These timeless books will continue to capture your students' imaginations year after year. You can even create a thematic unit to explore an array of Caldecott Medal winners with your students, comparing, constrasting, ranking, and reviewing a selection of these lush, classic stories.
Ask your school librarian for copies of these fantastic storybooks. Your students will love them - that's practically guaranteed with the Caldecott seal of approval.
Also consider the books on this list of the Caldecott Honor Books from the American Library Association's web site. Caldecott Honor Books receive honorable mention next to each year's sole Medal winner.
Here is the complete list of Caldecott Medal Winners from 1938 to Present:
- 2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)
- 2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)
- 2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window Illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua/Hyperion)
- 2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)
- 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
- 2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
- 2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
- 2001: So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George (Philomel Books)
- 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)
- 1999: Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)
- 1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
- 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)
- 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
- 1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
- 1994: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)
- 1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)
- 1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
- 1991: Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)
- 1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel)
- 1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf)
- 1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel)
- 1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
- 1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
- 1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)
- 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)
- 1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
- 1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
- 1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
- 1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking)
- 1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury)
- 1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
- 1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial)
- 1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)
- 1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking)
- 1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)
- 1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)
- 1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)
- 1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)
