Books for Gifted Young Children

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The Caldecott Medal Winners

The Caldecott Medal, named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

• 1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria. Peggy Rathmann
• 1995 Smoky Night. Eva Bunting
• 1994 Grandfather's Journey. Allen Say
• 1993 Mirette On the Highwire. Emily McCully
• 1992 Tuesday. David Wiesner
• 1991 Black and White. David Macaulay
• 1990 Lon Po Po. Ed Young
• 1989 Song and Dance Man. Karen Ackerman
• 1988 Owl Moon. Jane Yolen
• 1987 Hey, Al. Arthur Yorinks
• 1986 The Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg
• 1985 Saint George and the Dragon. Retold by Margaret Hodges
• 1984 The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot. Alice and Martin Provensen
• 1983 Shadow. Blaise Cendrars
• 1982 Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg
• 1981 Fables. Arnold Lobel
• 1980 Ox-Cart Man. Donald Hall
• 1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Paul Goble
• 1978 Noah's Ark. Peter Spier
• 1977 Ashanti to Zulu. Margaret Musgrove
• 1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Retold by Verna Aardema
• 1975 Arrow to the Sun. Gerald McDermott
• 1974 Duffy and the Devil. Retold by Harve Zemach
• 1973 The Funny Little Woman. Lafcadio Hearn
• 1972 One Fine Day. Nonny Hogrogian
• 1971 A Story A Story. Gail E. Haley
• 1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig
• 1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Retold by Arthur Ransome
• 1968 Drummer Hoff. Adapted by Barbara Emberley
• 1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine. Evaline Ness
• 1966 Always Room for One More. Sorche Nic Leodhas
• 1965 May I Bring a Friend? Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
• 1964 Where the Wild Things Are. M. Sendak
• 1963 The Snowy Day. Ezra Jack Keats
• 1962 Once a Mouse. Marcia Brown
• 1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings. Ruth Robbins
• 1960 Nine Days to Christmas. Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
• 1959 Chanticleer and the Fox. Barbara Cooney
• 1958 Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey
• 1957 A Tree Is Nice. Janice May Udry
• 1956 Frog Went A-Courtin.' Retold by John Langstaff
• 1955 Cinderella. Retold from Perrault by Marcia Brown
• 1954 Madeline's Rescue. Ludwig Bemelmans
• 1953 The Biggest Bear. Lynd Ward
• 1952 Finders Keepers. Will Lipkind
• 1951 The Egg Tree. Katerine Milhous
• 1950 Song of the Swallows. Leo Politi
• 1949 The Big Snow. Berta and Elmer Hader
• 1948 White Snow, Bright Snow. Alvin Resselt
• 1947 The Little Island. Golden MacDonald
• 1946 The Rooster Crows. Maude and Miska Petersham
• 1945 Prayer for a Child. Rachel Field
• 1944 Many Moons. James Thurber
• 1943 The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton
• 1942 Make Way For Ducklings. Robert McCloskey
• 1941 They Were Strong and Good. Robert Lawson
• 1940 Abraham Lincoln. Ingri & Edgar d'Aulaire
• 1939 Mei Li. Thomas Handforth
• 1938 Animals of the Bible. Dorothy Lathrop