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Caldecott Book List 1938 to 2019

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Name Author Last Name Award Date Read/Comments Date Read/Comments

Animals of the Bible Helen Dean Fish 1938 Caldecott Author First Name Author Last Name Award Date Read/Comments

Four and Twenty Black

Birds Helen Dean Fish 1938 Honor

Seven Simeons Boris Artzybasheff 1938 Honor

Mei Li Thomas Hadforth 1939 Caldecott

Andy and the Lion James Daugherty 1939 Honor

Barkis Clare Turlay Newberry 1939 Honor

The Fores Pool Laura Adams Armer 1939 Honor

Snow White and the

Seven Dwarfs Wanda Gag 1939 Honor

Wee Gillis Munro Leaf 1939 Honor

Abraham Lincoln Ingri & Edgar D'Aulaire 1940 Caldecott

The Ageless Story Lauren Ford 1940 Honor

Cock-A-Doodle Doo Berta & Elmer Hader 1940 Honor

Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans 1940 Honor

They Were Strong

and Good Robert Lawson 1941 Caldecott

April's Kittens Clare Turlay Newberry 1941 Honor

Make Way for

Ducklings Robert McCloskey 1942 Caldecott

An American ABC Maud & Miska Petersham 1942 Honor

In My Mother's House Ann Nolan Clark 1942 Honor

Nothing at All Wanda Gag 1942 Honor

Paddle-to-the-Sea Holling C. Holling 1942 Honor

The Little House Virginia Lee Burton 1943 Caldecott

Dash and Dart Mary and Conrad Buff 1943 Honor

Marshmallow Clare Trulay Newberry 1943 Honor

Many Moons James Thurber 1944 Caldecott

A Child's Good Night

Book Margaret Wise Brown 1944 Honor

Good Luck Horse Chih-Ye Chan 1944 Honor

The Mighty Hunter Berta & Elmer Hader 1944 Honor

Pierre Pigeon Lee Kingman 1944 Honor

Small Rain: Verses

from the Bible Jessie Orton Jones 1944 Honor

Prayer for a Child Rachel Field 1945 Caldecott


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Name Author Last Name Award Date Read/Comments

The Christmas Anna Angel

Ruth Sawyer 1945 Honor

In the Forest Marie Hall Ets 1944 Honor

Mother Goose Tasha Tudor (ill.) 1945 Honor

Yonie Wondernose Marguerite de Angeli 1944 Honor

Rooster Crows Maud and Miska Petresham 1946 Caldecott

Lost Little Lamb Golden MacDonald 1946 Honor

My Mother Is the Most

Beautiful Woman in the

World

Becky Reyher 1946 Honor

Sing Mother Goose Opal Wheeler 1946 Honor

You Can Write Chinese Kurt Weise 1946 Honor

The Little Island Golden MacDonald 1947 Caldecott

Boats on the River Marjorie Flack 1947 Honor

Pedro, the Angel of

Olvera Street Leo Politi 1947 Honor

Rain Drop Splash Alvin Tresselt 1947 Honor

Sing in Praise: A

Collection of the Best

Loved Hymns

Opal Wheeler 1947 Honor

Timothy Turtle Al Graham 1947 Honor

White Snow, Bright

Snow Alvin Tresselt 1948 Caldecott

Bambino the Clown George Schreiber 1948 Honor

McElligot's Pool Dr. Seuss 1948 Honor

Roger and the Fox Lavinia Davis 1948 Honor

Song of Robin Hood Anne Malcolmson 1948 Honor

Stone Soup Marcia Brown 1948 Honor

The Big Snow Berta & Elmer Hader 1949 Caldecott

All Around the Town Phyllis McGinley 1949 Honor

Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey 1949 Honor

Fish in the Air Kurt Weise 1949 Honor

Juanita Leo Politi 1949 Honor

Song of the Swallows Leo Politi 1950 Caldecott

Ethan Allen Stewart Holbrook 1950 Honor

Bartholomew and the

Oobleck Dr. Seuss 1950 Honor

The Happy Day Ruth Krauss 1950 Honor

Henry Fisherman Marcia Brown 1950 Honor

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The Wild Birthday Cake

Lavinia Davis 1950 Honor

Egg Tree Katherine Milhous 1951 Caldecott

Dick Whittington and

His Cat Marcia Brown 1951 Honor

If I Ran the Zoo Dr. Seuss 1951 Honor

The Most Wonderful Doll in the World

Phyllis McGinley 1951 Honor

T-Bone, the Baby Sitter Clare Newberry 1951 Honor

The Two Reds William Lipkind 1951 Honor

Finders Keepers William Lipkind 1952 Caldecott

All Falling Down Gene Zion 1952 Honor

Bear Party William Pene du Bois 1952 Honor

Feather Mountain Elizabeth Olds 1952 Honor

Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo Marie Hall Ets 1952 Honor

Skipper John's Cook Marcia Brown 1952 Honor

The Biggest Bear Lynd Kendall Ward 1953 Caldecott

Ape in a Cave Fritz Eichenberg 1953 Honor

Five Little Monkeys Juliet Kepes 1953 Honor

One Morning in Maine Robert McCloskey 1953 Honor

Puss in Boots Charles Perrault 1953 Honor

The Storm Book Charlotte Zolotow 1953 Honor

Madeline's Rescue Ludwig Bemelmans 1954 Caldecott

A Very Special House Ruth Krauss 1954 Honor

Green Eyes A. Birnbaum 1954 Honor

Journey Cake, Ho! Ruth Sawyer 1954 Honor

The Steadfast Tin

Soldier Hans Christian Andersen 1954 Honor

When Will the World

Be Mine? Miriam Schlein 1954 Honor

Cinderella Charles Perrault 1955 Caldecott

Book of Nursery and

Mother Goose Rhymes Marguerite De Angeli 1955 Honor

The Thanksgiving Story Alice Dalgliesh 1955 Honor

Wheel on the Chimney Margaret Wise Brown 1955 Honor

Frog Went A-

Courtin' John Langstaff 1956 Caldecott

Crow Boy Taro Yashima 1956 Honor

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Play with Me Maria Hall Ets 1956 Honor

Tree is Nice Janice May Udry 1957 Caldecott

Anatole Eve Titus 1957 Honor

Gillespie and the

Guards Benjamin Elkin 1957 Honor

Lion William Pene du Bois 1957 Honor

Mr. Penny's Race

Horse Maria Hall Ets 1957 Honor

1 is One Tasha Tudor 1957 Honor

Time of Wonder Robert McCloskey 1958 Caldecott

Anatole and the Cat Eve Titus 1958 Honor

Fly High, Fly Low Don Freeman 1958 Honor

Chanticleer and the

Fox Geoffrey Chaucer 1959 Caldecott

The House that Jack

Built Antonio Frasconi 1959 Honor

Umbrella Taro Yashima 1959 Honor

What Do You Say,

Dear? Sesyle Joslin 1959 Honor

Nine Days to

Christmas Marie Hall Ets 1960 Caldecott

Houses from the Sea Alice E. Goudey 1960 Honor

The Moon Jumpers Janice May Udry 1960 Honor

Baboushka and the

Three Kings Ruth Robbins 1961 Caldecott

Inch by Inch Leo Lionni 1961 Honor

Once a Mouse Marcia Brown 1962 Caldecott

The Day We Saw the

Sun Come Up Alice E. Goudey 1962 Honor

The Fox Went Out on a

Chilly Night Peter Spier 1962 Honor

Little Bear's Visit Else Holmelund Minarik 1962 Honor

Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats 1963 Caldecott

Mr. Rabbit and the

Lovely Present Charlotte Zolotow 1963 Honor

The Sun Is a Golden

Earring Natalie M. Belting 1963 Honor

Where the Wild

Things Are Maurice Sendak 1964 Caldecott


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All in the Morning Early

Sorche Nic

Leodhas

1964 Honor

Mother Goose &

Nursery Rhymes Philip Reed 1964 Honor

Swimmy Leo Lionni 1964 Honor

May I Bring a

Friend? Beatrice Schenk De Regniers 1965 Caldecott

A Pocketful of Cricket Rebecca Caudill 1965 Honor

Rain Makes

Applesauce Julia Scheer 1965 Honor

The Wave Margaret Hodges 1965 Honor

Always Room for One

More Sorche Leodhas 1966 Caldecott

Hide and Seek Fog Alvin Tresselt 1966 Honor

Just Me Marie Hall Ets 1966 Honor

Tom Tit Tot Evaline Ness 1966 Honor

Sam, Bangs, and

Moonshine Evaline Ness 1967 Caldecott

One Wide River to Cross

Barbara Emberley 1967 Honor

Drummer Hoff Barabara Emberley 1968 Caldecott

The Emperor and the

Kite Jane Yolen 1968 Honor

Frederick Leo Lionni 1968 Honor

Seashore Story Taro Tashima 1968 Honor

The Fool of the World

and the Flying Ship Arthur Ransome 1969 Caldecott

Why the Sun and the

Moon Live in the Sky Elphstone Dayrell 1969 Honor

Sylvester and the

Magic Pebble William Steig 1970 Caldecott

Alexander and the

Wind-up Mouse Leo Lionni 1970 Honor

Goggles Ezra Jack Keats 1970 Honor

The Judge Harve Zemach 1970 Honor

Pop Corn & Ma

Goodness Edna Mitchell Preston 1970 Honor

Thy Friend, Obadiah Brinton Turkle 1970 Honor

A Story, A Story: An

African Tale Gail E. Haley 1971 Caldecott


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The Angry Moon William Sleator 1971 Honor

Frog and Toad Are

Friends Arnold Lobel 1971 Honor

In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak 1971 Honor

One Fine Day Nonny Hogrogian 1972 Caldecott

Hildilid's Night Cheli Duran Ryan 1972 Honor

If All the Seas Were

One Sea Janina Domanska 1972 Honor

Moja Means One Muriel Feelings 1972 Honor

The Funny Little

Woman Arlene Mosel 1973 Caldecott

Anansi the Spider Gerald McDermott 1973 Honor

Hosie's Alphabet Leonard & Hosea Baskin 1973 Honor

Snow-White and the

Seven Dwarfs Randall Jarrell 1973 Honor

When Clay Sings Byrd Baylor 1973 Honor

Duffy and the Devil Harve Zemach 1974 Caldecott

Cathedral David Macaulay 1974 Honor

Three Jovial Huntsmen Jeffers Susan 1974 Honor

Arrow to the Sun: A

Pueblo Indian Tale Gerald McDermott 1975 Caldecott

Jambo Means Hello Muriel Feelings 1975 Honor

Why Mosquitoes Buss

in People Ears: A

West AFrican Tale

Verna Aardema 1976 Caldecott

The Desert is Theirs Byrd Baylor 1976 Honor

Strega Nona Tomie de Paola 1976 Honor

Ashanti to Zulz:

African Traditions Leo Dillon 1977 Caldecott

The Amazing Bone William Steig 1977 Honor

The Contest Nonny Hogrogian 1977 Honor

Fish For Supper M.B. Goffstein 1977 Honor

The Golem: A Jewish

Legend Beverly McDermott 1977 Honor

Hawk, I’m Your

Brother Byrd Baylor 1977 Honor

Noah's Ark Peter Spier 1978 Caldecott

Castle David Macaulay 1978 Honor

It Could Always Be

Worse Margot Zemach 1978 Honor

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The Girl Who Loved

Wild Horses Paul Goble 1979 Caldecott

Freight Train Donald Crews 1979 Honor

The Way to Start a Day Byrd Baylor 1979 Honor

Ox Cart Man Donald Hall 1980 Caldecott

Ben's Trumpet Rachel Isadora 1980 Honor

The Garden of Abdul

Gasazi Chris Van Allsburg 1980 Honor

The Treasure Uri Shulevitz 1980 Honor

Fables Arnold Lobel 1981 Caldecott

The Bremen-Town

Musicians Ilse Plume 1981 Honor

The Grey Lady and the

Strawberry Snatcher Molly Bang 1981 Honor

Mice Twice Joseph Low 1981 Honor

Truck Donald Crews 1981 Honor

Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg 1982 Caldecott

On Market Street Arnold Lobel 1982 Honor

Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1982 Honor

A Visit to William

Blake's Inn: Poems for

Innocent and

Experienced Travelers

Nancy Willard 1982 Honor

Where the Buffaloes Begin

Olaf Baker 1982 Honor

Shadow Blaise Cendrars 1983 Caldecott

A Chair for My Mother Vera B. Williams 1983 Honor

When I Was Young in

the Mountains Cynthia Rylant 1983 Honor

The Glorious Flight Alice & Martin Provensen 1984 Caldecott

Little Red Riding Hood Trina Hyman 1984 Honor

Ten, Nine, Eight Molly Bang 1984 Honor

Saint George and the

Dragon Margaret Hodges 1985 Caldecott

Hansel and Gretel Rika Lesser 1985 Honor

Have You Seen My

Duckling Nancy Tafuri 1985 Honor

The Story of Jumping

Mouse John Steptoe 1985 Honor

Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1986 Caldecott


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King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

Audrey & Don Wood 1986 Honor

The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant 1986 Honor

Hey, Al Arthur Yorinks 1987 Caldecott

Alphabatics Suse MacDonald 1987 Honor

Rumplestiltskin Paul Zelinsky 1987 Honor

The Village of Round

and Square Houses Ann Grifalconi 1987 Honor

Owl Moon Jane Yolen 1988 Caldecott

Mufaro's Beautiful

Daughters: An African

Tale

John Steptoe 1988 Honor

Song & Dance Man Karen Ackerman 1989 Caldecott

The Boy of the Three-

Year Nap Diane Snyder 1989 Honor

Free Fall David Wiesner 1989 Honor

Goldilocks and the

Three Bears James Marshall 1989 Honor

Mirandy and the Brother Wind

Patricia C. McKissack 1989 Honor

Lon Po Po Ed Young 1990 Caldecott

Bill Peet: An

Autobiography Bill Peet 1990 Honor

Color Zoo Lois Ehlert 1990 Honor

Hershel and the

Hanukkah Goblins Eric Kimmel 1990 Honor

The Talking Eggs Robert D. San Souci 1990 Honor

Black & White David Macaulay 1991 Caldecott

More More More Said

the Baby: 3 Love

Stories

Vera B. Williams 1991 Honor

Puss in Boots Charles Perrault 1991 Honor

Tuesday David Wiesner 1992 Caldecott

Tar Beach Faith Ringgold 1992 Honor

Mirette on the High

Wire Emily McCully 1993 Caldecott

Working Cotton Sherley Anne Willims 1993 Honor

Seven Blind Mice Ed Young 1993 Honor

Stinky Cheese Man

&Other… Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka 1993 Honor

http://www.waldsfe.org/Authors/peet.htm

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Grandfather's

Journey Allen Say 1994 Caldecott

Peppe the Lamplighter Elisa Bartone 1994 Honor

In the Small, Small

Pond Denise Fleming 1994 Honor

Owen Kevin Henkes 1994 Honor

Raven Gerald McDermott 1994 Honor

Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka 1994 Honor

Smoky Night Eve Bunting 1995 Caldecott

Swamp Angel Anne Isaacs 1995 Honor

Time Flies Eric Rohmann 1995 Honor

John Henry Julius Lester 1995 Honor

Officer Buckle and

Gloria Peggy Rathmann 1996 Caldecott

Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens 1996 Honor

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin Lloyd Moss 1996 Honor

Alphabet City Stephen T. Johnson 1996 Honor

The Faithful Friend Robert San Souci 1996 Honor

Golem David Wisniewski 1997 Caldecott

The Graphic Alphabet David Pelletier 1997 Honor

Hush! A Thai Lullaby Minfong Ho 1997 Honor

The Paperboy Dav Pilkey 1997 Honor

Starry Messenger Peter Sis 1997 Honor

Rupunzel Paul Zelinsky 1998 Caldecott

The Gardener Sarah Stewart 1998 Honor

There Was on Old Lady

Who Swallowed a Fly Simms Taback 1998 Honor

Harlem: A Poem Walter Dean Myers 1998 Honor

Snowflake Bently Jacqueline Martin 1999 Caldecott

No, David! David Shannon 1999 Honor

Snow Uri Shulevitz 1999 Honor

Tibet: Through the Red

Box Peter Sis 1999 Honor

Duke Ellington: The

Piano Prince and His

Orchestra

Andrea Davis Pinkney

1999 Honor


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Joseph Had a Little

Overcoat Simms Taback 2000 Caldecott

Sector 7 David Wiesner 2000 Honor

The Ugly Duckling Jerry

Pinkney 2000 Honor

A Child's Calendar John Updike 2000 Honor

When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really

Angry...

Molly Garrett Bang 2000 Honor

So You Want To be

President? Judith St. George 2001 Caldecott

Casey at the Bat Ernest Thayer 2001 Honor

Click, Clack, Moo:

Cows That Type Doreen Cronin 2001 Honor

Olivia Ian Falconer 2001 Honor

The Three Pigs David Wiesner 2002 Caldecott

Martin's Big Words:

The Life of Dr. Martine

Luther King, Jr.

Doreen Rappaport 2002 Honor

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

Barbara Kerley 2002 Honor

The Stray Dog Marc Simont 2002 Honor

My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann 2003 Caldecott

The Spider and the Fly Mary Howitt 2003 Honor

Hondo & Fabian Peter McCarty 2003 Honor

Noah's Ark Jerry Pinkney 2003 Honor

The Man Who

Walked Between the

Towers

Mordicai Gerstein 2004 Caldecott

Ella Sarah Gets

Dressec Margaret Chodos-Irvine 2004 Honor

What Do You Do with

a Tail like This? Steve Jenkins 2004 Honor

Don't Let the Pigeon

Drive the Bus

Mo Willems 2004 Honor

Kitten's First Full

Moon Kevin Henkes 2005 Caldecott

The Red Book

Barbara Lehman 2005 Honor


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Coming on Home Soon Jacqueline Woodson 2005 Honor

Knuffle Bunny: A

Cautionary Tale Mo Willems 2005 Honor

The Hello, Goodbye

Window Norton Juster 2006 Caldecott

Rosa Nikki Giovanni 2006 Honor

Zen Shorts Jon Muth 2006 Honor

Hot Air: The (Mostly)

True Story of the First

Hot-air Balloon

Marjorie Priceman 2006 Honor

Song of the Water

Boatman and Other

Pond Poems

Joyce Sidman 2006 Honor

Flotsam David Wiesner 2007 Caldecott

Gone Wild: An

Endangered

AnimalAlphabet

David McLimans 2007 Honor

Moses: When Harriet

Tubman Led Her

People to Freedom

Carole Weatherford 2007 Honor

The Invention of Hugo

Cabret Brian Selznick 2008 Caldecott

Henry's Freedom Box:

A True Story from the

Underground Railrod

Ellen Levine 2008 Honor

First the Egg Laura Vaccaro Seeger 2008 Honor

The Wall: Growing Up

Behind the Iron

Curtain

Peter Sis 2008 Honor

Knuffle Bunny Too: A

Case of Mistaken

Identity,

Mo Willems 2008 Honor

The House in the

Night

Susan

Beth

Swanson &

Krommes 2009 Caldecott

A Couple of Boys Have

the Best Week Ever Marla Frazee 2009 Honor

River of Words: The

Story of William Carlos

Williams

Jen

Melissa

Bryant &

Sweet 2009 Honor

How I Learned

Geography Uri Shulevitz 2009 Honor


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The Lion and the

Mouse Jerry Pinkney

2010 Caldecott

All the World Liz Scanlon 2010 Honor

Red Sings From

Treetops: A Year in

Colors

Joyce Sidman 2010 Honor

A Sick Day for Amos

McGee Philip C. Stead 2011 Caldecott

Dave the Potter: Artist,

Poet, Slave Laban C. Hill 2011 Honor

Interrupting Chicken David E. Stein 2011 Honor

A Ball for Daisy Chris Raschka 2012 Caldecott

Blackout John Rocco 2012 Honor

Grandpa Green Lane Smith 2012 Honor

Me…Jane Patrick McDonnell 2012 Honor

This is Not My Hat John Klassen 2013 Caldecott

Creepy Carrots! Aaron Reynolds 2013 Honor

Extra Yarn Mac Barnett 2013 Honor

Green Laura Seeger 2013 Honor

One Cool Friend Toni Buzzeo 2013 Honor

Sleep Like a Tiger Mary Logue 2013 Honor

Locomotive Brian Floca 2014 Caldecott

Journey Aaron Becker 2014 Honor

Flora & the Flamingo Molly Idle 2014 Honor

Mr. Wuffles! David Wiesner 2014 Honor

Adventures of Beekle:

The Unimaginary

Friend

Dan Santat 2015 Caldecott

Nana in the City Lauren Castillo 2015 Honor

The Noisy Paint Box Bob Rosenstock 2015 Honor

Sam & Dave Dig a

Hole Mac Barnett 2015 Honor

Viva Frida Yuyi Morales 2015 Honor

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

Jen Bryant 2015 Honor

Finding Winnie: The

True Story of the

World’s Most Famous

Bear

Lindsay Mattick 2016 Caldecott

Trombone Shorty Troy Andrews 2016 Honor


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Waiting Kevin Henkes 2016 Honor

Voice of Freedom:

Fannie Lou Hamer,

Spirit of the Civil

Rights Movement

Carole Weatherford 2016 Honor

Last Stop on Market

Street Matt De la Pena 2016 Honor

Radiant Child: The

Story of Young Artist

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Javaka Steptoe 2017 Caldecott

Leave Me Alone! Vera Brosgol 2017 Honor

Freedom in Congo

Square Carole Boston Weatherford 2017 Honor

Du Iz Tak? Carson Ellis 2017 Honor

They All Saw a Cat Brendan Wenzel 2017 Honor

Wolf in the Snow Matthew Cordell 2018 Caldecott

Big Cat, Little Cat Elisha Cooper 2018 Honor

Crown: An Ode to the

fresh cut Derrick Barnes 2018 Honor

A Different Pond Bao Phi 2018 Honor

Grand Canyon Jason Chin 2018 Honor

Hello Lighthouse Sophie Blackall 2019 Winner

Alma and How She Got

Her Name Juana Martinez-Neal 2019 Honor

A Big Mooncake for

Little Star Grace Lin 2019 Honor

The Rough Patch Brian Lies 2019 Honor

Thank you, Omu! Oge Mora 2019 Honor

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