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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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| 1989 |
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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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Song and Dance Man |
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Karen Ackerman |
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Stephen Gammell |
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Knopf |
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| Honor Books |
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The Boy of the Three-Year Nap |
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Diane Snyder |
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Allen Say |
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Houghton |
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| Free Fall |
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David Wiesner |
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Lothrop |
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| Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
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James Marshall |
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Dial |
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Mirandy and Brother Wind |
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Patricia C. McKissack |
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Jerry Pinkney |
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Knopf |
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| 1988 |
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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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Owl Moon |
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Jane Yolen |
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John Schoenherr |
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Philomel |
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| Honor Books |
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale |
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Sarah Stewart |
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John Steptoe |
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Lothrop |
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| 1987 |
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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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Hey, Al, |
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Arthur Yorinks |
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Richard Egielski |
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Farrar |
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| Honor Books |
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The Village of Round and Square Houses |
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Ann Grifalconi |
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Little, Brown |
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| Alphabatics |
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Suse MacDonald |
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Bradbury |
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| Rumpelstiltskin |
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Paul O. Zelinsky |
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Dutton |
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| 1986 |
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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 Polar Express |
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Chris Van Allsburg |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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The Relatives Came |
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Cynthia Rylant |
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Stephen Gammell |
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Bradbury |
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| King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, |
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Audrey Wood |
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Don Wood |
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Harcourt |
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| 1985 |
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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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Saint George and the Dragon |
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retold by Margaret Hodges |
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Trina Schart Hyman; |
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Little, Brown |
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| Honor Books |
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Hansel and Gretel |
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retold by Rika Lesser |
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Paul O. Zelinsky |
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Dodd |
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| Have You Seen My Duckling? |
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Nancy Tafuri |
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Greenwillow |
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| The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend |
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John Steptoe |
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Lothrop |
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| 1984 |
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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 Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot |
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Alice & Martin Provensen |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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Little Red Riding Hood, |
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Trina Schart Hyman |
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Holiday |
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| Ten, Nine, Eight |
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Molly Bang |
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Greenwillow |
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| 1983 |
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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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Shadow |
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Blaise Cendrars |
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Marcia Brown |
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Scribner |
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| Honor Books |
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A Chair for My Mother |
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Vera B. Williams |
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Greenwillow |
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| When I Was Young in the Mountains |
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Cynthia Rylant |
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Diane Goode |
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Dutton |
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| Working Cotton |
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Sherley Anne Williams |
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Carole Byard |
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Harcourt |
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| 1982 |
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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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Jumanji |
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Chris Van Allsburg |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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Where the Buffaloes Begin |
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Olaf Baker |
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Warne |
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Warne |
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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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| Outside Over There |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Harper |
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| A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, |
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Nancy Willard |
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Alice & Martin Provensen; |
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Harcourt |
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| 1981 |
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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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Fables |
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Arnold Lobel |
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Harper |
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| Honor Books |
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The Bremen-Town Musicians |
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Ilse Plume |
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Doubleday |
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| The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher |
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Molly Bang |
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Four Winds |
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| Mice Twice |
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Joseph Low |
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McElderry/Atheneum |
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| Truck |
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Donald Crews |
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Greenwillow |
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| 1980 |
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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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Ox-Cart Man |
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Donald Hall |
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Barbara Cooney |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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Ben's Trumpet |
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Rachel Isadora |
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Greenwillow |
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| The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi |
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Chris Van Allsburg |
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Houghton |
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| The Treasure |
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Uri Shulevitz |
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Farrar |
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