Caldecott Medal Winners

Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah’s ark and thereby survived the flood.

Explains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire’s name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil’s name.

While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.

After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.

A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between make believe and real life.

In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.

A well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring a friend--and the friends are always wild animals--and always well-behaved.

A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

A hermit knows the magic to change a small mouse into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger -- and Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her her second Caldecott Medal.

An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata for it.

A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

Some of the reasons why trees are so good to have around are funny. Some are indisputable facts. But in all of them there is a sense of poetic simplicity and beauty which will be sure to entrance any young child. Whether he knows on tree or many, he will relish the descriptions of the delights to be had in, with, or under a tree.

This book illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.

In her haste to leave the palace before the fairy godmother’s magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family’s barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

Two dogs each claim a bone they have found and ask passersby for help in deciding ownership.

When Katy discovers her grandmother's old hand-painted Easter eggs in the attic, she inspires the renewal of a special tradition: the Easter egg tree!

Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph’s Day the next spring.

Winter comes to the woodland as the busy animals make their preparations.

When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.

Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.

A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.

An illustrated bedtime prayer which gives thanks for the many aspects of a child’s world.

Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore’s wish for the moon.

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

Relates the story of the author’s grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States.

After spending an eventful day at the fair held on New Year's Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God

Dorothy Lathrop's Animals of the Bible won the very first Caldecott Medal when it was originally published in 1937