Caldecott Award Winners
- 1938
- Animals of the Bible Text from the King James Bible by Dorothy
- P. Lathrop
- S.220B47a
- 1939
- Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
- Q.SE.H19m
- 1940
- Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
- Q.SBL736a
- 1941
- They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
- SE.L44t
- 1942
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- Q.SE.M13m
- 1943
- The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
- SEB95L1943
- 1944
- Many Moons by James Thurber
- Illustrator: Louis Slobodkin
- SE.T424m
- 1945
- Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field
- Illustrator: Elizabeth Orton Jones
- S.248F45p1944
- 1946
- The Rooster Crows by Maud and Miska Petersham
- SE.P44r
- 1947
- The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
- Illustrator: Leonard Weisgard
- SE.B813L
- 1948
- White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
- Illustrator: Roger Duvoisin
- SE.T722w
- 1949
- The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
- SE.H11b
- 1950
- Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
- SE.P75s
- 1951
- The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
- SE.M59e
- 1952
- Finders Keepers by William Lipkind
- Illustrator: Nicolas Mordvinoff
- SE.L66f
- 1953
- The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
- SE.W21b
- 1954
- Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Q.SE.B42ma
- 1955
- Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault
- Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- S.398P42c
- 1956
- Frog Went A-Courtin' Retold by John Langstaff
- Illustrator: Feodor Rojankovsky
- SE.F923f
- 1957
- A Tree Is Nice by Janice Udry
- Illustrator: Marc Simont
- SE.Ud4t
- 1958
- Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
- Q.SE.M13t
- 1959
- Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Retold and Illustrated by Barbara Cooney
- SE.C39c
- 1960
- Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets & Aurora Labastida
- Illustrator: Marie Hall Ets
- SE.Et7n
- 1961
- Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins
- Illustrator: Nicolas Sidjakov
- S.398.2R53b
- 1962
- Once a Mouse Hitopadesa
- Retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- S.398.2H61o
- 1963
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- SE.K22s
- 1964
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- SE.Se5w
- 1965
- May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
- Illustrator: Beni Montresor
- SE.D444m
- 1966
- Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas
- Illustrator: Nonny Hogrogian
- S.784AL4a
- 1967
- Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness
- SE.N35s
- 1968
- Drummer Hoff Retold by Barbara Emberley
- Illustrator: Ed Emberley
- Q.SE.Em11d1968
- 1969
- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Retold by Arthur Ransome
- Ilustrator: Uri Shulevitz
- SE.R175f
- 1970
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- SE.St33s
- 1971
- A Story, a Story Retold and illustrated by Gail Haley
- SE.H137s
- 1972
- One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
- SE.H6792o
- 1973
- The Funny Little Woman Retold by Arlene Mosel
- Illustrator: Blair Lent
- SE.M852f
- 1974
- Duffy and the Devil Retold by Harve Zemach
- Illustrator: Margot Zemach
- SE.Z4d
- 1975
- Arrow to the Sun Retold and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
- SE.M143ar
- 1976
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Retold by Verna Aardema
- Illustrator: Leo & Diane Dillon
- SE.Aa72w
- 1977
- Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove
- Illustrator: Leo & Diane Dillon
- S.572.96M972a
- 1978
- Noah's Ark by Jacobus Revius
- Translated and illustrated by Peter Spier
- SE.R327n
- 1979
- The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
- SE.G538g
- 1980
- Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
- Illustrator: Barbara Cooney
- SE.H142o
- 1981
- Fables by Arnold Lobel
- S.L783f
- 1982
- Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
- SE.V263j
- 1983
- Shadow by Blaise Cendrars
- Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- S.841C33f:E
- 1984
- The Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice and Martin Provensen
- SB.B647p
- 1985
- Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
- Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman
- S.H666s
- 1986
- The Polar Express By Chris Van Allsburg
- Q.SE.V263p
- 1987
- Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks
- Illustrator: Richard Egielski
- SE.Y82h
- 1988
- Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
- Illustrator: John Schoenher
- SE.Y78o
- 1989
- Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
- Illustrator: Stephen Gammell
- SE.Ac57s
- 1990
- Lon Po Po (A Red-Riding Hood Story from China) by Ed Young
- S.398.20951Y84L
- 1991
- Black and White by David Macaulay
- Q.SM119b
- 1992
- Tuesday by David Wiesner
- Q.SE.W6373t
- 1993
- Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
- Q.SE.M139m
- 1994
- Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
- SE.Sa992g
- 1995
- Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
- Illustrator: David Diaz
- SE.B886Sm
- 1996
- Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
- Q.SE.R188o
- 1997
- Golem by David Wisniewski
- Q.SE.W762G
- 1998
- Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
- Q.S. 398.20943Z37R
- 1999
- Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Illustrator: Mary Azarian
- Q.SB.B477m
- 2000
- Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
- SE.T111j
- 2001
- So You Want To Be President by Judith St. George
- Illustrator: David Small
- Q.S.973.099St23s
- 2002
- The Three Little Pigs by David Wiesner
- Q.SE.W6373th
- 2003
- My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
- SE.R636m
- 2004
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
- S.719.3 G325m
- 2005
- Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
- SE.H389k
- 2006
- The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
- Q.SE.J982h
- 2007
- Flotsam by David Wiesner
- Q.SE.W637f
- 2008
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- S.Se49
- 2009
- The House in the Night Illustrated by Beth Krommes
- Written by Susan Marie Swanson
- SE.Sw24h
