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The Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguised American picture book for children published in the prededing year.

Abraham Lincoln (1940) by D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. Doubleday.
Always Room for One More (1966) by Leodhas, Sorche Nic. Illus. Hogrogian, Nonny. Henry Holt.
Animals of the Bible (1938) by ... Illus. Lathrop, Dorthy P. HarperCollins.
Arrow to the Sun (1975) by McDermott, Gerald. Puffin Books.
Ashanti to Zulu (1977) by Musgrove, Margaret. Illus. Dillon, Leo & Diane. Dial.
Baboushka and the Three Kings (1961) by Robbins, Ruth. Illus. Sidjakov, Nicholas. Houghton Mifflin.
The Big Snow (1949) by Hader, Berta & Elmer. Macmillan.
The Biggest Bear (1953) by Ward, Lynd. Houghton Mifflin.
Black and White (1991) by Macaulay, David. Houghton Mifflin.
Chanticleer and the Fox (1959) by Cooney, Barbara. HarperCollins.
Cinderalla (1955) by Brown, Marcia. Macmillan.
Drummer Hoff (1968) by Emberley, Barbara. Illus. Emberly, Ed. Prentice Hall.
Duffy and the Devil (1974) by Zemach, Harve. Illus. Zemach, Margot. Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
The Egg Tree (1951) by Milhous, Katherine. Macmillan.
Fables (1981) by Lobel, Arnold. HarperCollins.
Finders Keepers (1952) by Lipkind, Will. Illus Mordvinoff, Nicolas. Harcourt Brace.
Flotsam (2007) by Wiesner, David. Clarion.
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1969) by Ransome, Arthur. Illus. Shulevitz, Uri. Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
Frog Went A-Courtin' (1956) by Langstaff, John. Illus. Rojankovsky, Feodor. Harcourt Brace.
The Funny Little Woman (1973) by Mosel, Arlene. Illus. Lent, Blair. EP Dutton.
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1979) by Goble, Paul. Macmillan.
Glorious Flight (1984) by Provensen, Alice & Martin. Puffin Books.
Golem (1997) by ... Illus. by Wisniewski, David. Clarion Books (div. of Houghton Mifflin)
Grandfather's Journey (1994) by Say, Allen. Houghton Mifflin.
The Hello, Goodbye Window(2005) Illus. by Raschka, Chris. Michael DiCapua Books.
Hey, Al (1987) by Yorinks, Arthur. Illus. Egielski, Richard. Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2008) written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. Scholastic.
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000) by Tabak, Simms. Viking.
Jumanji (1982) by Van Allsburg, Chris. Houghton Mifflin.
Little House (1943) by Burton, Virginia Lee. Houghton Mifflin.
Little Island (1947) by MacDonald, Golden. Illus Weisgard, Leonard. Scholastic.
Lon Po Po (1990) by Young, Ed. Putnam & Grosset.
Madeline's Rescue (1954) by Bemelmans, Ludwig. Puffin Books.
Make Way for Ducklings (1942) by McCloskey, Robert. Puffin Books.
The Man Who Walked Between The Towers (2004) by Mordicai Gerstein. Roaring Book Press.
Many Moons (1944) by Thurber, James. Illus. Slobodkin, Louis. Harcourt Brace.
May I Bring a Friend? (1965) by De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Illus. Montresor, Beni. Macmillan.
Mei Li (1939) by Handforth, Thomas. Doubleday.
Mirette on the High Wire (1993) by McCully, Emily Arnold. GP Putman's Sons.
My Friend Rabbit (2003) by Rohman, Eric. Roaring Book Press.
Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico (1960) by Ets, Marie Hall. Illus. Ets, Marie Hall & Labastida, Aurora.
Noah's Ark (1978) by Spier, Peter. Dell.
Officer Buckle & Gloria (1996) by Rathmann, Peggy. Putman's Sons.
Once a Mouse (1962) by Brown, Marcia. Atheneum.
One Fine Day (1972) by Hogrogian, Nonny. Macmillan.
Owl Moon (1988) by Yolen, Jane. Illus. Schoenherr, John. Putnam & Grosset.
Ox-Cart Man (1980) by Hall, Donald. Illus Cooney, Barbara. Puffin.
The Polar Express (1986) by Van Allsburg, Chris. Houghton Mifflin.
Prayer for a Child (1945) by Field, Rachel. Illus. Jones, Elizabeth Orton. Macmillan.
Rapunzel (1998) Retold and Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. Dutton Children's Books.
The Rooster Crows (1946) by... Illus. Petersham, Maud & Miska. Macmillan.
Saint George and the Dragon (1985) by Hodges, Margaret. Illus. Hyman, Trina Schart. Little, Brown & Co.
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine (1967) by Ness, Evaline. Henry Holt.
Shadow (1983) by Brown, Marcia. Macmillan.
Smoky Night (1995) by Bunting, Eve. Harcourt Brace.
Snowflake Bentley (1999) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Illus. Azarian, Mary. Houghton Mifflin.
The Snowy Day (1963) by Keats, Ezra Jack. Puffin Books.
So You Want to be President? (2001) by St. George, Judith. Illus. Small, David. Philomel.
Song and Dance (1989) by Ackerman, Karen. Illus Gammell, Stephen. Alfred A. Knopf.
Song of the Swallows (1950) by Politi, Leo. Atheneum.
A Story, A Story (1971) by Haley, Gail E. Atheneum.
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970) by Steig, William. Prentice-Hall.
They were Strong and Good (1941) by Lawson, Robert. Viking.
The Three Pigs (2002) by Wiesner, David. Clarion Books.
Time of Wonder (1958) by McCloskey, Robert. Puffin Books.
A Tree Is Nice (1957) by Udry, Janice May. Illus. Simont, Marc. HarperCollins.
Tuesday (1992) by Wiesber, David. Houghton Mifflin.
Where the Wild Things Are (1964) by Sendak, Maurice. HarperCollins.
White Snow, Bright Snow (1948) by Tressely, Alvin. Illus. Duvolsin, Roger. Wm. Morrow.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1976) by Aardema, Verna. Illus. Dillon, Leo & Diane. Dial.

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