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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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| 1999 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Snowflake Bentley |
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Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
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Mary Azarian |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and the Orchestra |
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Andrea Davis Pinkney |
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Brian Pinkney |
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Hyperion |
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| No, David! |
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David Shannon |
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Scholastic |
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| Snow |
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Uri Shulevitz |
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Farrar |
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| Tibet Through the Red Box |
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Peter Sis |
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Frances Foster |
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| 1998 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Rapunzel |
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Paul O. Zelinsky |
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Dutton |
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| Honor Books |
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The Gardener |
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Sarah Stewart |
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David Small |
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Farrar |
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| Harlem |
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Walter Dean Myers |
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Christopher Myers |
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Scholastic |
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed
a Fly |
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Simms Taback |
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Viking |
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| 1997 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Golem |
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David Wisniewski |
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Clarion |
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| Honor Books |
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Hush! A Thai Lullaby |
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Minfong Ho |
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Holly Meade |
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Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books |
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| The Graphic Alphabet |
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David Pelletier |
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Orchard Books |
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| The Paperboy |
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The Paperboy |
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Richard Jackson/Orchard Books |
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| Starry Messenger |
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Peter Sis |
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Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux |
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| 1996 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Officer Buckle and Gloria |
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Peggy Rathmann |
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Putnam |
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| Honor Books |
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Alphabet City |
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Stephen T. Johnson |
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Viking |
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| Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin |
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Lloyd Moss |
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Marjorie Priceman |
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Simon & Schuster |
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| The Faithful Friend |
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Brian Pinkney |
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Robert D. San Souci |
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Simon & Schuster |
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| Tops & Bottoms |
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Janet Stevens |
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Harcourt |
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| 1995 |
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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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Eve Bunting |
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David Diaz |
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Harcourt |
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| Honor Books |
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John Henry |
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Jerry Pinkney |
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Julius Lester |
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Dial |
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| Swamp Angel |
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Anne Issacs |
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Paul O. Zelinsky |
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Dutton |
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| Time Flies |
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Eric Rohmann |
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Crown |
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| 1994 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Grandfather's Journey |
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Walter Lorraine |
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Allen Say |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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Peppe the Lamplighter |
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Elisa Bartone |
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Ted Lewin |
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Lothrop |
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| In the Small, Small Pond |
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Denise Fleming |
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Holt |
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| Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest |
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Gerald McDermott |
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Harcourt |
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| Owen |
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Owen |
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Greenwillow |
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| Yo! Yes? |
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Richard Jackson |
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Chris Raschka |
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Orchard |
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| 1993 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Mirette on the High Wire |
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Emily Arnold McCully |
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Putnam |
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| Honor Books |
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales |
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Jon Scieszka |
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Lane Smith |
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Viking |
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| Seven Blind Mice |
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Ed Young |
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Philomel Books |
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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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| 1992 |
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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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Tuesday |
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David Wiesner |
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Clarion Books |
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| Honor Books |
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Tar Beach |
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Faith Ringgold |
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Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co. |
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| 1991 |
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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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Black and White |
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David Macaulay |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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Puss in Boots |
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Charles Perrault & by Malcolm Arthur |
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Fred Marcellino |
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Di Capua/Farrar |
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| More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories |
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Vera B. Williams |
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Greenwillow |
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| 1990 |
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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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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
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Ed Young |
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Philomel |
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| Honor Books |
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Bill Peet: An Autobiography |
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Bill Peet |
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Houghton |
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| Color Zoo |
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Lois Ehlert |
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Lippincott |
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| The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South |
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Robert D. San Souci |
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Jerry Pinkney |
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Dial |
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| Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins |
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Eric Kimmel |
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Trina Schart Hyman |
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Holiday House |
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