Caldecott Medal Winners 1938-2006

• 2006:  "The Hello, Goodbye window by Chris Raschka

• 2005:   "Kitten's First Full Moon" by Kevin Henkes

•  2004:  The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

• 2003:  My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

• 2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

• 2001: So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small

• 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

• 1999: Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian; text: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

• 1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

• 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski

• 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

• 1995: Smoky Night, Illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting

• 1994: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: Walter Lorraine

• 1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

• 1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner

• 1991: Black and White by David Macaulay

• 1990: Lon Po Po: a Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young

• 1989: Song and Dance Man, Illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text:    Karen Ackerman

• 1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr text: Jane Yolen

• 1987 HeyAl illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks

• 1986 The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

• 1985: Saint George and the Dragon, Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges

• 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen

• 1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown original text in French: Blaise Cendrars

• 1982: Jumanji by Chris van Allsburg

• 1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel

• 1980: Ox-Cart Man, Illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall

• 1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble

• 1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier

• 1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove

• 1976: Why Mosquitoes buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema

• 1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott

• 1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach

• 1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text; retold by Arlene Mosel

• 1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian

• 1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley

• 1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

• 1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated Uri Shulevitz; test: retold by Arthur Ransome

• 1968: Drummer Hoff, Illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley

• 1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness

• 1966: Always Room for One More, Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas

• 1965: May I Bring a Friend?  illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

• 1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

• 1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

• 1962: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown

• 1961: Baboushka and the three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins

• 1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text Marie Hall Ets and Aurora LLabastida

• 1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney

• 1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey

• 1957: A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simon; Text: Janice Udry

• 1956: Frog Went A-Courtin' illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff

• 1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown

• 1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans

• 1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward

• 1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas

• 1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous

• 1950: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi

• 1949: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader

• 1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt

• 1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgaard; text: Golden MacDonald

• 1946: The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham

• 1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field

• 1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber

• 1943:The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton

• 1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

• 1941: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson

• 1940: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

• 1939: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth

• 1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish