Caldecott Medal Picture Books Winners — Complete List (1938–2026) Home › Caldecott Medal › Picture Books Fireworks by Cátia Chien 2026CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Chooch Helped by Rebecca Lee Kunz 2025CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Big by Vashti Harrison 2024CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Hot Dog by Doug Salati 2023CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Watercress by Jason Chin 2022CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop We Are Water Protectors by Michaela Goade 2021CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Undefeated by Kadir Nelson 2020CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall 2019CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell 2018CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe 2017CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Sophie Blackall 2016CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat 2015CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Locomotive by Brian Floca 2014CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen 2013CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka 2012CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Erin E. Stead 2011CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 2010CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The House in the Night by Beth Krommes 2009CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 2008CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Flotsam by David Wiesner 2007CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka 2006CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes 2005CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein 2004CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann 2003CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Three Pigs by David Wiesner 2002CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop So You Want to Be President? by David Small 2001CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback 2000CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Snowflake Bentley by Mary Azarian 1999CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky 1998CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Golem by David Wisniewski 1997CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 1996CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Smoky Night by David Diaz 1995CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say 1994CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully 1993CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Tuesday by David Wiesner 1992CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Black and White by David Macaulay 1991CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young 1990CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Song and Dance Man by Stephen Gammell 1989CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Owl Moon by John Schoenherr 1988CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Hey, Al by Richard Egielski 1987CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 1986CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Saint George and the Dragon by Trina Schart Hyman 1985CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice and Martin Provensen 1984CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Shadow by Marcia Brown 1983CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg 1982CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Fables by Arnold Lobel 1981CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney 1980CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble 1979CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Noah's Ark by Peter Spier 1978CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Leo and Diane Dillon 1977CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Leo and Diane Dillon 1976CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott 1975CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Duffy and the Devil by Margot Zemach 1974CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Funny Little Woman by Blair Lent 1973CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian 1972CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop A Story a Story by Gail E. Haley 1971CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig 1970CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Uri Shulevitz 1969CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberley 1968CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness 1967CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Always Room for One More by Nonny Hogrogian 1966CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop May I Bring a Friend? by Beni Montresor 1965CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 1964CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 1963CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown 1962CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Baboushka and the Three Kings by Nicolas Sidjakov 1961CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets 1960CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney 1959CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey 1958CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop A Tree Is Nice by Marc Simont 1957CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Frog Went A-Courtin' by Feodor Rojankovsky 1956CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper by Marcia Brown 1955CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans 1954CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward 1953CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Finders Keepers by Nicholas Mordvinoff 1952CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous 1951CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi 1950CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader 1949CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop White Snow, Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin 1948CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Little Island by Leonard Weisgard 1947CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Rooster Crows by Maud and Miska Petersham 1946CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Prayer for a Child by Elizabeth Orton Jones 1945CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Many Moons by Louis Slobodkin 1944CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 1943CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 1942CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson 1941CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1940CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Mei Li by Thomas Handforth 1939CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop 1938CaldecottPicture Books AmazonBookshop
