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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.
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| 1969 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
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Arthur Ransome |
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Uri Shulevitz |
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Farrar |
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| Honor Books |
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Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky |
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Elphinstone Dayrell |
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Blair Lent |
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Houghton |
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| 1968 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Drummer Hoff |
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Barbara Emberley |
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Ed Emberley |
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Prentice-Hall |
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| Honor Books |
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Frederick |
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Leo Lionni |
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Pantheon |
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| Seashore Story |
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Taro Yashima |
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Viking |
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| The Emperor and the Kite |
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Jane Yolen |
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Ed Young |
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World |
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| 1967 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Sam, Bangs & Moonshine |
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Evaline Ness |
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Holt |
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| Honor Books |
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One Wide River to Cross |
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Barbara Emberley |
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Ed Emberley |
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Prentice-Hall |
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| 1966 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Always Room for One More |
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Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] |
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Nonny Hogrogian |
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Holt |
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| Honor Books |
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Hide and Seek Fog |
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Alvin Tresselt |
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Roger Duvoisin |
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Lothrop |
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| Just Me |
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Marie Hall Ets |
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Viking |
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| Tom Tit Tot |
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Evaline Ness |
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Evaline Ness |
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Scribner |
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| 1965 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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May I Bring a Friend? |
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Beatrice Schenk de Regniers |
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Beni Montresor |
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Atheneum |
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| Honor Books |
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Rain Makes Applesauce |
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Julian Scheer |
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Marvin Bileck |
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Holiday |
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| The Wave |
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Margaret Hodges |
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Blair Lent |
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Houghton |
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| A Pocketful of Cricket |
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Rebecca Caudill |
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Evaline Ness |
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Holt |
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| 1964 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Where the Wild Things Are |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Harper |
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| Honor Books |
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Swimmy |
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Leo Lionni |
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Pantheon |
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| All in the Morning Early |
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Evaline Ness |
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Evaline Ness |
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Holt |
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| Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes |
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Philip Reed |
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Atheneum |
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| 1963 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Snowy Day |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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The Sun is a Golden Earring |
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Natalia M. Belting |
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Bernarda Bryson |
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Holt |
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| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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Harper |
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| 1962 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Harper |
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Marcia Brown |
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Marcia Brown |
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Scribner |
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| Honor Books |
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Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song |
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Peter Spier |
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Doubleday |
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| Little Bear's Visit |
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Else H. Minarik |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Harper |
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| The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up |
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Alice E. Goudey |
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Adrienne Adams |
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Scribner |
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| 1961 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Baboushka and the Three Kings |
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Ruth Robbins |
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Nicolas Sidjakov |
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Parnassus |
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| Honor Books |
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Inch by Inch |
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Leo Lionni |
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Obolensky |
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| 1960 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Nine Days to Christmas |
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Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida |
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Marie Hall Ets |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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Houses from the Sea |
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Alice E. Goudey |
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Adrienne Adams |
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Scribner |
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| The Moon Jumpers |
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Janice May Udry |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Harper |
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