Caldecott Medal Winners
at the Johnsburg Public Library
The Caldecott Medal, established in 1938, is awarded annually under the supervision of the 
Association of Library Service to Children/American Library Association, to the illustrator of the 
most distinguished picture book for children published in the U.S. during the preceding year.
Year Title     Author     Call #  
2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster E JUS  
2005 Kitten's First Full Moon Kevin Henkes E HEN  
2004 The Man Who Walked Between The Towers Mordicai Gerstein   E GER  
2003 My Friend Rabbit  Eric Rohman   E ROH  
2002 The Three Pigs    David Wiesner   E WIE  
2001 So You Want to Be President?  Judith St. George    J 973.099 ST
2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat  Simms Taback   E TAB  
1999 Snowflake Bentley Mary Azarian    J 551.78 MAR
1998 Rapunzel   Paul O. Zelinsky   J 398.22 ZEL
1997 Golem     David Wisniewski   J 398.21 WIS
1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathman   E RAT  
1995 Smokey Night   Eve Bunting    E BUN  
1994 Grandfather's Journey Walter Lorraine    E SAY  
1993 Mirette on the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully E MCC  
1992 Tuesday     David Wiesner   E WIE  
1991 Black and White   David Macaulay   E MAC  
1990 Lon Po Po Ed Young   E FIC YOU
1989 Song and Dance Man Karen Ackerman   E ACK  
1988 Owl Moon   Jane Yolen    E FIC YOL
1987 Hey, Al     Arthur Yorinks    E FIC YOR
1986 Polar Express   Chris Van Allsburg   E FIC VAN
1985 St. George and the Dragon Margaret Hodges    J 398.2 HOD
1984 The Glorius Flight Martin Provensen   HRC 629.13 PRO
1983 Shadow     Blaise Cendrars    J 841.912 CEN
1982 Jumanji     Chris Van Allsburg   J FIC VAN
1981 Fables     Arnold Lobel   J FIC LOB
1980 Ox-Cart Man   Donald Hall    E HAL  
1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble   J FIC GOB
1978 Noah's Ark   Peter Spier   J 222.110 SPI
1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions Margaret Musgrove  J 960 MUS
1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Verna Aardema    J 398.2 AAR
1975 Arrow to the Sun   Gerald McDermott   J 398.2 MCD
1974 Duffy and the Devil Harve Zemach    J FIC ZEM
1973 The Funny Little Woman Arlene Mosel    E MOS  
1972 One Fine Day   Nonny Hogrogian   E HOG  
1971 A Story-A Story   Gail E. Haley   E HAL  
1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig   E STE  
1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Arthur Ransume    J 398.21 RAN
1968 Drummer Hoff   Barbara Emberley    E EMB  
1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine Evaline Ness   J FIC NESS
1966 Always Room for One More Sorche Nic Leodhas  E LEO  
1965 May I Bring a Friend Beatrice Schenk de Regniers  E DER  
1964 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak   E SEN  
1963 The Snowy Day   Ezra Jack Keats   E KEA  
1962 Once a Mouse   Marcia Brown   J 398.2 BRO
1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings Ruth Robbins    J 398.21 ROB
1960 Nine Days to Christmas Marie Hall J FIC ETS
1959 Chanticleer and the Fox Chaucer      J FIC CHA 
1958 Time of Wonder   Robert McCloskey   J FIC MCC
1957 A Tree is Nice   Janice May Udry    E UDR  
1956 Frog Went A-Courtin' John Langstaff    E LAN  
1955 Cinderella   Charles Perrault    E PER  
1954  Madeline's Rescue Ludwig Bemelmans   E BEM  
1953 The Biggest Bear   Lynn Ward   E WAR  
1952 Finders Keepers   Will Nicholas   do not own
1951 The Egg Tree   Katherine Milhous   J FIC MIL
1950 Song of the Swallows Leo Politi     E POL  
1949 The Big Snow   Berta & Elmer Hader  E HAD  
1948 White Snow, Bright Snow Alvin Tresselt    E TRE  
1947 The Little Island   Golden MacDonald  E MAC  
1946 The Rooster Crows trad. Mother Goose   do not own
1945 Prayer for a Child Rachel Field    J 242.82 FIE
1944 Many Moons   James Thurber    J FIC THU
1943 The Little House   Virginia Lee Burton   E BUR  
1942 Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey   E MCC  
1941 They Were Strong and Good Robert Lawson   J FIC LAW
1940 Abraham Lincoln   Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire J BIO LINCOLN
1939 Mei Li     Thomas Handforth   E HAN  
1938 Animals of the Bible Helen Dean    J 220.859