Caldecott Medal Winners
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| Title | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Animals of the Bible | Helen Dean Fish | 1937 |
| Mei Li | Thomas Handforth | 1938 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire | 1939 |
| They Were Strong and Good | Robert Lawson | 1940 |
| Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey | 1941 |
| The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton | 1942 |
| Many Moons | James Thurber | 1943 |
| Prayer for a Child | Rachel Field | 1944 |
| The Rooster Crows | Maud and Miska Petersham | 1945 |
| The Little Island | Margaret Wise Brown | 1947 |
| White Snow, Bright Snow | Alvin Tresselt | 1947 |
| The Big Snow | Berta and Elmer Hader | 1948 |
| Song of the Swallows | Leo Politi | 1949 |
| The Egg Tree | Katherine Milhous | 1950 |
| Finders Keepers | William Lipkind | 1951 |
| The Biggest Bear | Lynd Ward | 1952 |
| Madeline's Rescue | Ludwig Bemelmans | 1953 |
| Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | Marcia Brown | 1954 |
| Frog Went A-Courtin' | John Langstaff | 1955 |
| A Tree Is Nice | Janice May Udry | 1956 |
| Time of Wonder | Robert McCloskey | 1957 |
| Chanticleer and the Fox | Barbara Cooney | 1958 |
| Nine Days to Christmas | Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida | 1959 |
| Baboushka and the Three Kings | Ruth Robbins | 1960 |
| Once a Mouse | Marcia Brown | 1961 |
| The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | 1962 |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | 1963 |
| May I Bring A Friend? | Beatrice Schenk de Regniers | 1964 |
| Always Room for One More | Sorche Nic Leodhas | 1965 |
| Sam, Bangs and Moonshine | Evaline Ness | 1966 |
| Drummer Hoff | Barbara Emberley | 1967 |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Arthur Ransome | 1968 |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig | 1969 |
| A Story a Story | Gail E. Haley | 1970 |
| One Fine Day | Nonny Hogrogian | 1971 |
| The Funny Little Woman | Arlene Mosel | 1972 |
| Duffy and the Devil | Margot Zemach | 1973 |
| Arrow to the Sun | Gerald McDermott | 1974 |
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Verna Aardema | 1975 |
| Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Margaret Musgrove | 1976 |
| Noah's Ark | Peter Spier | 1977 |
| The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Paul Goble | 1978 |
| Ox-Cart Man | Donald Hall | 1979 |
| Fables | Arnold Lobel | 1980 |
| Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg | 1981 |
| Shadow | Blaise Cendrars | 1982 |
| The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot | Alice and Martin Provensen | 1983 |
| Saint George and the Dragon | Margaret Hodges | 1985 |
| The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg | 1985 |
| Hey, Al | Arthur Yorinks | 1986 |
| Owl Moon | Jane Yolen | 1987 |
| Song and Dance Man | Karen Ackerman | 1988 |
| Lon Po Po | Ed Young | 1989 |
| Black and White | David Macaulay | 1990 |
| Tuesday | David Wiesner | 1991 |
| Mirette on the High Wire | Emily Arnold McCully | 1992 |
| Grandfather's Journey | Allen Say | 1993 |
| Smoky Night | Eve Bunting | 1994 |
| Officer Buckle and Gloria | Peggy Rathmann | 1995 |
| Golem | David Wisniewski | 1996 |
| Rapunzel | Paul O. Zelinsky | 1997 |
| Snowflake Bentley | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | 1998 |
| Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Simms Taback | 1999 |
| So You Want to Be President? | Judith St. George | 2000 |
| The Three Pigs | David Wiesner | 2001 |
| My Friend Rabbit | Eric Rohmann | 2002 |
| The Man Who Walked Between The Towers | Mordicai Gerstein | 2003 |
| Kitten's First Full Moon | Kevin Henkes | 2004 |
| The Hello, Goodbye Window | Norton Juster | 2005 |
| Flotsam | David Wiesner | 2006 |
| The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick | 2007 |
| The House in the Night | Susan Marie Swanson | 2008 |
| The Lion & the Mouse | Jerry Pinkney | 2009 |