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The 2000s

  • 2007 Medal Winner:
  • Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)
  • 2007 Honor Books:
  • Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (Walker)
  • Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)

  • 2006 Medal Winner:
  • The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
  • 2006 Honor Books:
  • Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company) (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
  • Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book from Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster)
  • Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)

  • 2005 Medal Winner:
  • Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)
  • 2005 Honor Books:
  • The Red Book illustrated and written by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group)
  • Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children)

  • 2004 Medal Winner:
  • Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
  • 2004 Honor Books:
  • Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt,Inc.)
  • What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

  • 2003 Medal Winner:
  • My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
  • 2003 Honor Books:
  • The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizz, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
  • Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (Henry Hold & Co.)
  • Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books, Inc.)

  • 2002 Medal Winner:
  • The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
  • 2002 Honor Books:
  • The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic)
  • Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
  • The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)

  • 2001 Medal Winner:
  • So You Want to be President? illustrated by David Small and written by Judith St. George (Philomel Books)
  • 2001 Honor Books:
  • Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 illustrated by Christopher Bing,
    written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer (Handprint Books)
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
  • Olivia by Ian Falconer (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

  • 2000 Medal Winner:
  • Joseph Had a Little OvercoatSimms Taback (Viking)
  • 2000 Honor Books:
  • A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text by John Updike (Holiday House)
  • Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
  • When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic)
  • The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)

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    The 1990s

  • 1999 Medal Winner:
  • Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)
  • 1999 Honor Books:
  • Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and the Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Hyperion)
  • No, David! by David Shannon (Scholastic)
  • Snow by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
  • Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sis (Frances Foster)

  • 1998 Medal Winner:
  • Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
  • 1998 Honor Books:
  • The Gardener illustrated by David Small, text by Sarah Stewart (Farrar)
  • Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers, text by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (Viking)

  • 1997 Medal Winner:
  • Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)
  • 1997 Honor Books:
  • Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade, text by Minfong Ho (Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books)
  • The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier (Orchard Books)
  • The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books)
  • Starry Messenger by Peter Sis (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)

  • 1996 Medal Winner:
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
  • 1996 Honor Books:
  • Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson (Viking)
  • Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin illustrated by Marjorie Priceman, text by Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster)
  • The Faithful Friend illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
  • Top & Bottomsadapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)

  • 1995 Medal Winner:
  • Smoky Night illustrated by David Diaz, text by Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
  • 1995 Honor Books:
  • John Henry illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Julius Lester (Dial)
  • Swamp Angel illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, text by Anne Issacs (Dutton)
  • Time Flies by Eric Rohmann (Crown)

  • 1994 Medal Winner:
  • Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say, text edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)
  • 1994 Honor Books:
  • Peppe the Lamplighter illustrated by Ted Lewin, text by Elisa Bartone (Lothrop)
  • In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Holt)
  • Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (Harcourt)
  • Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
  • Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka, text edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard)

  • 1993 Medal Winner:
  • Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)
  • 1993 Honor Books:
  • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales illustrated by Lane Smith, text by Jon Scieszka (Viking)
  • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Philomel Books)
  • Working Cotton illustrated by Carole Byard, text by Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)

  • 1992 Medal Winner:
  • Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
  • 1992 Honor Book:
  • Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.)

  • 1991 Medal Winner:
  • Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)
  • 1991 Honor Books:
  • Puss In Boots illustrated by Fred Marcellino, text by Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar)
  • "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

  • 1990 Medal Winner:
  • Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel)
  • 1990 Honor Books:
  • Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet (Houghton)
  • Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (Lippincott)
  • The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Robert D. San Souci (Dial)
  • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text by Eric Kimmel (Holiday House)

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    The 1980s

  • 1989 Medal Winner:
  • Song and Dance Man illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Karen Ackerman (Knopf)
  • 1989 Honor Books:
  • The Boy of the Three-Year Nap illustrated by Allen Say, text by Diane Snyder (Houghton)
  • Free Fall by David Wiesner (Lothrop)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall (Dial)
  • Mirandy and Brother Wind illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf)

  • 1988 Medal Winner:
  • Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr, text by Jane Yolen (Philomel)
  • 1988 Honor Book:
  • Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

  • 1987 Medal Winner:
  • Hey, Al illustrated by Richard Egielski, text by Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
  • 1987 Honor Books:
  • The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi (Little, Brown)
  • Alphabetics by Suse MacDonald (Bradbury)
  • Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)

  • 1986 Medal Winner:
  • The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
  • 1986 Honor Books:
  • The Relatives Came illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
  • King Bidgood's in the Bathtub illustrated by Don Wood, text by Audrey Wood (Harcourt)

  • 1985 Medal Winner:
  • Saint George and the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)
  • 1985 Honor Books:
  • Hansel and Gretel illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, text retold by Rika Lesser (Dodd)
  • Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)
  • The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legendretold and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

  • 1984 Medal Winner:
  • The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)
  • 1984 Honor Books:
  • Little Red Riding Hoodretold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Holiday)
  • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (Greenwillow)

  • 1983 Medal Winner:
  • Shadowtranslated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, original text in French by Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
  • 1983 Honor Books:
  • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
  • When I Was Young in the Mountains illustrated by Diane Goode, text by Cynthia Rylant (Dutton)

  • 1982 Medal Winner:
  • Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
  • 1982 Honor Books:
  • Where the Buffaloes Begin illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Olaf Baker (Warne)
  • On Market Street illustrated by Anita Lobel, text by Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow)
  • Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
  • A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen, text by Nancy Willard (Harcourt)

  • 1981 Medal Winner:
  • Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
  • 1981 Honor Books:
  • The Bremen-Town Musiciansretold and illustrated by Ilse Plume (Doubleday)
  • The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang (Four Winds)
  • Mice Twice by Joseph Low (McElderry/Atheneum)
  • Truck by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)

  • 1980 Medal Winner:
  • Ox-Cart Man illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by Donald Hall (Viking)
  • 1980 Honor Books:
  • Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow)
  • The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
  • The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)

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    The 1970s

  • 1979 Medal Winner:
  • The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury)
  • 1979 Honor Books:
  • Freight Train by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)
  • The Way to Start a Day illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

  • 1978 Medal Winner:
  • Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
  • 1978 Honor Books:
  • Castle by David Macaulay (Houghton)
  • It Could Always Be Worseretold and illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar)

  • 1977 Medal Winner:
  • Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, text by Margaret Musgrove (Dial)
  • 1977 Honor Books:
  • The Amazing Bone by William Steig (Farrar)
  • The Contestretold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow)
  • Fish for Supper by M.B. Goffstein (Dial)
  • The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott (Lippincott)
  • Hawk, I'm Your Brother illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

  • 1976 Medal Winner:
  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, text retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)
  • 1976 Honor Books:
  • The Desert is Theirs illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
  • Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall)

  • 1975 Medal Winner:
  • Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking)
  • 1975 Honor Book:
  • Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Muriel Feelings (Dial)

  • 1974 Medal Winner:
  • Duffy and the Devil illustrated by Margot Zemach, retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)
  • 1974 Honor Books:
  • Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers (Bradbury)
  • Cathedral by David Macaulay (Houghton)

  • 1973 Medal Winner:
  • The Funny Little Woman illustrated by Blair Lent, text retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)
  • 1973 Honor Books:
  • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashantiadapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott (Holt)
  • Hosie's Alphabet illustrated by Leonard Baskin, text by Hosea, Tobias, & Lisa Baskin (Viking)
  • Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, text translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar)
  • When Clay Sings illustrated by Tom Bahti, text by Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

  • 1972 Medal Winner:
  • One Fine Dayretold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)
  • 1972 Honor Books:
  • Hildilid's Night illustrated by Arnold Lobel, text by Cheli Durán Ryan (Macmillan)
  • If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska (Macmillan)
  • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Muriel Feelings (Dial)

  • 1971 Medal Winner:
  • A Story A Storyretold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)
  • 1971 Honor Books:
  • The Angry Moon illustrated by Blair Lent, text retold by William Sleator (Atlantic)
  • Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
  • In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Harper)

  • 1970 Medal Winner:
  • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books)
  • 1970 Honor Books:
  • Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan)
  • Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
  • Pop Corn & Ma Goodness illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, text by Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking)
  • Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (Viking)
  • The Judge: An Untrue Tale illustrated by Margot Zemach, text by Harve Zemach (Farrar)

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    The 1960s

  • 1969 Medal Winner:
  • The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship illustrated by Uri Shulevitz, text retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)
  • 1969 Honor Book:
  • Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton)

  • 1968 Medal Winner:
  • Drummer Hoff illustrated by Ed Emberley, text adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
  • 1968 Honor Books:
  • Frederick by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
  • Seashore Story by Taro Yashima (Viking)
  • The Emperor and the Kite illustrated by Ed Young, text by Jane Yolen (World)

  • 1967 Medal Winner:
  • Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt)
  • 1967 Honor Book:
  • One Wide River to Cross illustrated by Ed Emberley, text adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)

  • 1966 Medal Winner:
  • Always Room for One More illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)
  • 1966 Honor Books:
  • Hide and Seek Fog illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
  • Just Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Tom Tit Totretold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner)

  • 1965 Medal Winner:
  • May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor, text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)
  • 1965 Honor Books:
  • Rain Makes Applesauce illustrated by Marvin Bileck, text by Julian Scheer (Holiday)
  • The Wave illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Margaret Hodges (Houghton)
  • A Pocketful of Cricket illustrated by Evaline Ness, text by Rebecca Caudill (Holt)

  • 1964 Medal Winner:
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
  • 1964 Honor Books:
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
  • All in the Morning Early illustrated by Evaline Ness, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt)
  • Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum)

  • 1963 Medal Winner:
  • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
  • 1963 Honor Books:
  • The Sun is a Golden Earring illustrated by Bernarda Bryson, text by Natalia M. Belting (Holt)
  • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)

  • 1962 Medal Winner:
  • Once a Mouseretold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • 1962 Honor Books:
  • Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
  • Little Bear's Visit illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Else H. Minarik (Harper)
  • The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up illustrated by Adrienne Adams, text by Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)

  • 1961 Medal Winner:
  • Baboushka and the Three Kings illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov, text by Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)
  • 1961 Honor Book:
  • Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (Obolensky)

  • 1960 Medal Winner:
  • Nine Days to Christmas illustrated by Marie Hall Ets, text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)
  • 1960 Honor Books:
  • Houses from the Sea illustrated by Adrienne Adams, text by Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
  • The Moon Jumpers illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Janice May Udry (Harper)

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    The 1950s

  • 1959 Medal Winner:
  • Chanticleer and the Fox illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)
  • 1959 Honor Books:
  • The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques a Batie by Antonio Frasconi (Harcourt)
  • What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Sesyle Joslin (W.R. Scott)
  • Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Viking)

  • 1958 Medal Winner:
  • Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • 1958 Honor Books:
  • Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman (Viking)
  • Anatole and the Cat illustrated by Paul Galdone, text by Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)

  • 1957 Medal Winner:
  • A Tree is Nice illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Janice Udry (Harper)
  • 1957 Honor Books:
  • Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • 1 is One by Tasha Tudor (Walck)
  • Anatole illustrated by Paul Galdone, text by Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
  • Gillespie and the Guards illustrated by James Daugherty, text by Benjamin Elkin (Viking)
  • Lion by William Pène du Bois (Viking)

  • 1956 Medal Winner:
  • Frog Went A-Courtin' illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, text retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt)
  • 1956 Honor Books:
  • Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (Viking)

  • 1955 Medal Winner:
  • Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper illustrated by Marcia Brown, text translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • 1955 Honor Books:
  • Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
  • Wheel On the Chimney illustrated by Tibor Gergely, text by Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott)
  • The Thanksgiving Story illustrated by Helen Sewell, text by Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner)

  • 1954 Medal Winner:
  • Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
  • 1954 Honor Books:
  • Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey, text by Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
  • When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot, text by Miriam Schlein (W.R. Scott)
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M.R. James (Scribner)
  • A Very Special House illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Ruth Krauss (Harper)
  • Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum (Capitol)

  • 1953 Medal Winner:
  • The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
  • 1953 Honor Books:
  • Puss in Boots illustrated by Marcia Brown, text translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • Ape In a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt)
  • The Storm Book illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, text by Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
  • Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes (Houghton)

  • 1952 Medal Winner:
  • Finders Keepers illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. [Nicholas Mordvinoff], text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
  • 1952 Honor Books:
  • Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • All Falling Down illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, text by Gene Zion (Harper)
  • Bear Party by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
  • Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds (Houghton)

  • 1951 Medal Winner:
  • The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner)
  • 1951 Honor Books:
  • Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • The Two Reds illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. [Nicholas Mordvinoff], text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
  • If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
  • The Most Wonderful Doll in the World illustrated by Helen Stone, text by Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
  • T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

  • 1950 Medal Winner:
  • Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner)
  • 1950 Honor Books:
  • America's Ethan Allen illustrated by Lynd Ward, text by Stewart Holbrook (Houghton)
  • The Wild Birthday Cake illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, text by Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
  • The Happy Day illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Ruth Krauss (Harper)
  • Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
  • Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

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    The 1940s

  • 1949 Medal Winner:
  • The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
  • 1949 Honor Books:
  • Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • All Around the Town illustrated by Helen Stone, text by Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
  • Juanita by Leo Politi (Scribner)
  • Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

  • 1948 Medal Winner:
  • White Snow, Bright Snow illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
  • 1948 Honor Books:
  • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
  • Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber (Viking)
  • Roger and the Fox illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, text by Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
  • Song of Robin Hood illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton, text edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton)

  • 1947 Medal Winner:
  • The Little Island illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
  • 1947 Honor Books:
  • Rain Drop Splash illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
  • Boats on the River illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum, text by Marjorie Flack (Viking)
  • Timothy Turtle illustrated by Tony Palazzo, text by Al Graham (Welch)
  • Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi (Scribner)
  • Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns illustrated by Marjorie Torrey, text selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton)

  • 1946 Medal Winner:
  • The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
  • 1946 Honor Books:
  • Little Lost Lamb illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
  • Sing Mother Goose illustrated by Marjorie Torrey, music by Opal Wheeler (Dutton)
  • My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World illustrated by Ruth Gannett, text by Becky Reyher (Lothrop)
  • You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

  • 1945 Medal Winner:
  • Prayer for a Child illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text by Rachel Field (Macmillan)
  • 1945 Honor Books:
  • Mother Goose illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Oxford University Press)
  • In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
  • The Christmas Anna Angel illustrated by Kate Seredy, text by Ruth Sawyer (Viking)

  • 1944 Medal Winner:
  • Many Moons illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, text by James Thurber (Harcourt)
  • 1944 Honor Books:
  • Small Rain: Verses From the Bible illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking)
  • Pierre Pigeon illustrated by Arnold E. Bare, text by Lee Kingman (Houghton)
  • The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
  • A Child's Good Night Book illustrated by Jean Charlot, text by Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott)
  • Good-Luck Horse illustrated by Plato Chan, text by Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey)

  • 1943 Medal Winner:
  • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)
  • 1943 Honor Books:
  • Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking)
  • Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

  • 1942 Medal Winner:
  • Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • 1942 Honor Books:
  • An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
  • In My Mother's House illustrated by Velino Herrera, text by Ann Nolan Clark (Viking)
  • Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling (Houghton)
  • Nothing At All by Wanda Gág (Coward)

  • 1941 Medal Winner:
  • They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson (Viking)
  • 1941 Honor Book:
  • April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

  • 1940 Medal Winner:
  • Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday)
  • 1940 Honor Books:
  • Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
  • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
  • The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford (Dodd)

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    The 1930s

  • 1939 Medal Winner:
  • Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday)
  • 1939 Honor Books:
  • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty (Viking)
  • Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
  • The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág (Coward)
  • Wee Gillis illustrated by Robert Lawson, text by Munro Leaf (Viking)

  • 1938 Medal Winner:
  • Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop, text selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott)
  • 1938 Honor Books:
  • Four and Twenty Blackbirds illustrated by Robert Lawson, text compiled by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)
  • Seven Simeons: A Russian Taleretold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking)


    • **Adapted from the ALA (American Library Association's) web page:
    Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books, 1938-2002

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