(2007) - The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
(2006) - Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
(2005) - Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
(2004) - The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
(2003) - Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
(2002) - A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
(2001) - A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
(2000) - Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
(1999) - Holes by Louis Sachar
(1998) - Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
(1997) - The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
(1996) - The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
(1995) - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
(1994) - The Giver by Lois Lowry
(1993) - Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
(1992) - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
(1991) - Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
(1990) - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
(1989) - Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
(1988) - Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
(1987) - The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
(1986) - Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
(1985) - The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
(1984) - Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
(1983) - Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
(1982) - A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
(1981) - Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
(1980) - A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos
(1979) - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
(1978) - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
(1977) - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
(1976) - The Grey King by Susan Cooper
(1975) - M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
(1974) - The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
(1973) - Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
(1972) - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
(1971) - Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
(1970) - Sounder by William H. Armstrong
(1969) - The High King by Lloyd Alexander
(1968) - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
(1967) - Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
(1966) - I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
(1965) - Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
(1964) - It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
(1963) - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
(1962) - The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
(1961) - Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
(1960) - Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
(1959) - The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
(1958) - Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
(1957) - Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
(1956) - Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
(1955) - The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
(1954) - …And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
(1953) - Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
(1952) - Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
(1951) - Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
(1950) - The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
(1949) - King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
(1948) - The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
(1947) - Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
(1946) - Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
(1945) - Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
(1944) - Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
(1943) - Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
(1942) - The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
(1941) - Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
(1940) - Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
(1939) - Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
(1938) - The White Stag by Kate Seredy
(1937) - Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
(1936) - Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
(1935) - Dobry by Monica Shannon
(1934) - Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
(1933) - Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis
(1932) - Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
(1931) - The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
(1930) - Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
(1929) - The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
(1928) - Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
(1927) - Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
(1926) - Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
(1925) - Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
(1924) - The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
(1923) - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
(1922) - The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Caldecott Medal Winners 1938- present
- 1999 - Mary Azarian. Snowflake Bentley (Text: Jacqueline Briggs Martin)
- 1998 - Paul O. Zelinsky. Rapunzel
- 1997 - David Wisniewski. Golem
- 1996 - Peggy Rathmann. Officer Buckle and Gloria
- 1995 - David Diaz. Smoky Night (Text: Eve Bunting)
- 1994 - Allen Say. Grandfather's Journey
- 1993 - Emily Arnold McCully. Mirette on the High Wire
- 1992 - David Wiesner. Tuesday
- 1991 - David Macaulay. Black and White
- 1990 - Ed Young. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
- 1989 - Stephen Gammell. Song and Dance Man (Text: Karen Ackerman)
- 1988 - John Schoenherr. Owl Moon (Text: Jane Yolen)
- 1987 - Richard Egielski. Hey, Al (Text: Arthur Yorinks)
- 1986 - Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express
- 1985 - Trina Schart Hyman. Saint George and the Dragon (Text: Margaret Hodges)
- 1984 - Alice and Martin Provensen. The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot
- 1983 - Marcia Brown. Shadow (Text: Blaise Cendrars)
- 1982 - Chris Van Allsburg. Jumanji
- 1981 - Arnold Lobel. Fables
- 1980 - Barbara Cooney. Ox-Cart Man (Text: Donald Hall)
- 1979 - Paul Goble. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
- 1978 - Peter Spier. Noah's Ark (Text: Jacob Revius)
- 1977 - Leo and Diane Dillon. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (Text: Margaret Musgrove)
- 1976 - Leo and Diane Dillon. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale (Text: Verna Aardema)
- 1975 - Gerald McDermott. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
- 1974 - Margot Zemach. Duffy and the Devil (Text: Harve Zemach)
- 1973 - Blair Lent. The Funny Little Woman (Text: Arlene Mosel)
- 1972 - Nonny Hogrogian. One Fine Day
- 1971 - Gail E. Haley. A Story--A Story
- 1970 - William Steig. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
- 1969 - Uri Shulevitz. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Text: Arthur Ransome)
- 1968 - Ed Emberley. Drummer Hoff (Text: Barbara Emberley)
- 1967 - Evaline Ness. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
- 1966 - Nonny Hogrogian. Always Room for One More (Text: Sorche Nic Leodhas)
- 1965 - Beni Montresor. May I Bring a Friend? (Text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers)
- 1964 - Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are
- 1963 - Ezra Jack Keats. The Snowy Day
- 1962 - Marcia Brown. Once a Mouse
- 1961 - Nicolas Sidjakov. Baboushka and the Three Kings (Text: Ruth Robbins)
- 1960 - Marie Hall Ets. Nine Days to Christmas (Text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida)
- 1959 - Barbara Cooney. Chanticleer and the Fox (Text: adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer)
- 1958 - Robert McCloskey. Time of Wonder
- 1957 - Marc Simont. A Tree is Nice (Text: Janice May Udry)
- 1956 - Feodor Rojankovsky. Frog Went A-Courtin' (Text: John Langstaff)
- 1955 - Marcia Brown. Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper (Text: Charles Perrault)
- 1954 - Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline's Rescue
- 1953 - Lynd K. Ward. The Biggest Bear
- 1952 - Nicolas Mordvinoff. Finders Keepers (Text: William Lipkind)
- 1951 - Katherine Milhous. The Egg Tree
- 1950 - Leo Politi. Song of the Swallows
- 1949 - Berta and Elmer Hader. The Big Snow
- 1948 - Roger Duvoisin. White Snow, Bright Snow (Text: Alvin Tresselt)
- 1947 - Leonard Weisgard. The Little Island (Text: Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown])
- 1946 - Maud and Miska Petersham. The Rooster Crows
- 1945 - Elizabeth Orton Jones. Prayer for a Child (Text: Rachel Field)
- 1944 - Louis Slobodkin. Many Moons (Text: James Thurber)
- 1943 - Virginia Lee Burton. The Little House
- 1942 - Robert McClosky. Make Way for Ducklings
- 1941 - Robert Lawson. They Were Strong and Good
- 1940 - Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Abraham Lincoln
- 1939 - Thomas Handforth. Mei Li
- 1938 - Dorothy P. Lathrop. Animals of the Bible
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