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.
Honor books may be named.
For a complete list of the Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present, please visit the Caldecott Medal website.
2023 Medal Winner
Hot Dog by Call Number: Curriculum New S1614hISBN: 9780593308431Publication Date: 2022-05-24This hot dog has had enough of summer in the city! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run! With fluid art and lyrical text that have the soothing effect of waves on sand, the author shows us how to find calm, and how to carry it back with us so we can appreciate the small joys in a day. -- Publisher's description."
2023 Honor Books
| Title | Illustrator | Author | Call Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ain't Burned All the Bright | Jason Griffin | Jason Reynolds | Curriculum Fiction R463ai |
| Berry Song | Michaela Goade | Michaela Goade |
Curriculum New G573b |
| Knight Owl | Christopher Denise | Christopher Denise |
Curriculum New D395k |
| Choosing Brave | Angela Joy | Janelle Washington |
Curriculum New E185.97.T546 J69 2022 |
Medal Winners 1938-2023
| Year | Title | Illustrator | Author | Call Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hot Dog |
Doug Salati |
Doug Salati | Curriculum New S1614h |
| 2022 | Watercress | Jason Chin | Andrea Wang | Curriculum Easy W2461w |
| 2021 | We are Water Protectors | Michaela Goade | Carole Lindstrom | Curriculum Easy L753w |
|
2020 |
The Undefeated | Kadir Nelson | Kwame Alexander | Curriculum Easy A374u |
| 2019 | Hello Lighthouse | Sophie Blackall | Sophie Blackall | Curriculum Easy B6280h |
| 2018 | Wolf in the Snow | Matthew Cordell | Matthew Cordell | Curriculum Easy C7944w |
| 2017 | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Javaka Steptoe | Javaka Steptoe | Non-Fiction 921 B316s |
|
2016 |
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear | Sophie Blackall | Lindsay Mattick | Curriculum Easy M444f |
| 2015 | The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | Dan Santat | Dan Santat | Curriculum Easy S233a |
| 2014 | Locomotive | Brian Floca | Brian Floca | Non-Fiction 385.0973 F628L |
| 2013 | This is Not My Hat | Jon Klassen | Jon Klassen | Curriculum Easy K634t |
| 2012 | A Ball for Daisy | Chris Raschka | Chris Raschka | Curriculum Easy R223b |
| 2011 | A Sick Day for Amos McGee | Erin E. Stead | Philip Christian Stead | Curriculum Easy S799s |
| 2010 | The Lion and the Mouse | Jerry Pinkney | Jerry Pinkney | Non-Fiction 398.2 P655I |
| 2009 | The House in the Night | Beth Krommes | Susan Marie Swanson | Curriculum Easy S9728h |
| 2008 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick | Brian Selznick | Curriculum Fiction S4697i 2007 |
| 2007 | Flotsam | David Wiesner | David Wiesner | Curriculum Easy W6517 |
| 2006 | The Hello, Goodbye Widow | Chris Raschka | Chris Raschka | Curriculum Easy J96h |
| 2005 | Kitten's First Full Moon | Kevin Henkes | Kevin Henkes | Curriculum Easy H513k |
| 2004 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Mordicai Gerstein | Mordicai Gerstein | Non-Fiction 791.34 G383m |
| 2003 | My Friend Rabbit | Eric Rohmann | Eric Rohmann | Curriculum Easy R7385m |
| 2002 | The Three Pigs | David Wiesner | David Wiesner | Curriculum Easy W6517th |
| 2001 | So You Want to be President | David Small | Judith St. George | Non-Fiction 973 S139s |
| 2000 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Simms Taback | Simms Taback | Curriculum Easy T112j |
| 1999 | Snowflake Bentley | Mary Azarian | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Non-Fiction 551.57 M381s |
| 1998 | Rapunzel | Paul O. Zelinksy | Paul O. Zelinksy | Non-Fiction 398.20943 Z49ra |
| 1997 | The Golem | David Wisniewski | David Wisniewski | Non-Fiction 398.21 W815g |
| 1996 | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Peggy Rathmann | Peggy Rathmann | Curriculum Easy R2345o |
| 1995 | Smoky Night | David Diaz | Eve Bunting | Curriculum Easy B9425sn |
| 1994 | Grandfather's Journey | Allen Say | Allen Say | Curriculum Easy S274g |
| 1993 | Mirette on the High Wire | Emily Arnold McCully | Emily Arnold McCully | Curriculum Easy M1331mh |
| 1992 | Tuesday | David Wiesner | David Wiesner | Curriculum Easy W6517t |
| 1991 | Black and White | David Macaulay | David Macaulay | Curriculum Easy M117bl |
| 1990 | Lon Po Po | Ed Young | Ed Young | Non-Fiction 398.20951 Y71 |
| 1989 | Song and Dance Man | Stephen Gammell | Karen Ackerman | Curriculum Easy A182s |
| 1988 | Owl Moon | Jon Schoenherr | Jane Yolen | Curriculum Easy Y59o |
| 1987 | Hey, Al | Richard Egielski | Arthur Yorinks | Curriculum Easy Y61h |
| 1986 | The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg | Chris Van Allsburg | Curriculum Easy V217p |
| 1985 | Saint George and the Dragon | Trina Schart Hyman | Margaret Hodges | Non-Fiction 398.22 H689s |
| 1984 | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot | Alice and Martin Provensen | Alice and Martin Provensen | Non-Fiction 629.13 P969 |
| 1983 | Shadow | Marcia Brown | Blaise Cendrars | Non-Fiction 841 S524 |
| 1982 | Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg | Chris Van Allsburg | Curriculum Fiction V217j |
| 1981 | Fables | Arnold Lobel | Arnold Lobel | Curriculum Fiction L798fa |
| 1980 | Ox-Cart Man | Barbara Cooney | Donald Hall | Curriculum Easy H175o |
| 1979 | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Paul Goble | Paul Goble | Curriculum Easy G575gi |
| 1978 | Noah's Ark | Peter Spier | Peter Spier | Non-Fiction 222.11 S755 |
| 1977 | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Leo and Diane Dillon | Margaret Musgrove | Non-Fiction 960 M987 |
| 1976 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Leo and Diane Dillon | Verna Aardema | Non-Fiction 398.20966 A113 |
| 1975 | Arrow to the Sun | Gerald McDermott | Gerald McDermott | Non-Fiction 398.20979 M134 |
| 1974 | Duffy and the Devil | Margo Zemach | Harve Zemach | Non-Fiction 398.20942 Z53 |
| 1973 | The Funny Little Woman | Blair Lent | Arlene Mosel | Non-Fiction 398.20952 M898 |
| 1972 | One Fine Day | Nonny Hogrogian | Nonny Hogrogian | Curriculum Easy H716o |
| 1971 | A Story A Story | Gail E. Haley | Gail E. Haley | Non-Fiction 398.2096 H168 |
| 1970 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig | William Steig | Curriculum Easy S818sy |
| 1969 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Uri Shulevitz | Arthur Ransome | Non-Fiction 398.20947 R212 |
| 1968 | Drummer Hoff | Ed Emberley | Barbara Emberley | Curriculum Easy E53d |
| 1967 | Sam, Bangs and Moonshine | Evaline Ness | Evaline Ness | Curriculum Easy N463s |
| 1966 | Always Room for One More | Nonny Hogrogian | Sorche Nic Leodhas | Non-Fiction 398.20941 N632a |
| 1965 | May I Bring a Friend | Beni Montresor | Beatrice Schenk De Regniers | Curriculum Easy D431m |
| 1964 | Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | Maurice Sendak | Curriculum Easy S474w |
| 1963 | The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | Ezra Jack Keats | Curriculum Easy K25s |
| 1962 | Once a Mouse | Marcia Brown | Marcia Brown | Curriculum Easy B8792o |
| 1961 | Baboushka and the Three Kings | Nicolas Sidjakov | Ruth Robbins | Non-Fiction 394.2622 R635 |
| 1960 | Nine Days to Christmas | Marie Hall Ets | Marie Hall Ets | Curriculum Easy E85n |
| 1959 | Chanticleer and the Fox | Barbara Cooney | Geoffrey Chaucer | Curriculum Easy C496c |
| 1958 | Time of Wonder | Robert McCloskey | Robert McCloskey | Curriculum Easy M128t |
| 1957 | A Tree is Nice | Marc Simont | Janice May Udry | Curriculum Easy U21t |
| 1956 | Frog Went A-Courtin' | Feodor Rojankovsky | John M. Langstaff | Non-Fiction 398.20941 R741f |
| 1955 | Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper | Marcia Brown | Charles Perrault | Non-Fiction 398.20944 P454c |
| 1954 | Madeline's Rescue | Ludwig Bemelmans | Ludwig Bemelmans | Curriculum Easy B455mdl |
| 1953 | The Biggest Bear | Lynd Ward | Lynd Ward | Curriculum Easy W259b |
| 1952 | Finders Keepers | Nicolas Mordinoff | Will Lipkind | Curriculum Easy W689fi |
| 1951 | The Egg Tree | Katherine Milhous | Katherine Milhous | Curriculum Easy M644e |
| 1950 | Song of the Swallows | Leo Politi | Leo Politi | Curriculum Easy P769s |
| 1949 | The Big Snow | Berta and Elmer Hader | Berta and Elmer Hader | Curriculum Easy H128b |
| 1948 | White Snow, Bright Snow | Roger Duvoisin | Alvin Tresselt | Curriculum Easy T799wh |
| 1947 | The Little Island | Leonard Weisgard | Margaret Wise Brown | Curriculum Easy M1355l |
| 1946 | The Rooster Crows | Maud and Miska Petersham | Maud and Miska Petersham | Curriculum Easy P4848r |
| 1945 | Prayer for a Child | Elizabeth Orton Jones | Rachel Field | Non-Fiction 242.82 F455 |
| 1944 | Many Moons | Louis Slobodkin | James Thurber | Curriculum Easy T536m |
| 1943 | The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton | Virginia Lee Burton | Curriculum Easy B975l |
| 1942 | Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey | Robert McCloskey | Curriculum Easy M128m |
| 1941 | They Were Strong and Good | Robert Lawson | Robert Lawson | Non-Fiction 929.2 L425, 1968 |
| 1940 | Abraham Lincoln | Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire | Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire | Non-Fiction 921 L736d |
| 1939 | Mei Li | Thomas Handforth | Thomas Handforth | Curriculum Easy H236m |
| 1938 | Animals of the Bible: a picture book | Dorothy P. Lathrop | Helen Dean Fish | Non-Fiction 220.859 L353 |