Caldecott Awards Winners 2026

2026:Fireworks written by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Cátia Chien 
 
2025: Chooch Helped written by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz 
2024:  Big by Vashti Harrison  
2023: Hot Dog by Doug Salati  
2022: Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin 
2021:  We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade, written by Carole 
Lindstrom 
2020: The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson & written by Kwame Alexander 
2019:  Hello Lighthouse illustrated & written by Sophie Blackall   
2018:  Wolf in the Snow written & illustrated by Matthew Cordel 
2017:  Radiant Child  written & illustrated by Javaka Steptoe  
2016:  Finding Winnie:  the true story of the world’s most  
    bear  by Lindsay Mattick 
2015: The Adventures of Beekle:  the unimaginary friend  by Dan Santat 
2014:  Locomotive by Brian Floca 
2013:  This Is Not My Hat written & illustrated by Jon Klassen 
2012:  A Ball For Daisy by Chris Raschka 
2011:  A Sick Day For Amos McGee.  Illustrated by Erin E. Stead; text by Phillip C. Stead 
2010: The Lion & The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 
2009: The House in the Night. Illustrated by Beth Krommes; text by Susan Marie Swanson  
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick  
2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner  
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window. Illustrated by Chris Raschka; text by Norton Juster  
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes  
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein  
2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann  
2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner  
2001: So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George  
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback  
1999: Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by  Jacqueline Briggs Martin  
1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky  
1997: Golem by David Wisniewski  
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann  
1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting  
1994: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine  
1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully  
1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner  
1991: Black and White by David Macaulay  
1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young  
1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell;  text by Karen Ackerman  
1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen  
1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks  
1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg  
1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by 
Margaret Hodges  
1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin 
Provensen 
1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise 
Cendrars 
1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg  
1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel  
1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall  
1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble  
1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier  
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: 
Margaret Musgrove 
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by  Leo & Diane Dillon; text: 
retold by Verna Aardema  
1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott  
1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach  
1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel  
1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian  
1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley  
1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig  
1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated  by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold 
by Arthur Ransome  
1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley  
1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness  
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1966: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic 
Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]  
1965: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de 
Regniers 
1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak  
1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats  
1962: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown  
1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins  
1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora 
Labastida 
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's 
Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney  
1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey  
1957:  A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry  
1956: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John 
Langstaff 
1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated 
from C. Perrault by Marcia Brown  
1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans  
1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward  
1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, 
pseud. [William Lipkind] 
1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous  
1950: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi  
1949: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader  
1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt  
1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard;  text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. 
[Margaret Wise Brown]
1946: The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham  
1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field  
1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber  
1943: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton  
1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey  
1941: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson  
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