The Caldecott Medal 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 published that year. It was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott . Together with the Newbery Medal it is the most prestigious American children's book prize.

The Caldecott Medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan in 1937

• 1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
• 1939: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
• 1940: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
• 1941: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson
• 1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• 1943: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
• 1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin ; text: James Thurber
• 1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones ; text: Rachel Field
• 1946: The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham
• 1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
• 1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
• 1949: The Big Snow by Bertha & Elmer Hader
• 1950: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
• 1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
• 1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. Nicholas Mordvinof
• 1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
• 1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
• 1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown
• 1956: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
• 1957: A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont
• 1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
• 1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
• 1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
• 1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
• 1962: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
• 1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• 1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• 1965: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor
• 1966: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
• 1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
• 1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley
• 1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
• 1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• 1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
• 1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
• 1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent
• 1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach ; retold by Harve Zemach
• 1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
• 1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• 1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• 1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
• 1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
• 1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
• 1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel
• 1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• 1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
• 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
• 1985: George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
• 1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• 1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski
• 1988: Owl Moon , illustrated by John Schoenherr
• 1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
• 1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
• 1991: Black and White by David Macaulay
• 1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner
• 1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
• 1994: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
• 1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz
• 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
• 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski
• 1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
• 1999: Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian
• 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
• 2001: So You Want to Be President? , illustrated by David Small
• 2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
• 2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
• 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• 2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

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• Caldecott Award