Named after English artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886), the Caldecott Medal was first given in 1938. It is awarded each year to the illustrator of the most distinguished new American picture book for children.
Past Caldecott Medal Winners
2016: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
2015: The Adventures of Beekle, and Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat
2014: Locomotive, illustrated by Brian Floca
2013: This is Not My Hat, illustrated & written by Jon Klassen
2012: A Ball for Daisy, illustrated & written by Chris Raschka
2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin Stead
2010: The Lion & the Mouse, illustrated & written by Jerry Pinkney
2009: The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, illustrated & written by Brian Selznick
2007: Flotsam, illustrated & written by David Wiesner
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon, illustrated & written by Kevin Henkes
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, illustrated & written by Mordicai Gerstein
2003: My Friend Rabbit, illustrated & written by Eric Rohmann
2002: The Three Pigs, illustrated & written by David Wiesner
2001: So You Want to Be President, illustrated by David Small
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, illustrated & written by Simms Taback
1999: Snowflake Bentley, illustrated by Mary Azarian
1998: Rapunzel, illustrated & written by Paul O. Zelinsky
1997: Golem, illustrated & written by David Wisniewski
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria, illustrated & written by Peggy Rathmann
1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz
1994: Grandfather's Journey, illustrated & written by Allen Say
1993: Mirette on the High Wire, illustrated & written by Emily Arnold McCully
1992: Tuesday, illustrated & written by David Wiesner
1991: Black and White, illustrated & written by David Macaulay
1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, illustrated & written by Ed Young
1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr
1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Egielski
1986: The Polar Express, illustrated & written by Chris Van Allsburg
1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, illustrated & written by Alice and Martin Provensen
1983: Shadow, illustrated & written by Marcia Brown
1982: Jumanji, illustrated & written by Chris Van Allsburg
1981: Fables, illustrated & written by Arnold Lobel
1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, illustrated & written by Paul Goble
1978: Noah's Ark, illustrated & written by Peter Spier
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
1975: Arrow to the Sun, illustrated & written by Gerald McDermott
1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach
1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent
1972: One Fine Day, illustrated & written by Nonny Hogrogian
1971: A Story a Story, illustrated & written by Gail E. Haley
1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, illustrated & written by William Steig
1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley
1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine, illustrated & written by Evaline Ness
1966: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
1965: May I Bring a Friend, illustrated by Beni Montresor
1964: Where the Wild Things Are, illustrated & illustrated by Maurice Sendak
1963: The Snowy Day, illustrated & written by Ezra Jack Keats
1962: Once a Mouse, illustrated & written by Marcia Brown
1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
1958: Time of Wonder, illustrated by Robert McCloskey
1957: A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont
1956: Frog Went A Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
1955: Cinderella, Or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown
1954: Madeline's Rescue, illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans
1953: The Biggest Bear, illustrated & written by Lynd Ward
1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff
1951: The Egg Tree, illustrated & written by Katherine Milhous
1950: Song of the Swallows, illustrated & written by Leo Politi
1949: The Big Snow, illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader
1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
1946: The Rooster Crows, illustrated by Maud and Mishka Petersham
1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
1943: The Little House, illustrated & written by Virginia Lee Burton
1942: Make Way for Ducklings, illustrated & written by Robert McCloskey
1941: They Were Strong and Good, illustrated & written by Robert Lawson
1940: Abraham Lincoln, illustrated & written by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
1939: Mei Li, illustrated & written by Thomas Handforth
1938: Animals of the Bible, a Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
