Caldecott Award Winners

The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner
• 2009 - House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes)
• 2008 - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• 2007 - Flotsam by David Wiesner
• 2006 - The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated 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 by Simms Taback
• 1999 - Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian
• 1998 - Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky
• 1997 - Golem by David Wisniewski
• 1996 - Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
• 1995 - Smoky Night illustrated by David Diaz
• 1994 - Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say


Black and White
by David Macaulay
• 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
• 1988 - Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr
• 1987 - Hey, Al illustrated by Richard Egielski
• 1986 - The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• 1985 - Saint George and the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
• 1984 - The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen
• 1983 - Shadow by Marcia Brown
• 1982 - Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• 1981 - Fables by Arnold Lobel
• 1980 - Ox-Cart Man illustrated by Barbara Cooney
• 1979 - The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble


Arrow to the Sun
by Gerald McDermott
• 1978 - Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
• 1977 - Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions illustrated by Leo Diane Dillon
• 1976 - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale, illustrated by Leo Diane Dillon
• 1975 - Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
• 1974 - Duffy and the Devil by Margot Zemach
• 1973 - The Funny Little Woman by Blair Lent
• 1972 - One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
• 1971 - A Story, A Story by Gail E Haley
• 1970 - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 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, and Moonshine 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 by Maurice Sendak
• 1963 - The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• 1962 - Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
• 1961 - Baboushka and the Three Kings illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
• 1960 - Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall
• 1959 - Chanticleer and the Fox illustrated by Barbara Cooney
• 1958 - Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
• 1957 - A Tree Is Nice illustrated by Marc Simont
• 1956 - Frog Went a-Courtin' illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
• 1955 - Cinderella by Marcia Brown
• 1954 - Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
• 1953 - The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
• 1952 - Finders Keepers illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff
• 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, illustrated by Bright Snow, Roger Duvoisin
• 1947 - The Little Island by Leonard Weisgard
• 1946 - The Rooster Crows by Maud Miska Petersham
• 1945 - A Prayer for a Child illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
• 1944 - Many Moons illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
• 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 by Dorothy Lathrop

The complete list can be viewed at the Caldecott Awards website.