M. Thompson.

1992 Medal Winner

Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)

Honor Book:

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.)

Members of the 1992 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Mary Lou White, Stephen H. Armitage, Kristi Thomas Beavin, Serenna F. Day, Joyce K. Dixon, Carol A. Doll, Vicki Beck Ford, Sandra Kirkpatrick, Kathie L. Meizner, Mercier C. Robinson, Mary Morgan Smith, Mary R. Somerville, Flo Starkey, Elizabeth P. Taylor, Lila B. Wisotzki.

1991 Medal Winner

Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)

Honor Books:

Puss in Boots , illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar)
"More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

Members of the 1991 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Jill L. Locke, Joan M. Blumenstein, Margaret A. bush, Michael Cart, Patricia J. Cianciolo, Eliza T. Dresang, Janet Gilles Everett, Shirley A. Fitzgibbons, Kathryn MCClelland, John E. Peters, Carol K. Phillips, Arlene M. Pillar, Elizabeth M. Pitts, Martha R. Ruff, Sunny A. Strong.

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: Robert D. San Souci (Dial)
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel (Holiday House)

Members of the 1990 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Amy E. Spaudling, Rita Auerbach, Margaret P. Barro, Karen b. Breen, Irene L. Briggs, Muriel W. Brown, Mollie B. Bynum, Marsha L. Cutler, Christine Jenkins, Ann L. Kalkhoff, Cynthia King, Sara L. Miller, Elizabeth A. Polk, Barbara Scotto, Susan Steinfirst.

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1980s

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1989 Medal Winner

Song and Dance Man , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf)

Honor Books:

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap , illustrated by Allen Say; text: 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: Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf)

Members of the 1989 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth Huntoon, Miriam budein, Wendy D. Caldiero, Constance J. Champlin, Lorrelle Henry, Kathleen S. Johnson, Carolyn B. Noah, Anne V. Osborn, Mary Carol Paulus, Lynne R. Pickens, Margaret E. Poarch, Suzanne F. Salkovitz, Susan Scheps, Joyce A. Wagar, Evelyn M. Wagner.

1988 Medal Winner

Owl Moon , illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel)

Honor Book:

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

Members of the 1988 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Bette J. Peltola, Gratia Banta, Carolyn J. Bauer, Gayle Cole, Susan L. Golden, Marion Bryan Hanes, Carla D. Hayden, Steven L. Herb, Teresa Poston Heyser, Harry E Jacobson-Beyer, Barbara Z. Kiefer, Susan H. Patron, Connie Pottle, Evelyn C. Walker, Barbara Will.

1987 Medal Winner

Hey, Al , illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: 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)

Members of the 1987 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Kay E. Vandergrift, Mary E. Bogan, Kate Ann (Kathy) East, Leslie M. Edmonds, Sue G. justen, Patricia A. Kennedy, Susan D. Lempke, Donna Matthews, Dianne L. Monson, Effie Lee Morris, Micki S. Nevett, Hilda Weeks Parfrey, Judith Rovenger, Diana L. Spirt, Peggy Whalen-Levitt.

1986 Medal Winner

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

Honor Books:

The Relatives Came , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub , illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood (Harcourt)

Members of the 1986 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Mae M. Benne, Jo Ann G. Bell, Melody A. Brown, Floyd C. Dickman, Anne R. Izard, Alice Fontenot Jacobs, Joanna R. Long, Gregory Maguire, Beverly Ann Martin, Anne Y. McConnell, Carol B. McCulloch, Elizabeth M. Simmons, Patsy L. Weeks, Mary Lou White, Letitia (Tish) A. Wilson.

1985 Medal Winner

Saint George and the Dragon , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)

Honor Books:

Hansel and Gretel , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: 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)

Members of the 1985 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Karen Nelson Hoyle, Dorothy S. Baker, Linda Ward Callaghan, Carol R. Christy, Mary Anne Corrier, Margaret K. Duff, Susan H. Galloway, Lois I Hodges, Evva L. Larson, Joyce W. Mills, Selma K. Richardson, Cynthia K. Richey, Marylett R. Robertson, Frances A. Smardo, Fannette H. Thomas.

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)

Members of the 1984 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Ellin Greene, Barbara Billinsley, Linda Boyles, Carol N. Euller, Elizabeth F. Howard, Andrea L. Hynes, Margaret Read MacDonald, Kenneth A. Marantz, Lucy C. Marx, Emily H. McCarty, Janet R. Moltzan, Bruce C. Murray, Margaret M. Nichols, Anitra T. Steele, Janice A. Yee.

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: Cynthia Rylant (Dutton)

Members of the 1983 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Marilyn B. Iarusso, Patricia A. Bakula, Jane M. Bingham, Clara N. Bohrer, Bernice E. Cullinan, Nancy T. Elsmo, Jane E. Gardner, Ethel L. Heins, Jan Moltzan, Karen M. Perry, Susan Steinfirst, Holly G. Willett, E blanche Woolls, Catherine Yamamoto, Allan Yeager.

1982 Medal Winner

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

Honor Books:

Where the Buffaloes Begin , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker (Warne)
On Market Street , illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: 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: Nancy Willard (Harcourt)

Members of the 1982 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Gail Sage; Melvin K. Burton, Gertrude B. Herman; Darrel D. Hildebrant; Charlotte Leonard; Jill L. Locke; Isabel R. McCaul; Kenneth A. Marantz; Penny S. Markey; Maria B. Savadore; Barbara L. Shumer; Sharyl G. Smith; Kim T. Spanos; Amy E. Spaulding; Elizabeth P. Taylor.

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)

Members of 1981 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Charlotte S. Huck, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; Karen N. Hoyle; Elizabeth Huntoon; James S. Jacobs; Sybille Jagusch; Sue G. Justen; Donnarae T. MacCann, Christine McDonnell; Angeline A. Moscatt; BettyJo Peterson; Carolyn Sue Peterson; Grace W. Ruth; Henrietta M. Smith; Susan Steinfirst; Jerry J. Watson.

1980 Medal Winner

Ox-Cart Man , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: 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)

Members of 1980 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara Moody, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; JoAnn Bell, Jane Botham, Kit Breckenridge, Mary Burns, Linda Carpino, Carolyn Croft, Patricia Feehan, Bonnie Fowler, Helen Gregory, Barbara Harrison, Mary Alice Hunt, Dorothea Hunter, Marcia Hupp, Marilyn Iarusso, barbara Immroth, Duane Johnson, Ginny M. Kruse, Rosa L. Presberry, Mary Ann Stevenson, Ruth Tarbox, Virginia Witucke.

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1970s

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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: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

Members of 1979 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara Moody, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; JoAnn Bell, Jane Botham, Kit Breckenridge, Mary Burns, Linda Carpino, Carolyn Croft, Patricia Feehan, Bonnie Fowler, Helen Gregory, Barbara Harrison, Mary Alice Hunt, Dorothea Hunter, Marcia Hupp, Marilyn Iarusso, barbara Immroth, Duane Johnson, Ginny M. Kruse, Rosa L. Presberry, Mary Ann Stevenson, Ruth Tarbox, Virginia Witucke.

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)

Members of 1978 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Patricia J. Cianciolo, Michicag State University, Ethel N. Ambrose, Alice P. Bartz, Nancy M. Berkowitz, Carolyn C. Butler, Gayle Cole, Nancy R. Cummings, Adrienne Fluckiger, Laurel F. Goodigion, Beth Greggs, Caroline Heilmann, Faith Hektoen, Edna L. Jones, Trevelyn Jones, Ethel B. Manheimer, Barbara S. Miller, Mary F. Ness, James A. Norsworthy, Jr., Pamela D. Pollack, Lucille C. Thomas, Julie B. Todaro, Harry Y. Uyehara, Connie W. Woolridge.

1977 Medal Winner

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: 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: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

Members of 1977 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Diane G. Farrell, Eastern Massachussets Reginal Library System, Boston, MA; Tich C. Andresen, Beth Babikow, Nancy Bilbie, Geraldine C. Clark, Elizabeth B. Day, Willye F. Dennis, Glenn E. Estes, Henry W. Garland III, Judith M. Goldberger, Ruth I. Gordon, Mary E. Kingsbury, Sarah Ann Long, Anne Y. MCConnell, Crysral E. McNally, Linda A. Perkins, Lynne R. Pickens, Anne C. Santangelo, Linda R. Silver, Sandra S. Sivulich, Nan J. Sturdivant, Peggy Sullivan, Rosemary Weber.

1976 Medal Winner

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)

Honor Books:

The Desert is Theirs , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall)

Members of 1976 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet B. Quimby, St. Johns University, Jamaica, NY; Betty H. Allen, Gladis Berry, Annette Blank, Dudley, B. Carlson, Gertrude Congdon, Mary K. Conwell, Thomas W. Downen, Mary V. Gaver, Peggy R. Holmes, Cosette Kies, Margaret Mary Kimmel, Ruthe McConnell, Helen M. Mullen, Winifred Ragsdale, Dee Ann Ray, Spencer Shaw, Judith Steepleton, Ellen Stepanian, Susan Wick, Raymond E. Williams.

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: Muriel Feelings (Dial)

Members of 1975 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Dr. Bette J. Peltola, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Jessie M. Birtha, Josette A. Boisse, Lucile Gregor Brown, Mary L. Carr, Margaret N. Coughlan, Diane Farrell, Charlotte A. Gallant, Dr. Mary Alice Hunt, Amy Kellman, Margery G. Loucks, Jane McGregor, Priscilla L. Moulton, Aileen O'Brien Murphy, Elizabeth B. Murphy, Madeline E. Paetro, Barbara V. Quarles, Donald B. Reynolds Jr., Marylett Robertson, Mary Claire Sherman, Caroljean Wagner, Phillis G. Wilson, Diana D. Young, consultant Betsy Hearne.

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)

Members of 1974 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara T. Rollock, New York; Margaret K. Billingsley, Theresa Ann Black, Ruth P. Bull, Margaret N. Coughlan, Vergie F. Cox, Carol N. Euller, Elizabeth T. Fast, Nettie N. Frishman, Anne R. Izard, Amy Kellman, Margaret Mary Kimmel, Isabel McCaul, Elizabeth E. McCombs, Priscilla L. Moulton, Marguerite M. Murray, Donald B. Reynolds, Jr., Beryl Robinson, Marian R. Schroether, Phoebe Jane Smith, Treva I. Turner, Susan L. WIck, Hanna B. Zeiger, consultant Betsy Hearne.

1973 Medal Winner

The Funny Little Woman , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: 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: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin (Viking)
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs , illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar)
When Clay Sings , illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

Members of 1973 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Priscilla L. Moulton, Mary P. Brine, Margaret Bush, Edythe O. Cawthorne, Patricia Cianciolo, Irene Cullinane, Helen Cyr, Sara I. Fenwick, Patricia Finley, Catheryne Franklin, Virginia P. Gremillion, Shirley Gunderson, Ethel L. Heins, Anne R. Izard, Ann L. Kalkhoff, Amy Kellman, Isabel McCaul, Helen Mae Mullen, Donald B. Reynolds, Jr., Barbara Rollock, Betsy Rush, Annette P. Shockey, Henrietta Mays Smith.

1972 Medal Winner

One Fine Day , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)

Honor Books:

Hildilid's Night , illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: 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: Muriel Feelings (Dial)

Members of 1971 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Anne R. Izard, White Plains, NY; Kit Breckenridge, Dudley H. Brown, Glenn E. Estes, Caroline Feller, Sara I. Fenwick, Ethel L. Heins, Mary Jo Howard, Charoltte S. Huck, Luree Jaquith, Margaret E. Johnston, Vivian T. Jones, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Charlotte C. Leonard, Isabel McCaul, Alice Brooks McGuire, Ruth I. Peaslee, Barbara Rollock, Frances A. Sullivan, Binne L. Tate, Mary Ann Wentroth, Elizabeth Wood.

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: retold by William Sleator (Atlantic)
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Harper)

Members of 1971 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Sarah Innis Fenwick, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago; Dorothy Anderson, Frances Elrod, Virginia G. Farmer, Mrs. Irene Gulette, Ethel Heins, Florence M. Hensey, Carolyn Horovitz, Marianne Hough, Isabella Jinnette, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Elizabeth E. McCombs, Arlene Mosel, Patricia Moxom, Barbara Rollock, Grace Shakin, Louella M. Stanon, Cliare R. Strelzoff, Sandra J. Stroner, Della Thomas, Deborah Weilerstein, Mary Ann Wentroth.

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: Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking)
Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (Viking)
The Judge: An Untrue Tale , illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach (Farrar)

Members of 1970 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Milwaukee Public Library, WI; Mabel B. Bell, Florence Burmeister, Elizabeth Burr, Margaret Coughlan, Mae Durham, May H. Edmonds, Susan H. Engen, Lillian Gerhardt, Ruth M. Hadlow, Anna W. Harkins, Ethel L. Heins, Gertrude B. Herman, Carolyn Horovitz, Isabella Jinette, Helen Kinsey, Elizabeth Lockhart, Margaret H. Millwer, Aileen Murphy, Virginia Putnam, Grace Spear, Rosemary Weber, Mary Ann Wentroth.

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1960s

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1969 Medal Winner

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship , illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)

Honor Book:

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton)

Members of 1969 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Isabella Jinnette, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; Marguerite Bagshaw, Augusta Baker, Mabel Boyd Bell, Mae Benne, Charlotte Davis, Mae Durham, Lucia Engle, Virginia Heffernan, Paul Heins, Carolyn Horovitz, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Elizabeth h. Lockhart, Jean A. Merrill, Margaret H. Miller, Rosalind Mosier, Priscilla Moxom, Harriet Quimby, Zena Sutherland, Nancy Toy, Isabel Wilner, Children Services Division Staff Liason Ruth W. Tarbox.

1968 Medal Winner

Drummer Hoff , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: 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: Jane Yolen (World)

Members of 1968 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Mae Durham, School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkley; Marion L. Albrecht, Augusta Baker, Mabel Boyd Bell, Winnifred M. Crossley, May H. Edmonds, Ruth G. Gagliardo, Jeanne B. Hardendorff, Dorothy W. Heald, Suzanne B. Jung, Helen Kinsey, mary Elizabeth Ledlie,, Donnarae Maccann, Isabel Mccaul, Barbara S. Miller, Margaret H. Miller, Helen Renthal, Eulalie Steinmetz Ross, Ann M. Seeley, Margaret R. Sheviak, Barbara Jean Smith, Jean W. St. Clair, Mary Alice Willett.

1967 Medal Winner

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt)

Honor Book:

One Wide River to Cross , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)

Members of 1967 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Augusta Baker, New York Public Library; Florence Butler, Mary Joyce Calletto, Winnifred M. Crossley, Sarita Davis, Margaret Farquhar, Virgina Fooks, Ruth Gagliardo, LLeone Garvey, Anne R. Izard, Helen Kinsey, Anne Kraus, Mary Elizabeth, Ledlie, Jane McGregor, Jean Merrill, Effie Lee Morris, Laura S. Pardee, Elsie Pitts, John Rowell, Spencer Shaw, Olivia Way, Sara Wheeler, Catherine Yamamoto.

1966 Medal Winner

Always Room for One More , illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)

Honor Books:

Hide and Seek Fog , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
Just Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
Tom Tit Tot , retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner)

Members of 1966 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Winnifred Crossley, Michigan State Library; Ruth L. Adams, Helen T. Armstrong, Augusta Baker, Martha C. Bentley, Sarah Dickinson, Eleanor Dobson, Ruth Gagliardo, Jeanne B. Hardendorff, Sally Helfman, Elizabeth D. Hodges,Anne R. Izard, Helen Kinsey, Isabel McTavish, Jean L. Moore, Louane L. Newsome, Helen R. Sattley, Spencer G. Shaw, Helen E. Skahill, Ruth Hill Viguers, Lois B. Watt, Mary C. West, Sarah H. Wheeler.

1965 Medal Winner

May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)

Honor Books:

Rain Makes Applesauce , illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer (Holiday)
The Wave , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges (Houghton)
A Pocketful of Cricket , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill (Holt)

Members of 1965 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Sarah H. Wheeler, School of Librarianship University of Washington, Seattle; August Baker, Martha Bentley, Bernice E. Braden, Helen S. Canfield, Mary K. Eakin, Margaret C. Farquahar, Ruth Gagliardo, Beverly A. Hall, Jean B. Hardendorff, Virginia M. Heffernan, Elizabeth Hodges, Anne R. Izard, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen Kinsey, Frances Lee, Rosemary E. Livsey, Elsie S. MacDonald, Mary B. Mason, Barbara V. Olson, HelenR. Sattley, Spence G. Shaw, Nancy A. Young.

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: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt)
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes , illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum)

Members of 1964 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Helen R. Sattley, School Library Service, New York Board of Education; August Baker, Florence W. Butler, Laura E. Cathon, Sarah Dickinson, May H. Edmonds, Sara I. Fenwick, Ruth Gaglliardo, Christine Gilbert, Isabella Jinnette, Helen Kinsey, Frances Lee, Rosemary E. Livsey, Margaret McFate, Mariln Miller, Barbara S. Moody, Faith T. Murdoch, Joan Osowski, Margaret Poarch, Elsa Posell, Helen Renthal, Spencer G. Shaw, Arlene H. Thorp.

1963 Medal Winner

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)

Honor Books:

The Sun is a Golden Earring , illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting (Holt)
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)

Members of 1963 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:

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: Else H. Minarik (Harper)
The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)

1961 Medal Winner

Baboushka and the Three Kings , illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)

Honor Book:

Inch by Inch , by Leo Lionni (Obolensky)

Members of 1961 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara S. Moody, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; Zena Bailey, Dorothy M. Broderick, Phyllis F. Bryan, Elizabeth Burr, Laura E. Cathon, Mildred P. Frary, Virginia Haviland, Elizabeth D. Hodges, S. Margaret Hodges, Isabella Jinnette, Helen E. Kinsey, Katherine Love, Alice B. McGuire, Jean A. Merrill, Doris H. Moulton, Frances Rees, Thelma Reid, Margaret S. Skiff, SUsan F. Taylor, Jean Thomson, Mary Ann Wentroth, Sara H. Wheeler.

1960 Medal Winner

Nine Days to Christmas , illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)

Honor Books:

Houses from the Sea , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
The Moon Jumpers , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry (Harper)

Members of 1960 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Jean A. Merril, Kansas City Public Library, MO; Hazelle Anderson, Zena Bailey, Elizabeth Burr, Elsie R. Dobbins, Barbara Ewell, Lois Fannin, Yolanda Federici, Carolyn Field, Virginia Haviland, Helen Kinsey, Francis Lee, Elizabeth Miller, Barbara Moody, Gene Namovicz, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Norma Rathbun, Freddy Schader, Marian Schroether, Spencer G. Shaw, Margaret S. Skiff, Frances A. Sullivan, Ethel Telban.

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1959 Medal Winner

Chanticleer and the Fox , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: 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: Sesyle Joslin (W. R. Scott)
Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Viking)

Members of 1959 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth Burr, Free Library Commission, Madison, WI; Mabel Berry, Julia J. Brody, Gladys M. Deever, Mary K. Eakin, Sara I. Fenwick, Carolyn W. Field, Virginia E. Goddard, Virginia Haviland, Kathryn Howie, Anne R. Izard, Isabella Jinette, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Frances Lee, Gladys Lees, Jean A. Merrill, Elizabeth Miller, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Mabel F. Rice, Marian Schroether, Donabelle Secrist, Margaret Skiff.

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: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)

Members of 1958 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:Chair Carolyn W. Field, Free Library of Philadelphia, Priscilla Bancroft, Jessie Boyd, Florence Butler, Mary K Eakin, Ruth Hanson, Ruth Harshaw, Alice B. Howard, Anne R. Izard, Sara Jafarian, Helen Kinsey, Elsie MacDonald, Jean A. merrill, Mattie Ruth Moore, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Mary Peters, Charlemae Rollins, Eulalie S. Ross, Marian Schroether, Ruth Hill Viguers, Miriam Wessel, Myrtice Wickham, Elizabeth Williams.

1957 Medal Winner

A Tree is Nice , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: 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: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
Gillespie and the Guards , illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin (Viking)
Lion by William Pène du Bois (Viking)

Members of 1957 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth Nesbitt, Carnegie Institue of Technology Library School, Pittsburgh; Elenora C. Alexander, Elizabeth Burr, Laura E. Cathon, Margaret M. Clark, Sarita I. Davis, Mary k. Eakin, Genevieve E. Fancher, Ruth Gagliardo, Virginia Haviland, Elizabeth D. Hodges, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen F. Kinsey, Elsie S. MacDonald, Helen A. Masten, Jean A. Merrill, Charlemae Rollins, Marian R. Schroether, Elizabeth G. Shooter, Ruth W. Stewart, Miriam A. Wessel, Sara Wheeler, Marian C. Young.

1956 Medal Winner

Frog Went A-Courtin' , illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

Play With Me , by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (Viking)

Members of 1956 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Charlemae Rollins, Isabella Jinnette, Ann Wilson, Mary Ann Wentroth, Lillian Batchelor, Myrtle Allman, Louise Meredith, Dr. C. Elta Van Norman, Eleanor P. Birkmann.

1955 Medal Winner

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: 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: Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott)
The Thanksgiving Story , illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner)

Members of 1955 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Marion C. Young, Detroit Public Library, MI; Helen Atkinson, Elizabeth Burr, Jane E. Carstens, Laura E. Cathon, Jane Darrah, Lois Fannin, Leone F. Garvey, Virginia Haviland, Isabelle Jinnette, Helen E. Kinsey, Jennie D. Lindquist, Laura B. Long, Dilla W.MacBean, Helen A. Masten, Barbara S. Moody, Effie Lee Morris, Mary Peters, Katherine Porter, Ruth W. Stewart, Jean Thomson, Bernice Wiese.

1954 Medal Winner

Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)

Honor Books:

Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein (W. R. Scott)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James (Scribner)
A Very Special House , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss (Harper)
Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum (Capitol)

Members of 1954 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Dorothy G. Hairgrove, Evelyn R. Sickles, Mary I. Strang.

1953 Medal Winner

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton)

Honor Books:

Puss in Boots , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: 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: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes (Houghton)

Members of 1953 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Virginia Haviland, Boston Public Library, Dorothy K. Allen, Siri Andrews, Ruth O. Bostwick, Eleanor S. Burgess, Katherine N. Dill, Leone F. Garvey, Elizabeth H. Gross, Isabella Jinnette, Siddie Joe Johnson, Mary Lee Keathe, Helen E. Kinsey, Rosemary E. Livsey, Mrs. Alice Brooks McGuire, Esther E. Mason, Helen A. Masten, Elizabeth Miller, Effie Lee Morris, Charlemae Rollins, Eloise Rue, Jean Gardiner Smith, Winifred A. Snedden.

1952 Medal Winner

Finders Keepers , illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: 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: Gene Zion (Harper)
Bear Party by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds (Houghton)

Members of 1952 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Rosemary E. Livsey, Ruth L. Adams, Priscilla Bancroft, Alice B. Cushman, Ruth Gagliardo, Elizabeth H. Gross, A. Virginia Haviland, Marian Herr, Helen L. Keefe, Helen E. Kinsey, Maxine La Bounty, Winifred Ladley, Crystal Elaine McNally, Helen A. Masten, Elizabeth Millder, Effie Lee Morris, Mary Peters, Grace Shaki, Laura Mae Steese, Frances Anna Sullivan, Elinor Yungmeyer.

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: 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: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

Members of 1951 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:Chair Elizabeth H. Gross, Enoch Pratt Free Library, MD; Mary Peters, Vernon Ives, Holiday House, Frances Whitehead, Jennie D. Lindquist, Natalie Edwin, Agatha Shea.

1950 Medal Winner

Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner)

Honor Books:

America's Ethan Allen , illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook (Houghton)
The Wild Birthday Cake , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
The Happy Day , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) (Harper)
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

Members of 1950 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Isabel McTavish, Adeline Corrigan, Mary E. Silva.

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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: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
Juanita by Leo Politi (Scribner)
Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

Members of 1949 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: : Chair Margaret M. Chase; Leah Carter Johnson, Charlemae Rollins, Eulalie M. Steinmetz

1948 Medal Winner

White Snow, Bright Snow , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: 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: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
Song of Robin Hood , illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton)

Members of 1948 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Virginia Chase, Elizabeth A. Groves, natalie Mayo, Josephine Lynch, Hellen Fuller, Margaret M. Clark, Salmoe betts, Helen E. Kinsey, Alice B. Lewis, Katherine Porter, Margaret McElderry, Elizabeth H. Gross, Helen C. Bough, Ruth E. Hewitt, Jane Darrah, Katherine Ashley, Leone Garvey, Ruth M. Ersted, Phyllis Fenner, Naomi Hokanson, Mattie Ruth Moore, Mary K. Aiken.

1947 Medal Winner

The Little Island , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday )

Honor Books:

Rain Drop Splash , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
Boats on the River , illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack (Viking)
Timothy Turtle , illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: 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: selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton)

Members of 1947 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth A Groves, Helen Fuller, Harriet Leaf, Elizabeth A. Groves, Isabel McLaughlin, Helen Bough, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Salome Betts, Margaret Clark, Helen E. Kinsey, Alice Lewis, Siri Andrews, Margaretta Smyth, Della McGregor, Irene Geltch, Ruth Hewitt, Marcella Klein, Josephine Lynch, Dorothy Lawson, Rheta A. Clark, Nancy Jane Day, Lois Fannin, Bessie McLean, Nellie Smith.

1946 Medal Winner

The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)

Honor Books:

Little Lost Lamb , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: 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: Becky Reyher (Lothrop)
You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

Members of 1946 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:Chair Helen Fuller, Harriet Leafe, Helen Fuller, Carolyn Crawford, Elizabeth H. Kelly, Virginia Chase, Emma Lee, Florence Butler, Helen Kinsy, Dorothy Dickey, Eunice Blake, Irene Smith, Miriam Hagerman, Josephine Peabody, Alice Stoelzing, Ethel C. Karrick, Eveyln R. Sickels, Miriam b. Snow, Dorothea Dawson, Edna Louise Kent, Gertrude Mills, Bess Landfear.

1945 Medal Winner

Prayer for a Child , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: 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: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)

Members of 1945 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:Chair Harriet Leaf, Frances Clarke Sayers, Harriet Long, Claire Nolte, Alice E. Brown, Julia Sauer, Ruth L Adams, Agnes Currie Cook, Gladys English, Helen E. Kinsey, Helen Dean Fish, Irene Smith, Grace E. Cartmell, Adeline T. Dock, Ethel Connett Wright, Irene Branham, Evelyn Sickels, C. Irene Hayner, Amanda Browning, Agnes Krarap, Fannie Schmitt, Grace Winston.

1944 Medal Winner

Many Moons , illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

Small Rain: Verses From The Bible , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking)
Pierre Pidgeon , illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman (Houghton)
The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
A Child's Good Night Book , illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott)
Good-Luck Horse , illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey)

Members of 1944 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Frances Clarke Sayers, Harriet G. Long, Marian Herr, Siddie Joe Johnson, Lillian H. Smith, Ruth Giles, Elsie S. MacDonald, Madelyn Clish, Helen E. Kinsey, Helen Dean Fish, Irene Branham, Zada Taylor, Alice Brunat, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Alice Wetherell, Mary Peacock Douglas, Mary E. Foster, Dilla W. MacBean, Mattie Ruth Moore, Edith Serier.

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)

Members of 1943 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet G. Long Lillian H. Smith, Marian C. Young, Sonja Wennerblad, Clara Breed, Ruth Giles, Elsie S. MacDonald, Helen E. Kinsey, Madelyn Clish, Barbara Bent, Elizabeth L. Gilman, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Florence McLeod, Zada Taylor, Virginia Chase, Ann Murray Hough, Lois T. Place, Margaret G. Bice, Marjorie Fullwood, Georgiana Mear, Georgiana Mineau.

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: Ann Nolan Clark (Viking)
Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling (Houghton)
Nothing At All , by Wanda Gág (Coward)

Members of 1942 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet Dickson, Clara Breed, Esther Greene, Jane Darrah, Irene Smith, Elizabeth D. Briggs, Mildred Armstrong, Siddie Joe Johnson, Evelyn S. Littlefield.

1941 Medal Winner

They Were Strong and Good , by Robert Lawson (Viking)

Honor Book:

April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

Members of 1941 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Irene Smith, Harriet Dickson, Ethel Wooster, Jane Darrah, Alice Cushman, Betty Lewis, Sonja Wennerblad, Althea M. Curran.

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 (Simon & Schuster)
The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford (Dodd)

Members of 1940 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:Chair Lesley Newton, Irene Smith, Margaeret Knox, Isabel Nichol, Lillian H. Smith, Helen Adams Masten, Marian A. Herr, Gretchen Westervelt, Florence D. Cleary, Marion Horton, Margaret V. Fulton, Eva Wright.

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1930s

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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: Munro Leaf (Viking)

Members of 1939 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee:Chair Gladys English, Lesley Newton, Irene Smith, Alice Brunat, Jane A. Darrah, Marcella G. Klein, Florence B. Sloan, Elsa R. Berner.

1938 Medal Winner

Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book , illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)

Honor Books:

Four and Twenty Blackbirds , illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)
Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale , retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking)

Members of 1938 Newbery-Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Julie F. Carter, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Virginia Xhase, Alice L. Brunat, Jacqueline Overton, Annabel Porter, Louise S. Shepard, Vera J. Prout, Mary E. Foster.

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