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Caldecott List

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. This is a complete list of Caldecott medal and honor books from 1938 to present.

1939
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner Mei Li Thomas Handforth Doubleday
Honor Books Andy and the Lion James Daugherty Viking
Barkis Clare Turlay Newberry Harper
The Forest Pool Laura Adams Armer Longmans
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Wanda Gag Coward
Wee Gillis Munro Leaf Robert Lawson Viking
1938
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book Helen Dean Fish Dorothy P. Lathrop Lippincott
Honor Books Four and Twenty Blackbirds compiled by Helen Dean Fish Robert Lawson Stokes
Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale Boris Artzybasheff Boris Artzybasheff