The following books are Caldecot

Caldecott Award Winner and Honor Books

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It 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. Linked titles have units and/or printables on Homeschool Share.

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR	SUMMARY

1938	Animals of the Bible	Fish, Helen Dean	Bible verses emphasize the animal world and introduce man.
1939	Mei Li	Handforth, Thomas	A small Chinese girl has three pennies to spend at the New Year’s fair in Peiping.
1940	Abraham Lincoln	D’Aulaires	The life of Abraham Lincoln
1941	They Were Strong and Good	Lawson, Robert	The story of Lawson’s parents and grandparents.
1942	Make Way for Ducklings	McCloskey, Robert	Mallards search Boston for the right place to build their nest and raise their family.
1943	Little House, The	Burton, Virginia Lee	How a sturdy little house built in the country becomes surrounded by the city and returns to the country.
1944	Many Moons	Thurber, James	Princess Lenore wants the moon. After all others fail, the court jester proves she can have the moon and also see it in the sky.
1945	Prayer for a Child	Field, Rachel	A small child prays about the important things in her life.
1946	The Rooster Crows	Petersham, Maud	American rhymes and jingles.
1947	The Little Island	MacDonald, Golden	A small kitten discovers that the island that seemed far away from the world is really a part of the world.
1948	White Snow, Bright Snow	Tresselt, Alvin	The magic of the winter season, from the first snowflake to the last.
1949	Big Snow, The	Hader, Berta & Elmer	How the animals cope during the long winter season.
1950	Song of the Swallows	Politi, Leo	A small boy and gardener welcome the swallows on their annual return trip to the mission of San Jaun Capistrano.
1951	The Egg Tree	Milhous, Katherine	Children make a decorated egg tree to share with friends and neighbors during the Easter season.
1952	Finders Keepers	Lipkind, William	Two dogs almost lose a good bone because they can’t decide whose bone it should be.
1953	The Biggest Bear	Ward, Lynd	A pet bear cub presents some problems as it grows up and refuses to leave.
1954	Madeline’s Rescue	Bemelmans, Lugwig	Madeline is rescued by a small dog.
1955	Cinderella	Brown, Marsha (translator)	Classic fairy tale
1956	Frog Went A-Courtin'	Langstaff, John	The ballad of Frog and Miss Mousie.
1957	A Tree is Nice	Udry, Janice May	The many reasons why having a tree enhances a child’s life.
1958	Time of Wonder	McCloskey, Robert	The beauty of the summer season on an island in Maine.
1959	Chanticleer and the Fox	Cooney, Barbara	A beautiful rooster almost loses his life to a fox because of his foolish pride.
1960	Nine Days to Christmas	Ets, Marie Hall	The preparation for the Christmas festival in Mexico, as seen through the eyes of small Ceci.
1961	Baboushka and the Three Kings	Robbins, Ruth	An old Russian folk tale about the Baboushka’s search for the Christ child.
1962	Once A Mouse	Brown, Marcia	A folk tale from India of how a hermit changes a mouse into a mighty tiger.
1963	The Snowy Day	Keats, Ezra Jack	Peter’s joy in experiencing the first snow of the winter.
1964	Where the Wild Things Are	Sendak, Maurice	Max, in trouble with his mother, fantasizes a world of monsters where he is in charge.
1965	May I Bring a Friend?	De Regniers, Beatrice	A small boy brings unusual friends to sup with the King and Queen each day for a week.
1966	Always Room for One More	Alger, Leclaire	A Scottish rhyme of a man with ten children who gives shelter to so many travelers that the house collapses.
1967	Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine	Ness, Evaline	Sam learns the difference between “real” and “moonshine” through an unfortunate experience.
1968	Drummer Hoff	Emberley, Barbara	A folk rhyme about the building and firing of a cannon.
1969	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship	Ransome, Arthur	A Russian folktale of how the Fool of the World brought a flying ship to the czar and won the hand of the princess.
1970	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	Steig, William	Sylvester discovers a magic pebble, but forgetting that it is magic, changes himself into a rock.
1971	A Story, A Story	Haley, Gail	A story explaining where all the African folk tales originated.
1972	One Fine Day	Hogrogian, Nonny	A story of a fox that drinks a woman’s milk and gets his tail chopped off.
1973	The Funny Little Woman	Mosel, Arlene	A little old Japanese woman has unusual experiences when she follows a runaway dumpling into a world beneath the earth.
1974	Duffy and the Devil	Zemach, Harve	An old English folk tale similar to Rumplestiltskin.
1975	Arrow to the Sun	McDermott, Gerald	Pueblo Indian tale of how a boy received the spark of life and had to prove himself worthy.
1976	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears	Aardema, Verna	An African folktale beginning with Mosquito telling Iguana a tall tale.
1977	Ashanti to Zulu	Musgrove, Margaret	African customs and ceremonies from A to Z.
1978	Noah’s Ark	Spier, Peter	A wordless pictorial delight of the Bible story of Noah and the Flood.
1979	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses	Goble, Paul	The story of a Native American girl’s love for horses and her people’s belief that she joined the herd.
1980	Ox Cart Man, The	Hall, Donald	A year in the life of an early New England man and his family.
1981	Fables	Lobel, Arnold	A collection of warm and amusing original fables.
1982	Jumanji	Van Allsburg, Chris	Strange and extraordinary happenings occur when children play a game they find in the park.
1983	Shadow	Brown, Marcia	Translation of Cendrars’ poem Shadow, showing the enveloping, all-encompassing influence of the shadow in our life.
1984	The Glorious Flight	Provensen, Alice and Martin	Louis Bleriot’s experiments with early aviation leading to his successful flight across the English Channel in 1909.
1985	Saint George and the Dragon	Hodges, Margaret	The Red Cross Knight victoriously battles the dragon, winning the hand of Princess Una and earning the title Saint George of Merry England.
1986	The Polar Express	Van Allsburg, Chris	A boy experiences a mysterious Christmas Eve train ride to the North Pole.
1987	Hey, Al	Yorinks, Arthur	Al and his dog Eddie, tired of the drudgery of city life, eagerly accept a mysterious bird’s offer to be his guests at a beautiful island in the sky.
1988	Owl Moon	Yolen, Jane	A young girl and her papa go owling on a winter night.
1989	Song and Dance Man	Ackerman, Karen	Grandpa no longer dances on the Vaudeville stage, but one day we spend a magical hour with his song and dance routine.
1990	Lon Po Po	Young, Ed	Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood
1991	Black and White	Macauley, David	Stories within a story that must be explored, not just read.
1992	Tuesday	Weisner, David	A fantasy story about an event that happens one Tuesday around eight.
1993	Mirette on the High Wire	McCulley, Emily Arnold	Mirette helps to restore confidence in the great Bellini.
1994	Grandfather's Journey	Say, Allen	A Japanese American recalls his grandfather’s experiences in Japan and the United States, and shares with us his own love for both countries.
1995	Smoky Night	Bunting, Eve	A boy and his mother discover friendships during a frightening night of destruction, looting, and burning in their neighborhood.
1996	Officer Buckle and Gloria	Rathman, Peggy	Officer Buckles talks on safety lack zest until Gloria joins him on stage.
1997	Golem	Wisniewski, David	A legend about 16^th century Jews being prosecuted in Prague.
1998	Rapunzel	Zelinsky, Paul O.	Classic folktale.
1999	Snowflake Bentley	Martin, Jacqueline Briggs	Story about the childhood of Wilson Bentley.
2000	*Joseph Had a Little Overcoat*	Taback, Simms	Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it is getting old and worn. What can he do with it now?
2001	*So You Want to Be President*	St. George, Judith	A history of our presidents told with imaginative detail, wry humor, and refreshing dignity.
2002	The Three Pigs	Wiesner, David	Classic tale.
2003	*My Friend Rabbit*	Rohmann, Eric	Mouse shares his brand-new toy airplane with his friend Rabbit, and no one can predict the disastrous—but hilarious—results.
2004	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers	Mordicai Gerstein	This true story recounts the daring feat of a spirited young Frenchman who walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center twin towers in 1974.
2005	Kitten's First Full Moon	Kevin Henkes	a simple story of a kitten who mistakes the moon for a bowl of milk.
2006	The Hello, Goodbye Window	Norton Juster	In this sunny portrait of familial love, a little girl tells us about her everyday experiences visiting her grandparents’ house.
2007	Flotsam	David Wiesner	A vintage camera washed up on the beach provides a young boy with a surprising view of fantastical images from the bottom of the sea.
2008	The Invention of Hugo Cabret	Brian Selznick	Hugo is a young orphan secretly living in the walls of a train station where he labors to complete a mysterious invention left by his father.

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Rapunzel

The Three Pigs