Randolph Caldecott Medal Winners

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The Randolph Caldecott Medal was established in 1938 and is awarded by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children.

2012

Medalist: A ball for Daisy Chris Raschka
Honor: Blackout John Rocco; Grandpa Green Lane Smith; Me… Jane Patrick McDonnell

2011

Medalist: A sick day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead
Honor: Dave the potter: artist, poet, slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill; Interrupting Chicken David Ezra Stein

2010

Medalist: The lion & the mouse Jerry Pinkney
Honor: All the world illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon; Red sings from treetops: a year in colors illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman

2009

Medalist: The house in the night illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson
Honor: A couple of boys have the best week ever Marla Frazee; How I learned geography Uri Shulevitz; A river of words: the story of William Carlos Williams illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant

2008

Medalist: The invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
Honor: Henry’s freedom box: a true story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine; First the egg Laura Vaccaro Seeger; The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sís; Knuffle Bunny too: a case of mistaken identity Mo Willems

2007

Medalist: Flotsam David Wiesner
Honor: Gone wild: an endangered animal alphabet David McLimans; Moses: when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, text by Carole Boston Weatherford

2006

Medalist: The hello, goodbye window illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster
Honor: Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni; Zen shorts Jon J. Muth; Hot air: the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloon ride Marjorie Priceman; Song of the water boatman and other pond poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman

2005

Medal: Kitten’s first full moon Kevin Henkes
Honor: The red book Barbara Lehman; Coming on home soon Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis; Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale Mo Willems

2004

Medal: The man who walked between the towers Mordicai Gerstein
Honor: Ella Sarah gets dressed Margaret Chodos-Irvine; What do you do with a tail like this? Steve Jenkins and Robin Page; Don't let the pigeon drive the bus Mo Willems

2003

Medal: My friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann
Honor: The spider and the fly Tony DiTerlizzi; Hondo and Fabian Peter McCarty; Noah’s ark Jerry Pinkney

2002

Medal: The three pigs David Wiesner
Honor: The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, text by Barbara Kerley; Martin’s big words: the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, text by Doreen Rappoport; The stray dog Marc Simont

2001

Medal: So you want to be President? illustrated by David Small, text by Judith St. George
Honor: Casey at the bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, text by Ernest Lawrence; Click, clack, moo: cows that type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, text by Doreen Cronin; Olivia Ian Falconer

2000

Medal: Joseph had a little overcoat Simms Taback
Honor: A child’s calendar illustrated by Tina Schart Hyman, text by John Updike; Sector 7 David Wiesner; When Sophie gets angry - really, really angry Molly Bang; The ugly duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, adapted by Jerry Pinkney, text by Hans Christian Andersen

1999

Medal: Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Honor: Duke Ellington: the piano prince and the orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Andrea Davis Pinkney; No, David! David Shannon; Snow Uri Shulevitz; Tibet through the Red Box Peter Sis

1998

Medal: Rapunzel Paul O. Zelinsky
Honor: The gardener illustrated by David Small, text by Sarah Stewart; Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers, text by Walter Dean Myers; There was an old lady who swallowed a fly Simms Taback

1997

Medal: Golem David Wisniewski
Honor: Hush! A Thai lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade, text by Minfong Ho; The graphic alphabet David Pelletier; The paperboy Dav Pilkey; Starry messenger Peter Sis

1996

Medal: Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathman
Honor: Alphabet City Stephen T. Johnson; Zin! Zin! Zin! a violin illustrated by Marjorie Priceman, text by Lloyd Moss; Tops and bottoms Janet Stevens; The faithful friend illustrated by Brian Pinkey, text by Robert D. San Souchi

1995

Medal: Smoky night illustrated by David Diaz, text by Eve Bunting
Honor: John Henry illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Julius Lester; Swamp angel illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, text by Anne Isaacs; Time flies Eric Rohmann

1994

Medal: Grandfather’s journey Allen Say
Honor: Peppe Lamplighter E. Bartone; In a small small pond D. Fleming; Raven trickster tale G. McDermott; Yo! Yes! C. Raschka; Owen K. Hankes

1993

Medal: Mirette on high wire Emily McCully
Honor: Stinky cheese man Lane Smith; Seven blind mice Ed Young; Working cotton Carol Byard

1992

Medal: Tuesday David Weisner
Honor: Tar Beach F. Ringgold

1991

Medal: Black and white David Macauley
Honor: Puss in boots illustrated by Fred Marcellino, text by Charles Perrault; More more more said baby V. Williams

1990

Medal: Lon Po Po Ed Young
Honor: Bill Peet Autobiography Bill Peet; Color zoo Lois Ehlert; Talking eggs Jerry Pinckney; Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins Trina S. Hyman

1989

Medal: Song and dance man Stephen Gammell
Honor: Boy of the three year nap Allen Say; Free fall David Weisner; Goldilocks and the three bears James Marshall; Mirandy and Brother Wind Jerry Pinkney

1988

Medal: Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr, text by Jane Yolen
Honor: Mufaro’s beautiful daughters John Steptoe

1987

Medal: Hey, Al illustrated by Richard Egielski, text by Arthur Yorinks
Honor: Village of round and square houses Ann Grifalconi; Alphabatics Suse MacDonald; Rumpelstiltskin Paul O. Zelinski

1986

Medal: Polar express Chris Van Allsburg
Honor: The relatives came illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Cynthia Rylant; King Bidgood’s in the bathtub illustrated by Don Wood, text by Audrey Wood

1985

Medal: Saint George and the dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, text by Margaret Hodges
Honor: Hansel and Gretel illustrated by Paul O. Zelinski, text by Rika Lesse; Have you seen my duckling? Nancy Tafuri; Story of Jumping Mouse John Steptoe

1984

Medal: The glorious flight: across the channel with Louis Bleriot Alice and Martin Provenson
Honor: Little Red Riding Hood Trina Schart Hyman; Ten, nine, eight Molly Bang; Hawk, I’m your brother illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor

1983

Medal: Shadow illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Blaise Cendrar
Honor: A chair for my mother Vera B. Williams; When I was young in the mountains illustrated by Diane Goode, text by Cynthia Rylant

1982

Medal: Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg
Honor: Where the buffaloes begin illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Olaf Baker; On Market Street illustrated by Anita Lobel, text by Arnold Lobel; Outside over there Maurice Sendak; Visit to William Blake’s Inn illustrated by Alice and Martin Provenson, text by Nonny Willard

1981

Medal: Fables Arnold Lobel
Honor: The Bremen-Town musicians Ilse Plume; Grey Lady and the strawberry snatcher Molly Bang; Mice twice Joseph Low; Truck Donald Crews

1980

Medal: Ox-cart man illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by Donald Hall
Honor: Ben’s trumpet Rachel Isadora; Garden of Abdul Gasazi Chris Van Allsburg; The treasure Uri Shulevitz

1979

Medal: The girl who loved horses Paul Goble
Honor: Freight train Donald Crews; Way to start a day illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor

1978

Medal: Noah’s ark Peter Spier
Honor: Castle David Macauley; It could always be worse Margot Zemach

1977

Medal: Ashanti to Zulu illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, text by Margaret Musgrove
Honor: The amazing bone William Steig; The contest Nonny Hogrogian; Fish for supper M. B. Goffstein; The Golem Beverly Brodsky McDermott; Hawk, I’m your brother illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor

1976

Medal: Why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears illustrated by Leo Dillon, text by Verna Aardema
Honor: The desert is theirs illustrated by Peter Parnall, text by Byrd Baylor; Strega Nona Tomie de Paola

1975

Medal: Arrow to the sun Gerald McDermott
Honor: Jambo means hello illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Muriel Feelings

1974

Medal: Duffy and the devil illustrated by Margot Zemach, text by Harve Zemach
Honor: Three jovial huntsmen Susan Jeffers; Cathedral David Macauley

1973

Medal: The funny little woman illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Ariene Mosel
Honor: Anansi the spider Gerald McDermott; Hosie’s alphabet illustrated by Leonard Baskin, text by Hosea, Tobias and Lisa Baskin; Snow White and the seven dwarfs illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, text by Randall Jarrell; When Clay sings illustrated by Tom Bahti, text by Byrd Baylor

1972

Medal: One fine day Nonny Hogrogian
Honor: Hildilid’s night illustrated by Arnold Lobel, text by Cheli Duran; If all the seas were one sea Janina Domanska; Moja means one illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Muriel Feelings

1971

Medal: A story a story Gail E. Haley
Honor: The angry moon illustrated by Blair Lent, text by William Sleator; Frog and Toad are friends Arnold Lobel; In the night kitchen Maurice Sendak

1970

Medal: Sylvester and the magic pebble William Steig
Honor: Goggles Ezra Jack Keats; Alexander and the wind-up mouse Lio Lionni; Pop Corn and Ma Goodness Edna Mitchell Preston; Thy friend, Obadiah Brinton Turkle; The judge Harve Zemach

1969

Medal: The fool of the world and the flying ship illustrated by Uri Shulevitz , text by Arthur Ransome
Honor: Why the sun and the moon live in the sky illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Elphinstone Dayrell

1968

Medal: Drummer Hoff illustrated by Ed Emberley, text by Barbara Emberley
Honor: Frederick Leo Lionni; Seashore story Taro Yashima; Emperor and the kite illustrated by Ed Young, text by Jane Yolen

1967

Medal: Sam, bangs and moonshine Evaline Ness
Honor: One wide river to cross illustrated by Ed Emberley, text by Barbara Emberley

1966

Medal: Always room for one more illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas
Honor: Hide and seek fog illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt; Just me Marie Hall Ets; Tom Tit Tot Evaline Ness

1965

Medal: May I bring a friend illustrated by Beni Montresor, text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Honor: Rain makes applesauce illustrated by Marvin Bilek, text by Julian Scheer; The wave illustrated by Blair Lent, text by Margaret Hodges; A pocketful of cricket illustrated by Evaline Ness, text by Rebecca Caudill

1964

Medal: Where the wild things are Maurice Sendak
Honor: Swimmy Leo Lionni; All in the morning early illustrated by Evaline Ness, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas; Mother Goose and nursery rhymes Philip Reed

1963

Medal: The snowy day Ezra Jack Keats
Honor: Sun is a golden earring illustrated by Bernarda Bryson, text by Natalia M. Belting; Mr. Rabbit and the lovely present illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Charlotte Zolotow

1962

Medal: Once a mouse Marcia Brown
Honor: Fox went out on a chilly night Peter Spier; Little Bear’s visit illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Else Holmelund Minarik; The day we saw the sun come up illustrated by Adrienne Adams, text by Alice E. Goudey

1961

Medal: Baboushka and the three kings illustrated by Nicholas Sidjakov, text by Ruth Robbins
Honor: Inch by inch Leo Lionni

1960

Medal: Nine days to Christmas Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
Honor: Houses from the seaillustrated by Adrienne Adams, text by Alice E. Goudey; The moon jumpers illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Janice Udry

1959

Medal: Chanticleer and the fox illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by Chaucer
Honor: The house that Jack built Antonio Frasconi; What do you say, dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Sesyle Joslin; Umbrella Taro Yashima

1958

Medal: Time of wonder Robert McCloskey
Honor: Fly high, fly low Don Freeman; Anatole and the cat illustrated by Paul Galdone, text by Eve Titus

1957

Medal: A tree is nice illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Janice Udry
Honor: Mr. Penny’s race horse Marie Hall Ets; 1 is one Tasha Tudor; Anatole illustrated by Paul Galdone, text by Eve Titus; Gillespie and the guards illustrated by James Daugherty, text by Benjamin Elkin; Lion William Pene du Bois

1956

Medal: Frog went a-courtin’ illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, text by John Langstaff
Honor: Play with me Marie Hall Ets; Crow boy Taro Yashima

1955

Medal: Cinderella illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Charles Perrault
Honor: Book of nursery and Mother Goose rhymes illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli; Wheel on the chimney illustrated by Tibor Gergely, text by Margaret Wise Brown; The Thanksgiving story illustrated by Helen Sewell, text by Alice Dalgliesh

1954

Medal: Madeline’s rescue Ludwig Bemelmans
Honor: Journey cake, ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey, text by Ruth Sawyer; When will the world be mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot, text by Miriam Schlein; Steadfast tin soldier illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Hans Christian Anderson,; A very special house illustrated by Maurice Sendak, text by Ruth Krauss; Green eyes A. Birnbaum

1953

Medal: The biggest bear Lynn Ward
Honor: Puss in boots illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Charles Perrault; One morning in Maine Robert McCloskey; Ape in a cape Fritz Eichenberg; The storm book illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, text by Charlotte Zolotow; Five little monkeys Juliet Kepes

1952

Medal: Finders keepers illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff, text by Will Lipkind
Honor: Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo Marie Hall Ets; Skipper John’s cook Marcia Brown; All falling down illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, text by Gene Zion; Bear party William Pene du Bois; Feather Mountain Elizabeth Olds

1951

Medal: The egg tree Katherine Milhous
Honor: Dick Whittington and his cat Marcia Brown; The two reds illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff, text by Will Lipkind; If I ran the zoo Dr. Seuss; Most wonderful doll in the world illustrated by Helen Stone, text by Phyllis McGinley,; T-Bone, the baby sitter Clare Newberry

1950

Medal: Song of the swallows Leo Politi
Honor: America’s Ethan Allen illustrated by Lynn Ward, text by Stewart Holbrook; The wild birthday cake illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, text by Lavinia Davis; Happy day illustrated by Marc Simont , text by Ruth Krauss; Bartholomew and the oobleck Dr. Seuss; Henry fisherman Marcia Brown

1949

Medal: The big snow Berta and Elmer Hader
Honor: Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey; All around the town illustrated by Helen Stone, text by Phyllis McGinley; Juanita Leo Politi; Fish in the air Kurt Wiese

1948

Medal: White snow, bright snow illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt
Honor: Stone soup Marcia Brown; McElligot’s pool Dr. Seuss; Bambino the clown George Schreiber; Roger and the fox illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, text by Lavinia Davis; Song of Robin Hood illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton, text by Anne Malcolmson

1947

Medal: The little island Golden MacDonald illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Honor: Rain drop splash illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Alvin Tresselt; Boats on the river illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum, text by Marjorie Flack; Timothy Turtle illustrated by Tony Palazzo, text by Al Graham,; Pedro, the angel of Olvera Street Leo Politi; Sing in praise illustrated by Marjorie Torrey, text by Opal Wheeler

1946

Medal: The rooster crows Maud and Miska Petersham
Honor: Little lost lamb illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Golden MacDonald; Sing Mother Goose illustrated by Marjorie Torrey, text by Opal Wheeler; My mother is the most beautiful woman in the world illustrated by Ruth C. Gannett, text by Becky Reyher; You can write Chinese Kurt Wiese

1945

Medal: Prayer for a child illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text by Rachel Field
Honor: Mother Goose Tasha Tudor; In the forest Marie Hall Ets; Yonie Wondernose Marguerite de Angeli; Christmas Anna Angel illustrated by Kate Seredy, text by Ruth Sawyer

1944

Medal: Many moons illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, text by James Thurber
Honor: Small rain: verses from the Bible illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text by Jessie Orton Jones; Pierre Pigeon illustrated by Arnold E. Bare, text by Lee Kingman; The mighty hunter Berta and Elmer Hader; Child’s good night book illustrated by Jean Charlot, text by Margaret Wise Brown; Good luck horse illustrated by Plao Chan, text by Chin-Yi Chan

1943

Medal: The little house Virginia Lee Burton
Honor: Dash and Dart Mary and Conrad Buff; Marshmallow Clare Newberry

1942

Medal: Make way for ducklings Robert McCloskey
Honor: An American ABC Maud and Miska Petersham; In my mother’s house illustrated by Velino Herrera, text by Ann Nolan Clark; Paddle-to-the-sea Holling C. Holling; Nothing at all Wanda Gag

1941

Medal: They were strong and good Robert Lawson
Honor: April’s kittens Clare Newberry

1940

Medal: Abraham Lincoln Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Honor: Cock-a-doodle doo Berta and Elmer Hader; Madeline Louis Bemelmans; The ageless story Lauren Ford

1939

Medal: Mei Li Thomas Handforth
Honor: The forest pool Laura Adams Armer; Wee Gillis illustrated by Robert Lawson, text by Munro Leaf; Snow White and the seven dwarfs Wanda Gag; Barkis Clare Newberry; Andy and the lion James Daugherty

1938

Medal: Animals of the bible illustrated by Dorothy P. Lethrop, text by Helen Dean Fish
Honor: Seven Simeons Boris Artzybasheff; Four and twenty blackbirds illustrated by Robert Lawson, text by Helen Dean Fish