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The Caldecott Medal recognizes the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. It is named in honor of 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott because his work best represents the "joyousness and beauty of picture books." The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, presents the annual award. "The House in the Night," illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin Co.

2009	The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson JP SWA
2008	The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick JFIC SEL
2007	Flotsam by David Wiesner JP WIE
2006	The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster JP JUS
2005	Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes JP HEN
2004	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein JP GER
2003	My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann JP ROH
2002	The Three Pigs by David Wiesner JP WIE
2001	So You Want To Be President? by David Small J 923 S
2000	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback JP TAB
1999	Snowflake Bentley by Mary Azarian JB BENTLEY
1998	Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky J 398 Z
1997	Golem by David Wiesniewski J 398 W
1996	Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann JP RAT
1995	Smoky Night by David Diaz (Text by Eve Bunting) JFIC BUN
1994	Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say JFIC SAY
1993	Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully JP MCC
1992	Tuesday by David Wiesner JP WIE
1991	Black and White by David Macaulay JFIC MAC
1990	Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young J 398 Y
1989	Song and Dance Man by Stephen Gammell (Text by Karen Ackerman) JP ACK
1988	Owl Moon by John Schoenherr (Text by Jane Yolen) JP YOL
1987	Hey Al by Richard Egielski (Text by Arthur Yorinks) JP YOR
1986	The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg JP VAN
1985	Saint George and the Dragon by Trina Schart Hyman (Text by Margaret Hodges) J 389.2 H
1984	The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen JP PRO
1983	Shadow by Marcia Brown (Text by Blaise Cendrars) J 398 C
1982	Jumanji by Van Allsburg Chris. JFIC VAN
1981	Fables by Arnold Lobel JFIC LOB
1980	Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney (Text by Donald Hall) JFIC HAL
1979	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble JFIC GOB
1978	Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Text by Jacob Revius) JP SPI
1977	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon (Text by Margaret Musgrove) J 960 M
1976	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon (Text by Verna Aardema) JP AAR
1975	Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott J 398.2 M
1974	Duffy and the Devil by Margot Zemach (Text by Harve Zemach) JP ZEM
1973	The Funny Little Woman by Blair Lent (Text by Arlene Mosel) JP MOS
1972	One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian JP HOG
1971	A Story--A Story by Gail E. Haley J 398 H
1970	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig JP STE
1969	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Uri Shulevitz (Text by Arthur Ransome) J 398 R
1968	Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberley (Text by Barbara Emberley) JP EMB
1967	Sam Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness JP NES
1966	Always Room for One More by Nonny Hogrogian (Text by Sorche Nic Leodhas) J 398 A
1965	May I Bring a Friend? by Beni Montresor (Text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers) JP DER
1964	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak JP SEN
1963	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats JP KEA
1962	Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown JP BRO
1961	Baboushka and the Three Kings by Nicolas Sidjakov (Text by Ruth Robbins) JP ROB
1960	Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets (Text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida) JFIC ETS
1959	Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney (Text adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer) JP COO
1958	Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey JFIC MCC
1957	A Tree is Nice by Marc Simont (Text by Janice May Udry) JP UDR
1956	Frog Went A-Courtin' by Feodor Rojankovsky (Text by John Langstaff) JP FRO
1955	Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper by Marcia Brown (Text by Charles Perrault) J 398
1954	Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans JP BEM
1953	The Biggest Bear by Lynd K Ward JP WAR
1952	Finders Keepers by Nicolas Mordvinoff (Text by William Lipkind) JP LIP
1951	The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous JP MIL
1950	Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi JP POL
1949	The Big Snow by Berta Hader and Elmer Hader JP HAD
1948	White Snow, Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin (Text by Alvin Tresselt) JP TRE
1947	The Little Island by Leonard Weisgard (Text by Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown]) JP BRO
1946	The Rooster Crows by Maud Petersham and Miska Petersham JP PET
1945	Prayer for a Child by Elizabeth Orton Jones (Text by Rachel Field) JP FIE
1944	Many Moons by Louis Slobodkin (Text by James Thurber) J FIC THU
1943	The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton JP BUR
1942	Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky JP MCC
1941	They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson JB LAWSON FAMILY
1940	Abraham Lincoln by Ingri d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire JB LINCOLN
1939	Mei Li by Thomas Handforth JP HAN
1938	Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop J 220B

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