The Randolph Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. The Caldecott medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the preceding year. The name of Randolph Caldecott, the famous English illustrator of books for children, was chosen for the medal because his work was deemed to best represent the joyousness and beauty of picture books. 2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window, Chris Raschka (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion) 2005 Kitten's First Full Moon, Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins) 2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/The Millbrook Press) 2003 My Friend Rabbit, Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press) 2002 The Three Little Pigs, David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) 2001 So You Want to Be President?, David Small (Philomel Books) 2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Simms Taback (Viking) 1999 Snowflake Bentley, Mary Azarian (Houghton Mifflin) 1998 Rapunzel, Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) 1997 Golem, David Wisniewski (Clarion) 1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) 1995 Smoky Night, David Diaz (Harcourt) 1994 Grandfather's Journey, Allen Say (Houghton) 1993 Mirette on the High Wire, Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam) 1992 Tuesday, David Wiesner (Clarion Books) 1991 Black and White, David Macaulay (Houghton Mifflin) 1990 Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China, Ed Young (Philomel/Putnam) 1989 Song and Dance Man, Stephen Gammell (Knopf) 1988 Owl Moon, John Schoenherr (Philomel/Putnam) 1987 Hey, Al!, Richard Egielski (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 1986 The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin) 1985 St. George and the Dragon, Trina S. Hyman (Little, Brown & Co.) 1984 The Glorious Flight, Alice & Martin Provensen (Penguin) 1983 Shadow, Marcia Brown (Scribner/Macmillan) 1982 Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin) 1981 Fables, Arnold Lobel (Harper & Row Junior Books) 1980 Ox-Cart Man, Barbara Cooney (Penguin) 1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Paul Goble (Aladdin/Macmillan) 1978 Noah's Ark, Peter Spier (Doubleday) 1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, Leo Dillon (Dial Books for Young Readers) 1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Leo Dillon (Dial Books for Young Readers) 1975 Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale, Gerald McDermott (Viking Penguin) 1974 Duffy and the Devil, Margot Zemach (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 1973 The Funny Little Woman, Blair Lent (E.P. Dutton) 1972 One Fine Day, Nonny Hogrogian (Aladdin/Macmillan) 1971 A Story--A Story, Gail E. Haley (Aladdin/Macmillan) 1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig (Windmill/E.P. Dutton) 1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 1968 Drummer Hoff, Ed Emberley (Simon & Schuster) 1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine, Evaline Ness (Henry Holt & Co.) 1966 Always Room for One More, Nonny Hogrogian (Henry Holt & Co.) 1965 May I Bring a Friend?, Beni Montresor (Atheneum/Macmillan) 1964 Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row Junior Books) 1963 The Snowy Day, Ezra J. Keats (Viking Penguin) 1962 Once a Mouse. . ., Marcia Brown (Aladdin/Macmillan) 1961 B�boushka and the Three Kings, Nicholas Sidjakov (Parnassus/Houghton Mifflin) 1960 Nine Days to Christmas, Maria H. Ets (Viking Penguin) 1959 Chanticleer and the Fox, Barbara Cooney (Trophy/Harper & Row Junior Books) 1958 Time of Wonder, Robert McCloskey (Viking Penguin) 1957 A Tree Is Nice, Marc Simont (Trophy/Harper & Row Junior Books) 1956 Frog Went A-Courtin', Feodor Rojankovsky (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) 1955 Cinderella, Marcia Brown (Macmillan) 1954 Madeline's Rescue, Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking Penguin) 1953 The Biggest Bear, Lynd Ward (Houghton Mifflin) 1952 Finders Keepers, Nicolas Mordvinoff (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) 1951 The Egg Tree, Katherine Milhous (Macmillan) 1950 Song of the Swallows, Leo Politi (Aladdin/Macmillan) 1949 The Big Snow, Berta Hader (Aladdin/Macmillan) 1948 White Snow, Bright Snow, Roger Duvoisin (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books) 1947 The Little Island, Leonard Weisgard (Doubleday) 1946 The Rooster Crows, Maud Petersham (Macmillan) 1945 Prayer for a Child, Elizabeth O. Jones (Macmillan) 1944 Many Moons, Louis Slobodkin (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) 1943 The Little House, Virginia L. Burton (Houghton Mifflin) 1942 Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey (Viking Penguin) 1941 They Were Strong and Good, Robert Lawson (Viking Penguin) 1940 Abraham Lincoln, Ingri d'Aulaire (Zephyr/Doubleday) 1939 Mei Li, Thomas Handforth (Doubleday) 1938 Animals of the Bible, Dorothy Lathrop (Lippincott/Harper & Row Junior Books) Topics: Awards,