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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.

2013
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner This Is Not My Hat Jon Klassen Jon Klassen Candlewick Press
Honor Books Creepy Carrots! Aaron Reynolds Peter Brown Simon & Schuster Books
Extra Yarn Mac Barnett Jon Klassen Balzer + Bray
Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger Laura Vaccaro Seeger Neal Porter Books
One Cool Friend Toni Buzzeo David Small Dial Books
Sleep Like a Tiger Mary Logue Pamela Zagarenski Houghton Mifflin Books
2012
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner A Ball for Daisy Chris Raschka Schwartz & Wade Books
Honor Books Blackout John Rocco Disney �� Hyperion Books
Grandpa Green Lane Smith Roaring Brook Press
Me...Jane Patrick McDonnell Little, Brown and Company
2011
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner A Sick Day for Amos McGee Philip C. Stead Erin E. Stead A Neal Porter Book
Honor Books Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Laban Carrick Hill Bryan Collier Little, Brown and Company
Interrupting Chicken David Ezra Stein Candlewick Press
2010
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner The Lion & the Mouse Jerry Pinkney Little, Brown and Company
Honor Books All the World Liz Garton Scanlon Marla Frazee Beach Lane Books
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors Joyce Sidman Pamela Zagarenski Houghton Mifflin Books