Randolph Caldecott Medal
About the Randolph Caldecott Medal
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.
Administered by:
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | 2022 - Honor | |
| Mel Fell | 2022 - Honor | |
| Have You Ever Seen a Flower? | 2022 - Honor | |
| Wonder Walkers | 2022 - Honor | |
| Watercress | 2022 - Winner | |
| The Cat Man of Aleppo | 2021 - Honor | |
| Outside In | 2021 - Honor | |
| Me & Mama | 2021 - Honor | |
| A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart | 2021 - Honor | |
| We Are Water Protectors | 2021 - Winner | |
| Going Down Home with Daddy | 2020 - Honor | |
| Double Bass Blues | 2020 - Honor | |
| Bear Came Along | 2020 - Honor | |
| The Undefeated | 2020 - Winner | |
| Alma and How She Got Her Name | Alma and How She Got Her Name | 2019 - Honor |
| Hello Lighthouse | Hello Lighthouse | 2019 - Winner |
| The Rough Patch | The Rough Patch | 2019 - Honor |
| A Big Mooncake for Little Star | A Big Mooncake for Little Star | 2019 - Honor |
| Thank You, Omu! | Thank You, Omu! | 2019 - Honor |
| Chin, Jason | Grand Canyon | 2018 - Honor |
| Phi, Bao | A Different Pond | 2018 - Honor |
| Bui, Thi | A Different Pond | 2018 - Honor |
| Barnes, Derrick | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
| James, Gordon C. | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
| Cooper, Elisha | Big Cat, little cat | 2018 - Honor |
| Cordell, Matthew | Wolf in the Snow | 2018 - Winner |
| They All Saw a Cat | They All Saw a Cat | 2017 - Honor |
| Du Iz Tak? | Du Iz Tak? | 2017 - Honor |
| Freedom in Congo Square | Freedom in Congo Square | 2017 - Honor |
| Leave Me Alone! | Leave Me Alone! | 2017 - Honor |
| Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | 2017 - Winner |
| Trombone Shorty | Trombone Shorty | 2016 - Honor |
| Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear | Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear | 2016 - Winner |
| Waiting | Waiting | 2016 - Honor |
| Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | 2016 - Honor |
| Last Stop on Market Street | Last Stop on Market Street | 2016 - Honor |
| This One Summer | This One Summer | 2015 - Honor |
| The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus | The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus | 2015 - Honor |
| Viva Frida | Viva Frida | 2015 - Honor |
| Sam and Dave Dig a Hole | Sam and Dave Dig a Hole | 2015 - Honor |
| The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art | The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art | 2015 - Honor |
| Nana in the City | Nana in the City | 2015 - Honor |
| The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | 2015 - Winner |
| Mr. Wuffles! | Mr. Wuffles! | 2014 - Honor |
| Flora and the Flamingo | Flora and the Flamingo | 2014 - Honor |
| Journey | Journey | 2014 - Honor |
| Locomotive | Locomotive | 2014 - Winner |
| Extra Yarn | Extra Yarn | 2013 - Honor |
| This Is Not My Hat | This Is Not My Hat | 2013 - Winner |
| Creepy Carrots! | Creepy Carrots! | 2013 - Honor |
| One Cool Friend | One Cool Friend | 2013 - Honor |
| Green | Green | 2013 - Honor |
| Sleep Like a Tiger | Sleep Like a Tiger | 2013 - Honor |
| McDonnell, Patrick | Me . . . Jane | 2012 - Honor |
| Smith, Lane | Grandpa Green | 2012 - Honor |
| Rocco, John | Blackout | 2012 - Honor |
| Raschka, Chris | A Ball for Daisy | 2012 - Winner |
| Stead, Erin E. | A Sick Day for Amos McGee | 2011 - Winner |
| Stead, Philip C. | A Sick Day for Amos McGee | 2011 - Winner |
| Stein, David Ezra | Interrupting Chicken | 2011 - Honor |
| Hill, Laban Carrick | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet Slave | 2011 - Honor |
| Collier, Bryan | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet Slave | 2011 - Honor |
| Zagarenski, Pamela | Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors | 2010 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Jerry | The Lion & the Mouse | 2010 - Winner |
| Scanlon, Liz Garton | All the World | 2010 - Honor |
| Sidman, Joyce | Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors | 2010 - Honor |
| Frazee, Marla | All the World | 2010 - Honor |
| Krommes, Beth | The House in the Night | 2009 - Winner |
| Swanson, Susan Marie | The House in the Night | 2009 - Winner |
| Sweet, Melissa | A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams | 2009 - Honor |
| Bryant, Jen | A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams | 2009 - Honor |
| Shulevitz, Uri | How I Learned Geography | 2009 - Honor |
| Frazee, Marla | A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever | 2009 - Honor |
| Selznick, Brian | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | 2008 - Winner |
| Willems, Mo | Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity | 2008 - Honor |
| Levine, Ellen | Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad | 2008 - Honor |
| Sís, Peter | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | 2008 - Honor |
| Seeger, Laura Vaccaro | First the Egg | 2008 - Honor |
| Nelson, Kadir | Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad | 2008 - Honor |
| Wiesner, David | Flotsam | 2007 - Winner |
| McLimans, David | Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet | 2007 - Honor |
| Nelson, Kadir | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | 2007 - Honor |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | 2007 - Honor |
| Priceman, Marjorie | Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride | 2006 - Honor |
| Sidman, Joyce | Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems | 2006 - Honor |
| Prange, Beckie | Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems | 2006 - Honor |
| Juster, Norton | The Hello, Goodbye Window | 2006 - Winner |
| Muth, Jon J. | Zen Shorts | 2006 - Honor |
| Giovanni, Nikki | Rosa | 2006 - Honor |
| Collier, Bryan | Rosa | 2006 - Honor |
| Raschka, Chris | The Hello, Goodbye Window | 2006 - Winner |
| Henkes, Kevin | Kitten's First Full Moon | 2005 - Winner |
| Lehman, Barbara | The Red Book | 2005 - Honor |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | Coming on Home Soon | 2005 - Honor |
| Lewis, E.B. | Coming on Home Soon | 2005 - Honor |
| Willems, Mo | Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | 2005 - Honor |
| Gerstein, Mordicai | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | 2004 - Winner |
| Chodos-Irvine, Margaret | Ella Sarah Gets Dressed | 2004 - Honor |
| Jenkins, Steve | What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? | 2004 - Honor |
| Page, Robin | What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? | 2004 - Honor |
| Willems, Mo | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus | 2004 - Honor |
| Rohmann, Eric | My Friend Rabbit | 2003 - Winner |
| Howitt, Mary | The Spider and the Fly | 2003 - Honor |
| DiTerlizzi, Tony | The Spider and the Fly | 2003 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Jerry | Noah's Ark | 2003 - Honor |
| McCarty, Peter | Hondo & Fabian | 2003 - Honor |
| Wiesner, David | The Three Pigs | 2002 - Winner |
| Selznick, Brian | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | 2002 - Honor |
| Kerley, Barbara | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | 2002 - Honor |
| Collier, Bryan | Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2002 - Honor |
| Rappaport, Doreen | Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2002 - Honor |
| Simont, Marc | The Stray Dog | 2002 - Honor |
| Falconer, Ian | Olivia | 2001 - Honor |
| Lewin, Betsy | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type | 2001 - Honor |
| Cronin, Doreen | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type | 2001 - Honor |
| Bing, Christopher | Casey at the Bat | 2001 - Honor |
| Thayer, Ernest | Casey at the Bat | 2001 - Honor |
| St. George, Judith | So You Want to Be President? | 2001 - Winner |
| Small, David | So You Want to Be President? | 2001 - Winner |
| Taback, Simms | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | 2000 - Winner |
| Hyman, Trina Schart | A Child's Calendar | 2000 - Honor |
| Updike, John | A Child's Calendar | 2000 - Honor |
| Wiesner, David | Sector 7 | 2000 - Honor |
| Bang, Molly | When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry | 2000 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Jerry | The Ugly Duckling | 2000 - Honor |
| Andersen, Hans Christian | The Ugly Duckling | 2000 - Honor |
| Davis Pinkney, Andrea | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | 1999 - Honor |
| Shannon, David | No, David! | 1999 - Honor |
| Briggs Martin, Jacqueline | Snowflake Bentley | 1999 - Winner |
| Shulevitz, Uri | Snow | 1999 - Honor |
| Azarian, Mary | Snowflake Bentley | 1999 - Winner |
| Sís, Peter | Tibet Through the Red Box | 1999 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Brian | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | 1999 - Honor |
| Small, David | The Gardener | 1998 - Honor |
| Zelinsky, Paul O. | Rapunzel | 1998 - Winner |
| Stewart, Sarah | The Gardener | 1998 - Honor |
| Myers, Christopher | Harlem | 1998 - Honor |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Harlem | 1998 - Honor |
| Taback, Simms | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | 1998 - Honor |
| Sís, Peter | Starry Messenger | 1997 - Honor |
| Pilkey, Dav | The Paperboy | 1997 - Honor |
| Porter, Neal | The Graphic Alphabet | 1997 - Honor |
| Pelletier, David | The Graphic Alphabet | 1997 - Honor |
| Meade, Holly | Hush! A Thai Lullaby | 1997 - Honor |
| Ho, Mingong | Hush! A Thai Lullaby | 1997 - Honor |
| Wisniewski, David | Golem | 1997 - Winner |
| Priceman, Marjorie | Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin | 1996 - Honor |
| Moss, Lloyd | Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin | 1996 - Honor |
| San Souci, Robert D. | The Faithful Friend | 1996 - Honor |
| Johnson, Sthephen T. | Alphabet City | 1996 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Brian | The Faithful Friend | 1996 - Honor |
| Rathmann, Peggy | Officer Buckle and Gloria | 1996 - Winner |
| Stevens, Janet | Tops & Bottoms | 1996 - Honor |
| Bunting, Eve | Smoky Night | 1995 - Winner |
| Diaz, David | Smoky Night | 1995 - Winner |
| Pinkney, Jerry | John Henry | 1995 - Honor |
| Lester, Julius | John Henry | 1995 - Honor |
| Zelinsky, Paul O. | Swamp Angel | 1995 - Honor |
| Issacs, Anne | Swamp Angel | 1995 - Honor |
| Rohmann, Eric | Time Flies | 1995 - Honor |
| Lorraine, Walter | Grandfather's Journey | 1994 - Winner |
| Say, Allen | Grandfather's Journey | 1994 - Winner |
| Lewin, Ted | Peppe the Lamplighter | 1994 - Honor |
| Flemingand, Denise | In the Small, Small Pond | 1994 - Honor |
| McDermott, Gerald | Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest | 1994 - Honor |
| Henkes, Kevin | Owen | 1994 - Honor |
| Jackson, Richard | Yo! Yes? | 1994 - Honor |
| Raschka, Chris | Yo! Yes? | 1994 - Honor |
| Bartone, Elisa | Peppe the Lamplighter | 1994 - Honor |
| Byard, Carole | Working Cotton | 1993 - Honor |
| Williams, Sherley Anne | Working Cotton | 1993 - Honor |
| Smith, Lane | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | 1993 - Honor |
| Arnold McCully, Emily | Mirette on the High Wire | 1993 - Winner |
| Scieszka, Jon | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | 1993 - Honor |
| Young, Ed | Seven Blind Mice | 1993 - Honor |
| Ringgold, Faith | Tar Beach | 1992 - Honor |
| Wiesner, David | Tuesday | 1992 - Winner |
| Macaulay, David | Black and White | 1991 - Winner |
| Marcellino, Fred | Puss in Boots | 1991 - Honor |
| Perrault, Charles | Puss in Boots | 1991 - Honor |
| Arthur, Malcolm | Puss in Boots | 1991 - Honor |
| Wililams, Vera B. | "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories | 1991 - Honor |
| Kimmel, Eric | Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins | 1990 - Honor |
| Schart Hyman, Trina | Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins | 1990 - Honor |
| Peet, Bill | Bill Peet: An Autobiography | 1990 - Honor |
| Ehlert, Lois | Color Zoo | 1990 - Honor |
| San Souci, Robert D. | The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South | 1990 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Jerry | The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South | 1990 - Honor |
| Young, Ed | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China | 1990 - Winner |
| Ackerman, Karen | Song and Dance Man | 1989 - Winner |
| Gammell, Stephen | Song and Dance Man | 1989 - Winner |
| Snyder, Diane | The Boy of the Three-Year Nap | 1989 - Honor |
| Say, Allen | The Boy of the Three-Year Nap | 1989 - Honor |
| Wiesner, David | Free Fall | 1989 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Jerry | Mirandy and Brother Wind | 1989 - Honor |
| McKissack, Patricia C. | Mirandy and Brother Wind | 1989 - Honor |
| Marshall, James | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | 1989 - Honor |
| Schoenherr, John | Owl Moon | 1988 - Winner |
| Yolen, Jane | Owl Moon | 1988 - Winner |
| Steptoe, John | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | 1988 - Honor |
| Yorinks, Arthur | Hey, Al | 1987 - Winner |
| Egielski, Richard | Hey, Al | 1987 - Winner |
| Grifalconi, Ann | The Village of Round and Square Houses | 1987 - Honor |
| MacDonald, Suse | Alphabatics | 1987 - Honor |
| Zelinksy, Paul O. | Rumpelstiltskin | 1987 - Honor |
| Gammell, Stephen | The Relatives Came | 1986 - Honor |
| Rylant, Cynthia | The Relatives Came | 1986 - Honor |
| Wood, Don | King Bidgood's in the Bathtub | 1986 - Honor |
| Wood, Audrey | King Bidgood's in the Bathtub | 1986 - Honor |
| Van Allsburg, Chris | The Polar Express | 1986 - Winner |
| Hodges, Margaret | Saint George and the Dragon | 1985 - Winner |
| Schart Hyman, Trina | Saint George and the Dragon | 1985 - Winner |
| Zelinsky, Paul O. | Hansel and Gretel | 1985 - Honor |
| Tafuri, Nancy | Have You Seen My Duckling? | 1985 - Honor |
| Steptoe, John | The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend | 1985 - Honor |
| Lesser, Rika | Hansel and Gretel | 1985 - Honor |
| Provensen, Martin | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot | 1984 - Winner |
| Provensen, Alice | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot | 1984 - Winner |
| Schart Hyman, Trina | Little Red Riding Hood | 1984 - Honor |
| Bang, Molly | Ten, Nine, Eight | 1984 - Honor |
| Rylant, Cynthia | When I Was Young in the Mountains | 1983 - Honor |
| Goode, Diane | When I Was Young in the Mountains | 1983 - Honor |
| Brown, Marcia | Shadow | 1983 - Winner |
| Williams, Vera B. | A Chair for My Mother | 1983 - Honor |
| Gammell, Stephen | Where the Buffaloes Begin | 1982 - Honor |
| Van Allsburg, Chris | Jumanji | 1982 - Winner |
| Baker, Olaf | Where the Buffaloes Begin | 1982 - Honor |
| Lobel, Arnold | On Market Street | 1982 - Honor |
| Lobel, Anita | On Market Street | 1982 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | Outside Over There | 1982 - Honor |
| Provensen, Martin | A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers | 1982 - Honor |
| Provensen, Alice | A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers | 1982 - Honor |
| Willard, Nancy | A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers | 1982 - Honor |
| Crews, Donald | Truck | 1981 - Honor |
| Lobel, Arnold | Fables | 1981 - Winner |
| Plume, Ilse | The Bremen-Town Musicians | 1981 - Honor |
| Bang, Molly | The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher | 1981 - Honor |
| Low, Joseph | Mice Twice | 1981 - Honor |
| Van Allsburg, Chris | The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi | 1980 - Honor |
| Shulevitz, Uri | The Treasure | 1980 - Honor |
| Isadora, Rachel | Ben's Trumpet | 1980 - Honor |
| Cooney, Barbara | Ox-Cart Man | 1980 - Winner |
| Hall, Donald | Ox-Cart Man | 1980 - Winner |
| Goble, Paul | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | 1979 - Winner |
| Crews, Donald | Freight Train | 1979 - Honor |
| Baylor, Byrd | The Way to Start a Day | 1979 - Honor |
| Parnall, Peter | The Way to Start a Day | 1979 - Honor |
| Spier, Peter | Noah's Ark | 1978 - Winner |
| Macaulay, David | Castle | 1978 - Honor |
| Zemach, Margot | It Could Always Be Worse | 1978 - Honor |
| Goffstein, M.B. | Fish for Supper | 1977 - Honor |
| Steig, William | The Amazing Bone | 1977 - Honor |
| Hogrogian, Nonny | The Contest | 1977 - Honor |
| Baylor, Byrd | Hawk, I'm Your Brother | 1977 - Honor |
| Musgrove, Margaret | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | 1977 - Winner |
| Dillon, Leo | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | 1977 - Winner |
| Dill, Diane | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | 1977 - Winner |
| Parnall, Peter | Hawk, I'm Your Brother | 1977 - Honor |
| McDermott, Brodsky | The Golem: A Jewish Legend | 1977 - Honor |
| Dillion, Diane | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | 1976 - Winner |
| Dillon, Leo | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | 1976 - Winner |
| Aardema, Verna | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | 1976 - Winner |
| Baylor, Bryd | The Desert is Theirs | 1976 - Honor |
| Parnall, Peter | The Desert is Theirs | 1976 - Honor |
| de Paola, Tomie | Strega Nona | 1976 - Honor |
| McDermott, Gerald | Arrow to the Sun | 1975 - Winner |
| Feelings, Tom | Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book | 1975 - Honor |
| Feelings, Muriel | Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book | 1975 - Honor |
| Zemach, Harve | Duffy and the Devil | 1974 - Winner |
| Jeffers, Susan | Three Jovial Huntsmen | 1974 - Honor |
| Macaulay, David | Cathedral | 1974 - Honorable Mention |
| Zemach, Margot | Duffy and the Devil | 1974 - Winner |
| Grim, The Brothers | Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1973 - Honor |
| jarrell, Randall | Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1973 - Honor |
| Lent, Blair | The Funny Little Woman | 1973 - Winner |
| Mosel, Arlene | The Funny Little Woman | 1973 - Winner |
| McDermott, Gerald | Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti | 1973 - Honor |
| Baskin, Tobias | Hosie's Alphabet | 1973 - Honor |
| Baskin, Hosea | Hosie's Alphabet | 1973 - Honor |
| Baskin, Leonard | Hosie's Alphabet | 1973 - Honor |
| Bahti, Tom | When Clay Sings | 1973 - Honor |
| Baylor, Byrd | When Clay Sings | 1973 - Honor |
| Burkert, Nancy Ekholm | Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1973 - Honor |
| Baskin, Lisa | Hosie's Alphabet | 1973 - Honor |
| Ryan, Cheli Durán | Hildilid's Night | 1972 - Honor |
| Hogrogian, Nonny | One Fine Day | 1972 - Winner |
| Lobel, Arnold | Hildilid's Night | 1972 - Honor |
| Domanska, Janina | If All the Seas Were One Sea | 1972 - Honor |
| Feelings, Tom | Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book | 1972 - Honor |
| Feelings, Muriel | Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book | 1972 - Honor |
| Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad are Friends | 1971 - Honor |
| Sleator, William | The Angry Moon | 1971 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | In the Night Kitchen | 1971 - Honor |
| Haley, Gail E. | A Story A Story | 1971 - Winner |
| Lent, Blair | The Angry Moon | 1971 - Honor |
| Turkle, Brinton | Thy Friend, Obadiah | 1970 - Honor |
| Zemach, Harve | The Judge: An Untrue Tale | 1970 - Honor |
| Steig, William | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | 1970 - Winner |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Goggles! | 1970 - Honor |
| Lionni, Leo | Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse | 1970 - Honor |
| Parker, Robert Andrew | Pop Corn & Ma Goodness | 1970 - Honor |
| Preston, Edna Mitchell | Pop Corn & Ma Goodness | 1970 - Honor |
| Zemach, Margot | The Judge: An Untrue Tale | 1970 - Honor |
| Dayrell, Elphinstone | Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky | 1969 - Honor |
| Lent, Blair | Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky | 1969 - Honor |
| Ransome, Arthur | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | 1969 - Winner |
| Yolen, Jane | The Emperor and the Kite | 1968 - Honor |
| Emberley, Ed | Drummer Hoff | 1968 - Winner |
| Emberley, Barbara | Drummer Hoff | 1968 - Winner |
| Lionni, Leo | Frederick | 1968 - Honor |
| Yashima, Taro | Seashore Story | 1968 - Honor |
| Young, Ed | The Emperor and the Kite | 1968 - Honor |
| Emberly, Barbara | One Wide River to Cross | 1967 - Honor |
| Emberley, Ed | One Wide River to Cross | 1967 - Honor |
| Ness, Evaline | Sam, Bangs & Moonshine | 1967 - Winner |
| Duvoisin, Roger | Hide and Seek Fog | 1966 - Honor |
| Ness, Evaline | Tom Tit Tot | 1966 - Honor |
| Ets, Marie Hall | Just Me | 1966 - Honor |
| Alger A.K.A. Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud., Leclaire | Always Room for One More | 1966 - Winner |
| Tresselt, Alvin | Hide and Seek Fog | 1966 - Honor |
| Hogrogian, Nonny | Always Room for One More | 1966 - Winner |
| Bileck, Marvin | Rain Makes Applesauce | 1965 - Honor |
| Ness, Evaline | A Pocketful of Cricket | 1965 - Honor |
| Caudill, Rebecca | A Pocketful of Cricket | 1965 - Honor |
| Lent, Blair | The Wave | 1965 - Honor |
| Hodges, Margaret | The Wave | 1965 - Honor |
| Scheer, Julian | Rain Makes Applesauce | 1965 - Honor |
| Montresor, Beni | May I Bring a Friend? | 1965 - Winner |
| Schenk de Regniers, Beatrice | May I Bring a Friend? | 1965 - Winner |
| Sendak, Maurice | Where the Wild Things Are | 1964 - Winner |
| Lionni, Leo | Swimmy | 1964 - Honor |
| Alger A.K.A. Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud., Leclaire | All in the Morning Early | 1964 - Honor |
| Ness, Evaline | All in the Morning Early | 1964 - Honor |
| Reed, Philip | Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes | 1964 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | 1963 - Honor |
| Belting, Natalia M. | The Sun is a Golden Earring | 1963 - Honor |
| Bryson, Baernarda | The Sun is a Golden Earring | 1963 - Honor |
| Keats, Kara Jack | The Snowy Day | 1963 - Winner |
| Zolotow, Charlotte | Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | 1963 - Honor |
| Spier, Peter | Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song | 1962 - Honor |
| Brown, Marcia | Once a Mouse | 1962 - Winner |
| Minarik, Else H. | Little Bear's Visit | 1962 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | Little Bear's Visit | 1962 - Honor |
| Adams, Adrienne | The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up | 1962 - Honor |
| Goudey, Alice E. | The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up | 1962 - Honor |
| Robbins, Ruth | Baboushka and the Three Kings | 1961 - Winner |
| Lionni, Leo | Inch by Inch | 1961 - Honor |
| Sidjakov, Nicholas | Baboushka and the Three Kings | 1961 - Winner |
| Labastida, Aurora | Nine Days to Christmas | 1960 - Winner |
| Udry, Janice May | The Moon Jumpers | 1960 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | The Moon Jumpers | 1960 - Honor |
| Goudey, Alice E. | Houses from the Sea | 1960 - Honor |
| Adams, Adrienne | Houses from the Sea | 1960 - Honor |
| Ets, Marie Hall | Nine Days to Christmas | 1960 - Winner |
| Chaucer, Geoffrey | Chanticleer and the Fox | 1959 - Winner |
| Cooney, Barbara | Chanticleer and the Fox | 1959 - Winner |
| Frasconi, Antonio | The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie | 1959 - Honor |
| Joslin, Sesyle | What Do You Say, Dear? | 1959 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | What Do You Say, Dear? | 1959 - Honor |
| Yashima, Taro | Umbrella | 1959 - Honor |
| McCloskey, Robert | Time of Wonder | 1958 - Winner |
| Freeman, Don | Fly High, Fly Low | 1958 - Honor |
| Titus, Eve | Anatole and the Cat | 1958 - Honor |
| Galdone, Paul | Anatole and the Cat | 1958 - Honor |
| Titus, Eve | Anatole | 1957 - Honor |
| Elkin, Benjamin | Gillespie and the Guards | 1957 - Honor |
| Daugherty, James | Gillespie and the Guards | 1957 - Honor |
| Galdone, Paul | Anatole | 1957 - Honor |
| de Bois, William Pène | Lion | 1957 - Honor |
| Tudor, Tasha | 1 is One | 1957 - Honor |
| Ets, Marie Hall | Mr. Penny's Race Horse | 1957 - Honor |
| Udry, Janice | A Tree is Nice | 1957 - Winner |
| Simont, Marc | A Tree is Nice | 1957 - Winner |
| Langstaff, John | Frog Went A-Courtin' | 1956 - Winner |
| Rojankovsky, Feodor | Frog Went A-Courtin' | 1956 - Winner |
| Ets, Marie | Play With Me | 1956 - Honor |
| Yashima, Taro | Crow Boy | 1956 - Honor |
| Sewell, Helen | The Thanksgiving Story | 1955 - Honor |
| Dalgliesh, Alice | The Thanksgiving Story | 1955 - Honor |
| Perrault, Charles | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | 1955 - Winner |
| Brown, Marica | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | 1955 - Winner |
| de Angeli, Marguerite | Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes | 1955 - Honor |
| Brown A.K.A. Golden MacDonald (pseud.), Margaret Wise | Wheel On The Chimney | 1955 - Honor |
| Gergely, Tibor | Wheel On The Chimney | 1955 - Honor |
| Sawyer, Ruth | Journey Cake, Ho! | 1954 - Honor |
| Bemelmans, Ludwig | Madeline's Rescue | 1954 - Winner |
| McCloskey, Robert | Journey Cake, Ho! | 1954 - Honor |
| Schlein, Miriam | When Will the World Be Mine? | 1954 - Honor |
| Charlot, Jean | When Will the World Be Mine? | 1954 - Honor |
| Brown, Marcia | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | 1954 - Honor |
| James, M.R. | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | 1954 - Honor |
| Andersen, Hans Christian | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | 1954 - Honor |
| Sendak, Maurice | A Very Special House | 1954 - Honor |
| Krauss, Ruth | A Very Special House | 1954 - Honor |
| Birnbaum, A. | Green Eyes | 1954 - Honor |
| Zolotow, Charlotte | The Storm Book | 1953 - Honor |
| Graham, Margaret Bloy | The Storm Book | 1953 - Honor |
| Eichenberg, Fritz | Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals | 1953 - Honor |
| Kepes, Juliet | Five Little Monkeys | 1953 - Honor |
| Ward, Lynd | The Biggest Bear | 1953 - Winner |
| Brown, Marcia | Puss in Boots | 1953 - Honor |
| Brown, Marcia | Puss in Boots | 1953 - Honor |
| Perrault, Charles | Puss in Boots | 1953 - Honor |
| McCloskey, Robert | One Morning in Maine | 1953 - Honor |
| Mordivinoff A.K.A. Nicolas (pseud.), Nicholas | Finders Keepers | 1952 - Winner |
| Lipkind A.K.A. Will (pseud.), William | Finders Keepers | 1952 - Winner |
| Ets, Marie Hall | Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo | 1952 - Honor |
| Brown, Marcia | Skipper John's Cook | 1952 - Honor |
| Zion, Gene | All Falling Down | 1952 - Honor |
| Graham, Margaret Bloy | All Falling Down | 1952 - Honor |
| du Bois, William Pène | Bear Party | 1952 - Honor |
| Olds, Elizabeth | Feather Mountain | 1952 - Honor |
| Milhous, Katherine | The Egg Tree | 1951 - Winner |
| Brown, Marcia | Dick Whittington and his Cat | 1951 - Honor |
| Mordivinoff A.K.A. Nicolas (pseud.), Nicholas | The Two Reds | 1951 - Honor |
| Lipkind A.K.A. Will (speud.), William | The Two Reds | 1951 - Honor |
| Geisel A.K.A Dr. Seuss (pseud.), Theodor Seuss | If I Ran the Zoo | 1951 - Honor |
| Stone, Helen | The Most Wonderful Doll in the World | 1951 - Honor |
| Newberry, Clare Turlay | T-Bone, the Baby Sitter | 1951 - Honor |
| McGingley, Phyllis | The Most Wonderful Doll in the World | 1951 - Honor |
| Holbrook, Stewart | America's Ethan Allen | 1950 - Honor |
| Davis, Lavinia R. | The Wild Birthday Cake | 1950 - Honor |
| Politi, Leo | Song of the Swallows | 1950 - Winner |
| Brown, Marcia | Henry Fisherman | 1950 - Honor |
| Geisel A.K.A Dr. Seuss (pseud.), Theodor Seuss | Bartholomew and the Oobleck | 1950 - Honor |
| Krauss, Ruth | The Happy Day | 1950 - Honor |
| Simont, Marc | The Happy Day | 1950 - Honor |
| Ward, Lynd | America's Ethan Allen | 1950 - Honor |
| Woodward, Hildegard | The Wild Birthday Cake | 1950 - Honor |
| Wiese, Kurt | Fish in the Air | 1949 - Honor |
| Politi, Leo | Juanita | 1949 - Honor |
| McGinley, Phyllis | All Around the Town | 1949 - Honor |
| Stone, Helen | All Around the Town | 1949 - Honor |
| McCloskey, Robert | Blueberries for Sal | 1949 - Honor |
| Hader, Elmer | The Big Snow | 1949 - Winner |
| Hader, Berta | The Big Snow | 1949 - Winner |
| Davis, Lavinia R. | Roger and the Fox | 1948 - Honor |
| Tresselt, Akvin | White Snow, Bright Snow | 1948 - Winner |
| Duvoisin, Roger | White Snow, Bright Snow | 1948 - Winner |
| Brown, Marcia | Stone Soup | 1948 - Honor |
| Geisel A.K.A Dr. Seuss (pseud.), Theodor Seuss | McElligot's Pool | 1948 - Honor |
| Schrieiber, Georges | Bambino the Clown | 1948 - Honor |
| Woodward, Hildegard | Roger and the Fox | 1948 - Honor |
| Malcolmson, Anne | Song of Robin Hood | 1948 - Honor |
| Burton, Virginia Lee | Song of Robin Hood | 1948 - Honor |
| Weisgard, Leonard | Rain Drop Splash | 1947 - Honor |
| Graham, Al | Timothy Turtle | 1947 - Honor |
| Wheeler, Opal | Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns | 1947 - Honor |
| Torrey, Marjorie | Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns | 1947 - Honor |
| Politi, Leo | Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street | 1947 - Honor |
| Palazzo, Tony | Timothy Turtle | 1947 - Honor |
| Tresselt, Alvin | Rain Drop Splash | 1947 - Honor |
| Flack, Marjorie | Boats on the River | 1947 - Honor |
| Barnum, Jay Hyde | Boats on the River | 1947 - Honor |
| Weisgard, Leonard | The Little Island | 1947 - Winner |
| Brown A.K.A. Golden MacDonald (pseud.), Margaret Wise | The Little Island | 1947 - Winner |
| Torrey, Marjorie | Sing Mother Goose | 1946 - Honor |
| Petersham, Miska | The Rooster Crows | 1946 - Winner |
| Petersham, Maud | The Rooster Crows | 1946 - Winner |
| Brown A.K.A. Golden MacDonald (pseud.), Margaret Wise | Little Lost Lamb | 1946 - Honor |
| Weisgard, Leonard | Little Lost Lamb | 1946 - Honor |
| Wiese, Kurt | You Can Write Chinese | 1946 - Honor |
| Wheeler, Opal | Sing Mother Goose | 1946 - Honor |
| Reyher, Becky | My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World | 1946 - Honor |
| Gannett, Ruth | My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World | 1946 - Honor |
| de Angeli, Marguerite | Yonie Wondernose | 1945 - Honor |
| Seredy, Kate | The Christmas Anna Angel | 1945 - Honor |
| Sawyer, Ruth | The Christmas Anna Angel | 1945 - Honor |
| Ets, Marie Hall | In the Forest | 1945 - Honor |
| Tudor, Tasha | Mother Goose | 1945 - Honor |
| Jones, Elizabeth Orton | Prayer for a Child | 1945 - Winner |
| Field, Rachel | Prayer for a Child | 1945 - Winner |
| Charlot, Jean | A Child's Good Night Book | 1944 - Honor |
| Jones, Jessie Orton | Small Rain: Verses From The Bible | 1944 - Honor |
| Kingman, Lee | Pierre Pidgeon | 1944 - Honor |
| Bare, Arnold E. | Pierre Pidgeon | 1944 - Honor |
| Hader, Berta | The Mighty Hunter | 1944 - Honor |
| Hader, Elmer | The Mighty Hunter | 1944 - Honor |
| Brown, Margaret Wise | A Child's Good Night Book | 1944 - Honor |
| Thurber, James | Many Moons | 1944 - Winner |
| Chan, Plato | Good-Luck Horse | 1944 - Honor |
| Chan, Chih-Yi | Good-Luck Horse | 1944 - Honor |
| Jones, Elizabeth Orton | Small Rain: Verses From The Bible | 1944 - Honor |
| Slobodkin, Louis | Many Moons | 1944 - Winner |
| Burton, Virginia Lee | The Little House | 1943 - Winner |
| Buff, Conrad | Dash and Dart | 1943 - Honor |
| Buff, Mary | Dash and Dart | 1943 - Honor |
| Newberry, Clare Turlay | Marshmallow | 1943 - Honor |
| Petersham, Maud | An American ABC | 1942 - Honor |
| McCloskey, Robert | Make Way for Ducklings | 1942 - Winner |
| Petersham, Miska | An American ABC | 1942 - Honor |
| Gág, Wanda | Nothing At All | 1942 - Honor |
| Clark, Ann Nolan | In My Mother's House | 1942 - Honor |
| Holling, Holling C. | Paddle-To-The-Sea | 1942 - Honor |
| Herrera, Velino | In My Mother's House | 1942 - Honor |
| Newberry, Clare Turlay | April's Kittens | 1941 - Honor |
| Lawson, Robert | They Were Strong and Good | 1941 - Winner |
| Parin D'Aulaire, Edgar | Abraham Lincoln | 1940 - Winner |
| Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri | Abraham Lincoln | 1940 - Winner |
| Ford, Lauren | The Ageless Story | 1940 - Honor |
| Hader, Berta | Cock-a-Doodle Doo | 1940 - Honor |
| Hader, Elmer | Cock-a-Doodle Doo | 1940 - Honor |
| Bemelmans, Ludwig | Madeline | 1940 - Honor |
| Lawson, Robert | Wee Gillis | 1939 - Honor |
| Gág, Wanda | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1939 - Honor |
| Armer, Laura Adams | The Forest Pool | 1939 - Honor |
| Newberry, Clare Turlay | Barkis | 1939 - Honor |
| Daugherty, James | Andy and the Lion | 1939 - Honor |
| Handforth, Thomas | Mei Li | 1939 - Winner |
| Leaf, Munro | Wee Gillis | 1939 - Honor |
| Artzybasheff, Boris | Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale | 1938 - Honor |
| Lawson, Robert | Four and Twenty Blackbirds | 1938 - Honor |
| Fish, Helen Dean | Four and Twenty Blackbirds | 1938 - Honor |
| Lathrop, Dorothy P. | Animals of the Bible | 1938 - Winner |
| The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | 0 - Winner |
