Caldecott and Newbery Award Winners

Caldecott Medal Winners

Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator, Randolph Caldecott, the Caldecott Medal is awarded each year by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Newbery Medal Winners

Named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, the Newbery Medal is awarded each year by the Association for Library Service to Children to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 

2009 - The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company) - Ages 4-8

2008 - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press) - Ages 9-12

2007 - Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) - Ages 4-8

2006 - The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka, text by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books, and imprint of Hyperion Books for Children) - All ages

2005 - Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Publishers) - Ages Baby to Preschool

2004 - The Man who Walked between the Towers  by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Book Press/Millbrook Press) - Ages 4-8

2003 - My Friend Rabbit  by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Book Press/Millbrook Press) - Ages 4-8

2002 - The Three Pigs  by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) - Ages 4-8

2001 - So You Want to be President Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George (Philomel Books) - Ages 4-8

2000 - Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1999 - Snowflake Bentley Illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton) - Ages 4-8

1998 - Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) - Ages 4-8

1997 - Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion) - Ages 9-12 

1996 - Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) - Ages 4-8

1995 - Smoky Night illustrated by David Diaz; written by Eve Bunting (Harcourt) - Ages 4-8

1994 - Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text- edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton) - Ages 4-8

1993 - Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam) - Ages 4-8

1992 - Tuesday by David Wiesner (clarion) - Ages 4-8

1991 - Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton) - Ages 4-8

1990 - Lon Po Po- A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel) - Ages 4-8

1989 - Song and Dance Man illustrated by Stephen Gammell; written by Karen Ackerman (Knopf) -ages 4-8

1988 - Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr; written by Jane Yolen (Philomel) - Ages 4-8

1987 - Hey, Al illustrated by Richard Egielski; written by Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)

1986 - The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) - Ages 4-99 

1985 - Saint George and the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text- retold by Margaret Hodges (Little Brown) - Ages 4-8 

1984 - The Glorious Flight- Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1983 - Shadow translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French- Blaise Cendrars  (Scribner) - Ages 4-8

1982 - Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) - Ages 4-12 

1981 - Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper) - Ages 4-8

1980 - Ox-Cart Man illustrated by Barbara Cooney; written by Donald Hall (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1979 - The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury) - Ages 4-8

1978 - Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday) - Ages 4-8

1977 - Ashanti to Zulu- African Traditions illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; written by Margaret Musgrove (Dial) - Ages 9-12

1976 - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text- retold by Verna Aardema (Dial) - Ages 4-8

1975 - Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1974 - Duffy and the Devil illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar) - Ages 4-8

1973 - The Funny Little Woman illustrated by Blair Lent; text- retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton) - Ages 4-8

1972 - One Fine Day retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan) - Ages 4-8

1971 - A Story A Story retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)

1970 - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books) - Ages 4-8

1969 - The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text- retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar) - Ages 4-8

1968 - Drummer Hoff illustrated by Ed Emberley; text- adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall) - Ages 4-8

1967 - Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt) - Ages 4-8

1966 - Always Room for One More illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; written by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt) - Ages 4-8

1965 - May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum) - Ages 4-8

1964 - Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper) - Ages 4-8

1963 - The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking) - Ages baby-preschool - Ages 4-8

1962 - Once a Mouse retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner) - Ages 4-8

1961 - Baboushka and the Three Kings illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; written by Ruth Robbins (Parnassus) - Ages 4-8

1960 - Nine Days to Christmas illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; written by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1959 - Chanticleer and the Fox illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text- adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)

1958 - Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1957 - A Tree Is Nice illustrated by Marc Simont; written by Janice Udry (Harper) - Ages 4-8

1956 - Frog Went A-Courtin' illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text- retold by John Langstaff) (Harcourt) - Ages 4-8

1955 - Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper illustrated by Marcia Brown; text- translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner) - Ages 4-8

1954 - Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1953 - The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton) - Ages 4-8

1952 - Finders Keepers illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); written by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt) - Ages 4-8

1951 - The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner) - Ages 4-8

1950 - Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner) - Ages 4-8

1949 - The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan) - Ages 4-8

1948 - White Snow, Bright Snow illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; written by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop) - Ages 4-8

1947 - The Little Island illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; written by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday) - Ages 4-8

1946 - The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham (Macmillan) - Ages 4-8

1945 - Prayer for a Child illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; written by Rachel Field (Macmillan) - Ages 4-8

1944 - Many Moons illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; written by James Thurber (Harcourt) - Ages 4-8

1943 - The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton) - Ages 4-8

1942 - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1941 - They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1940 - Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire  - Ages 4-8

1939 - Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday) - Ages 4-8

1938 - Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; written by selected by Helen Dean Fish  (Lippincott) - Ages 4-8

2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins) - Ages 9-12

2008 - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Laura Amy Schlitz and illustrated by Robert Byrd (Candlewick) - Ages 9-12

2007 - The Higher Power of Lucky written by Susan Patron and illustrated by Matt Phelan (Atheneun/Richard Jackson Books) - Ages 9-12

2006 - Criss Cross written by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) - Ages 9-12

2005 - Kira-Kira written by Cynthia Kadohata (Atheneum Books for Young Reader/Simon & Schuster) - Ages 9-12

2004 - The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread written by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering  (Candlewick Press) - Ages 9-12

2003 - Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Hyperion) - Ages 9-12  

2002 - A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Clarion Books) - Ages 9-12 

2001 - A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (Dial Books) - Ages 9-12 

2000 - Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte) - Ages 9-12

1999 - Holes by Louis Sachar (Frances Foster) - Ages 9-12

1998 - Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Scholastic) - Ages 9-12

1997 - The View from Saturdayby E.L. Konigsburg (Jean Karl/Atheneum) - Ages 9-12

1996 - The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Clarion) - Ages 9-12

1995 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins) - Ages 9-12

1994 - The Giver by Lois Lowry (Houghton) - Ages young adult

1993 - Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (Jackson/Orchard) - Ages 9-12

1992 - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum) - Ages 9-12

1991 - Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little, Brown) - Ages 9-12

1990 - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Houghton) - Ages 9-12

1989 - Joyful Noise - Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (Harper) - Ages 9-12

1988 - Lincoln - A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (Clarion) - Ages 9-12

1987 - The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (Greenwillow) - Ages 9-12

1986 - Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Harper) - Ages 9-12

1985 - The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow) - Ages young adult

1984 - Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (Morrow) - Ages 9-12

1983 - Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum) - Ages young adult 

1982 - A Visit to William Blake's Inn - Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard (Harcourt) - Ages 9-12

1981 - Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (Crowell) - Ages 9-12

1980 - A Gathering of Days - A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos (Scribner) - Ages 9-12

1979 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (Dutton) - Ages 9-12

1978 - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (Crowell) - Ages 9-12

1977 - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Dial) - Ages 9-12

1976 - The Grey King by Susan Cooper (McElderry/Atheneum) - Ages 9-12

1975 - M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton (Macmillan) - Ages 9-12

1974 - The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (Bradbury) - Ages 9-12

1973 - Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (Harper) - Ages 9-12

1972 - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (Atheneum) - Ages 9-12

1971 - Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1970 - Sounder by William H. Armstrong (Harper) - Ages 9-12

1969 - The High King by Lloyd Alexander (Holt) - Ages 9-12

1968 - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (Atheneum) - Ages 9-12

1967 - Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (Follett) - Ages 9-12

1966 - I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (Farrar) - Ages 9-12

1965 - Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska (Atheneum) - Ages 9-12

1964 - It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville (Harper) - Ages 9-12

1963 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Farrar) - Ages 9-12

1962 - The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton) - Ages 9-12

1961 - Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (Houghton) - Ages 9-12

1960 - Onion John by Joseph Krumgold (Crowell) - Ages 9-12

1959 - The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton) - Ages 9-12

1958 - Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith (Crowell) - Ages young adult

1957 - Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson (Harcourt)

1956 - Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (Houghton) - Ages 9-12

1955 - The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong (Harper)

1954 - ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold (Crowell) - Ages 9-12

1953 - Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1952 - Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt) - Ages 9-12

1951 - Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (Dutton) - Ages young adult 

1950 - The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday) - Ages 9-12

1949 - King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry (Rand McNally) - Ages 9-12

1948 - The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1947 - Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (Viking) - Ages 4-8

1946 - Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (Lippincott) - Ages 9-12

1945 - Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1944 - Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (Houghton) - Ages 9-12

1943 - Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1942 - The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds (Dodd) - Ages 9-12

1941 - Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry (Macmillan) - Ages 9-12

1940 - Daniel Boone by James Daugherty (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1939 - Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright (Rinehart) - Ages 9-12

1938 - The White Stag by Kate Seredy (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1937 - Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1936 - Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Macmillan) - Ages 9-12

1935 - Dobry by Monica Shannon (Viking) - Ages 9-12

1934 - Invincible Louisa - The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs (Little, Brown) - Ages 9-12

1933 - Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis (Winston) - Ages 9-12

1932 - Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans) - Ages 9-12

1931 - The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth (Macmillan) - Ages 9-12

1930 - Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field (Macmillan) - Ages 9-12

1929 - The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (Macmillan) - Ages 9-12

1928 - Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Dutton) - Ages 9-12

1927 - Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James (Scribner) - Ages 9-12

1926 - Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman (Dutton) - Ages 9-12

1925 - Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger (Doubleday) - Ages 9-12

1924 - The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes (Little, Brown) - Ages young adult

1923 - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (Lippincott) - Ages 9-12

1922 - The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon (Liveright) - Ages young adult