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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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| 1979 |
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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 Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
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Paul Goble |
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Bradbury |
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| Honor Books |
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Freight Train |
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Donald Crews |
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Greenwillow |
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| The Way to Start a Day |
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Byrd Baylor |
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Peter Parnall |
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Scribner |
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| 1978 |
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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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Noah's Ark |
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Peter Spier |
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Doubleday |
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| Honor Books |
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Castle |
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David Macaulay |
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Houghton |
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| It Could Always Be Worse |
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Margot Zemach |
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Farrar |
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| 1977 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions |
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Margaret Musgrove |
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Leo & Diane Dillon |
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Dial |
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| Honor Books |
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The Amazing Bone |
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William Steig |
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Farrar |
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| The Contest |
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Nonny Hogrogian |
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Greenwillow |
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| The Golem: A Jewish Legend |
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Beverly Brodsky McDermott |
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Lippincott |
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| Hawk, I'm Your Brother |
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Byrd Baylor |
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Peter Parnall |
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Scribner |
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| 1976 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
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retold by Verna Aardema |
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Leo & Diane Dillon |
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Dial |
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| Honor Books |
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The Desert is Theirs |
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Byrd Baylor |
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Peter Parnall |
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Scribner |
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| Strega Nona |
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Tomie de Paola |
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Prentice-Hall |
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| 1975 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Arrow to the Sun |
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Gerald McDermott |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Bookl |
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Muriel Feelings |
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Tom Feelings |
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Dial |
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| 1974 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Duffy and the Devil |
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Harve Zemach |
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Margot Zemach |
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Farrar |
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| Honor Books |
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Three Jovial Huntsmen |
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Susan Jeffers |
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Bradbury |
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| Cathedral |
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David Macaulay |
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Houghton |
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| 1973 |
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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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The Funny Little Woman |
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Arlene Mosel |
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Blair Lent |
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Dutton |
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| Honor Books |
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Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti |
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Gerald McDermott |
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Gerald McDermott |
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Holt |
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| Hosie's Alphabet |
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Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin |
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Leonard Baskin |
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Viking |
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| Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs |
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Randall Jarrell |
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Nancy Ekholm Burkert |
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Farrar |
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| When Clay Sings |
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Byrd Baylor |
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Tom Bahti |
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Scribner |
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| 1972 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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One Fine Day, |
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Nonny Hogrogian |
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Macmillan |
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| Honor Books |
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Hildilid's Night |
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Cheli Duran Ryan |
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Arnold Lobel |
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Macmillan |
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| On Market Street |
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Arnold Lobel |
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Anita Lobel |
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Greenwillow |
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| If All the Seas Were One Sea |
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Janina Domanska |
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Macmillan |
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| Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book |
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Muriel Feelings |
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Tom Feelings |
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Dial |
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| 1971 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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A Story A Story |
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Gail E. Haley |
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Gail E. Haley |
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Atheneum |
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| Honor Books |
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The Angry Moon |
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William Sleator |
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Blair Lentme |
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Atlantic |
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| Frog and Toad are Friends |
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Arnold Lobel |
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Harper |
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| In the Night Kitchen |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Harper |
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| 1970 |
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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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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
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William Steig |
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Windmill Books |
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| Honor Books |
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Goggles |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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Macmillan |
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| Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse |
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Leo Lionni |
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Pantheon |
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| Pop Corn & Ma Goodness |
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Edna Mitchell Preston |
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Robert Andrew Parker |
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Viking |
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| The Judge: An Untrue Tale |
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Harve Zemach |
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Margot Zemach |
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Farrar |
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| Thy Friend, Obadiah |
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Brinton Turkle |
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Viking |
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