Caldecott Medal
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The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. It was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Together with the Newbery Medal it is the most prestigious American children's book award.
The Caldecott Medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan in 1937. The scene on the face of the medal is derived from Randolph Caldecott's illustrations for The Diverting Story of John Gilpin, which in turn was based on a poem from 1782 by William Cowper.ALA About the Caldecott Medal.Caldecott's Picture Book "John Gilpin".
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[edit] Caldecott Medal recipients
- 1938: Dorothy P. Lathrop, Animals of the Bible
- 1939: Thomas Handforth, Mei Li
- 1940: Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Abraham Lincoln
- 1941: Robert Lawson, They Were Strong and Good
- 1942: Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings
- 1943: Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House
- 1944: Louis Slobodkin, Many Moons
- 1945: Elizabeth Orton Jones, Prayer for a Child
- 1946: Maud and Miska Petersham, The Rooster Crows
- 1947: Leonard Weisgard, The Little Island
- 1948: Roger Duvoisin, White Snow, Bright Snow
- 1949: Berta and Elmer Hader, The Big Snow
- 1950: Leo Politi, Song of the Swallows
- 1951: Katherine Milhous, The Egg Tree
- 1952: Nicholas Mordvinoff, Finders Keepers
- 1953: Lynd Ward, The Biggest Bear
- 1954: Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline's Rescue
- 1955: Marcia Brown, Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
- 1956: Feodor Rojankovsky, Frog Went A-Courtin'
- 1957: Marc Simont, A Tree is Nice
- 1958: Robert McCloskey, Time of Wonder
- 1959: Barbara Cooney, Chanticleer and the Fox
- 1960: Marie Hall Ets, Nine Days to Christmas
- 1961: Nicolas Sidjakov, Baboushka and the Three Kings
- 1962: Marcia Brown, Once a Mouse
- 1963: Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day
- 1964: Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
- 1965: Beni Montresor, May I Bring a Friend?
- 1966: Nonny Hogrogian, Always Room for One More
- 1967: Evaline Ness, Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
- 1968: Ed Emberley, Drummer Hoff
- 1969: Uri Shulevitz, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
- 1970: William Steig, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
- 1971: Gail E. Haley, A Story a Story
- 1972: Nonny Hogrogian, One Fine Day
- 1973: Blair Lent, The Funny Little Woman
- 1974: Margot Zemach, Duffy and the Devil
- 1975: Gerald McDermott, Arrow to the Sun
- 1976: Leo and Diane Dillon, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
- 1977: Leo and Diane Dillon, Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
- 1978: Peter Spier, Noah's Ark
- 1979: Paul Goble, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
- 1980: Barbara Cooney, Ox-Cart Man
- 1981: Arnold Lobel, Fables
- 1982: Chris Van Allsburg, Jumanji
- 1983: Marcia Brown, Shadow
- 1984: Alice and Martin Provensen, The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
- 1985: Trina Schart Hyman, Saint George and the Dragon
- 1986: Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
- 1987: Richard Egielski, Hey, Al
- 1988: John Schoenherr, Owl Moon
- 1989: Stephen Gammell, Song and Dance Man
- 1990: Ed Young, Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
- 1991: David Macaulay, Black and White
- 1992: David Wiesner, Tuesday
- 1993: Emily Arnold McCully, Mirette on the High Wire
- 1994: Allen Say, Grandfather's Journey
- 1995: David Diaz, Smoky Night
- 1996: Peggy Rathmann, Officer Buckle and Gloria
- 1997: David Wisniewski, Golem
- 1998: Paul O. Zelinsky, Rapunzel
- 1999: Mary Azarian, Snowflake Bentley
- 2000: Simms Taback, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
- 2001: David Small, So You Want to Be President?
- 2002: David Wiesner, The Three Pigs
- 2003: Eric Rohmann, My Friend Rabbit
- 2004: Mordicai Gerstein, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- 2005: Kevin Henkes, Kitten's First Full Moon
- 2006: Chris Raschka, The Hello, Goodbye Window
- 2007: David Wiesner, Flotsam
- American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners 1938 - Present.
[edit] Recipients of Multiple Caldecotts
2 Medals: Leo and Diane Dillon, Chris Van Allsburg, Barbara Cooney, Nonny Hogrogian, Robert McCloskey
3 Medals: Marcia Brown, David Wiesner
[edit] Caldecott Honor Books
In addition to the Caldecott Medal-winning book, the awards committees also cited other picture books for children each year as "worthy of attention." These books were initially referred to as "runners-up" for the Caldecott Medal, but in 1971 that term was retroactively changed to "Caldecott Honor Books."
