The Caldecott Award Book List

Part 1

 

Through the years I have collected some of the best illustrated children’s books ever made.  I love the rich detailed illustrations that make the stories come to life.  Even though my children have grown beyond the age of picture books, I still buy them for myself.  I suppose it’s a little piece of childhood that I allow myself to relive from time to time.

 

Below is a list of children’s books that have won the coveted Caldecott Award.   The Association for Library Service to Children presents this award each year to the artist of the “most distinguished American picture book for children.”  I hope that you enjoy exploring the books on this list as much as I have through the years.

 

Visit the ALA/ALSC website to learn more about the Caldecott Award and the honor books that were also recognized by this society.

 

2000 - 2002

The Three Pigs

2002 - The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)

 

2001 - So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George (Philomel Books)

 

2000 - Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)

 

 

1990 - 1999

Rapunzel

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

 

1998 - Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)

 

1997 - Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)

 

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

 

1995 - Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt)

 

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

 

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

 

1992 - Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)

 

1991 - Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)

 

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

 

1980 – 1989

 

1989 - Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf)

 

1988 - Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

1983 - Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)

 

1982 - Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

 

1981 - Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)

 

1980 - Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking)

 

1970 – 1979

 

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

 

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

 

1977 - Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret  - Musgrove (Dial)

 

1976 - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo &

Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)

 

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

 

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

 

1973 - The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)

 

1972 - One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)

 

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

 

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

 

This list was created and compiled for the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a Division of the American Library Association, by Walter Minkel, School Library Journal.