The award is named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator
Randolph J. Caldecott, and was originally created as sort of the flip side of
the Newbery Medal. While the Newbery is awarded to the "most distinguished
American children's book" of the previous year, the Caldecott is awarded
specifically to illustrators.
2007 Flotsam
by David Wiesner
2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster and Cris Raschka
2005 Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
2003 My Friend Rabbity by Eric Rohmann
2002 The Pigs by David Weisner
2001
So
You Want To Be President? by Judith
St. George
2000 Joseph
Had a Little Overcoat by Simms
Taback
1999 Snowflake
Bentley by 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 by Eve
Bunting
1994 Grandfather's
Journey by Allen
Say
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 by Karen
Ackerman
1988 Owl
Moon by Jane Yolen
1987 Hey,
Al by Arthur
Yorinks
1986 The
Polar Express by Chris
Van Allsburg
1985 Saint
George and the Dragon by Margaret
Hodges
1984 The
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 by Alice
Provensen
1983 Shadow
by Blaise
Cendrars
1982 Jumanji
by Chris Van
Allsburg
1981 Fables
by Arnold Lobel
1980 Ox-cart
Man by 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 by Margaret
W. Musgrove
1976 Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna
Aardema
1975 Arrow
To the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald
Mcdermott
1974 Duffy
and the Devil by Harve
Zemach
1973 The
Funny Little Woman by Arlene
Mosel
1972 One
Fine Day by Nonny
Hogrogian
1971 A
Story, a Story: An African Tale by Gail
E. Haley
1970 Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble by William
Steig
1969 The
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: Arthur Ransome by Arthur
Ransome
1968 Drummer
Hoff by Barbara
Emberley
1967 Sam
Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline
Ness
1966 Always
Room for One More by Sorche
Nic Leodhas
1965 May
I Bring a Friend? by 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... : A Fable Cut in Wood by Marcia
Brown
1961 Baboushka
and the Three Kings: Ruth Robbins by Ruth
Robbins
1960 Nine
Days To Christmas by Marie
Hall Ets
1959 Chanticleer
and the Fox by Geoffrey
Chaucer
1958 Time
of Wonder by Robert
Mccloskey
1957 A
Tree Is Nice by Janice
May Udry
1956 Frog
Went A-courtin' by John
Langstaff
1955 Cinderella
by Charles
Perrault
1954 Madeline's
Rescue by Ludwig
Bemelmans
1953 The
Biggest Bear by Lynn
K. Ward
1952 Finders
Keepers by Nicolas
Will
1951 The
Egg Tree by Katherine
Milhous
1950 Song
of the Swallows by Leo
Politi
1949 The
Big Snow by Berta
Hader
1948 White
Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin
Tresselt
1947 The
Little Island by Golden
Macdonald
1946 The
Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles by Maud
Petersham
1945 Prayer
for a Child by Rachel
Field
1944 Many
Moons by 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
D'aulaire
1939 Mei
LI by Thomas
Handforth
1938 Animals
of the Bible: A Picture Book by Dorothy
P. Lathrop