Caldecott Medal Award BooksL 1938-Present

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Caldecott Medal Award Books: 1938-Present

2003
My Friend Rabbit illustrated and written by Eric Rohmann--Winner!
Honor Books
The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Hondo & Fabian illustrated and written by Peter McCarty
Noah\'s Ark illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney


2002
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner--Winner!
Honor Books
Martin\'s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont


2001
So You Want to Be President? illustrated by David Small--Winner!
Honor Books
Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Olivia by Ian Falconer


2000
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback--Winner!
Honor Books
Sector 7 by David Wiesner
The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... by Molly Garrett Bang


1999
Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian--Winner!
Honor Books
No, David! by David Shannon
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Tibet: Through the Red Box by Peter Sís
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney


1998
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky--Winner!
Honor Books
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
Harlem: A Poem by Walter Dean Myers


1997
Golem by David Wisniewski--Winner!
Honor Books
The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho
The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
Starry Messenger by Peter Sís


1996
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann--Winner!
Honor Books
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
The Faithful Friend by Robert San Souci


1995
Smoky Night by David Diaz (text by Eve Bunting)--Winner!
Honor Books
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
John Henry by Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney


1994
Grandfather\'s Journey by Allen Say--Winner!
Honor Books
Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone and Ted Lewin
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Raven by Gerald McDermott
Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka


1993
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily McCully--Winner!
Honor Books
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams and Carole Byard
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith


1992
Tuesday by David Wiesner--Winner!
Honor Book
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold


1991
Black & White by David Macaulay--Winner!
Honor Books
More More More Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories by Vera B. Williams
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault & Malcolm Arthur and Fred Marcellino


1990
Lon Po Po by Ed Young (translator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel and Trina Schart Hyman
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci and Jerry Pinkney


1989
Song & Dance Man by Stephen Gammell (text by Karen Ackerman)--Winner!
Honor Books
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder and Allen Say
Free Fall by David Wiesner
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack and Jerry Pinkney


1988
Owl Moon by John Schoenherr (text by Jane Yolen)--Winner!
Honor Books
Mufaro\'s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe


1987
Hey, Al by Richard Egielski (text by Arthur Yorinks)--Winner!
Honor Books
Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi


1986
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg--Winner!
Honor Books
King Bidgood\'s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant and Stephen Gammell


1985
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges and Trina S. Hyman--Winner!
Honor Books
Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser and Paul O. Zelinsky
Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe


1984
The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen--Winner!
Honor Books
Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Garrett Bang


1983
Shadow by Blaise Cendrars and Marcia Brown--Winner!
Honor Books
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant and Diane Goode


1982
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg--Winner!
Honor Books
On Market Street by Arnold Lobel
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
A Visit to William Blake\'s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard, Alice Provensen, and Martin Provensen
Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker and Stephen Gammell


1981
Fables by Arnold Lobel--Winner!
Honor Books
The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ilse Plume
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang
Mice Twice by Joseph Low
Truck by Donald Crews


1980
Ox Cart Man by Barbara Cooney (text by Donald Hall)--Winner!
Honor Books
Ben\'s Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz


1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble--Winner!
Honor Books
Freight Train by Donald Crews
The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall


1978
Noah\'s Ark by Peter Spier--Winner!
Honor Books
Castle by David Macaulay
It Could Be Worse by Margot Zemach


1977
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon (illustrator), and Margaret W. Musgrove--Winner!
Honor Books
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Contest by Nonny Hogrogian


1976
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People\'s Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
The Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall
Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola


1975
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott--Winner!
Honor Books
Jambo Means Hello by Muriel Feelings and Tom Feelings


1974
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach--Winner!
Honor Books
Cathedral by David Macaulay
Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers


1973
The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Hosie\'s Alphabet by Leonard Baskin
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs by Nancy Eckholm Burkert (illustrator)
When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor and Tom Bahti


1972
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian--Winner!
Honor Books
Hildilid\'s Night by Cheli Durán Ryan and Arnold Lobel
If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska
Moja Means One by Muriel Feelings and Tom Feelings


1971
A Story, a Story: An African Tale by Gail E. Haley--Winner!
Honor Books
The Angry Moon by William Sleator and Blair Lent
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak


1970
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig--Winner!
Honor Books
Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse by Leo Lionni
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats
The Judge by Harve Zemach and Margot Zemach
Pop Corn & Ma Goodness by Edna Mitchell Preston and Robert Andrew Parker
Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle


1969
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome--Winner!
Honor Books
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell and Blair Lent


1968
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley--Winner!
Honor Books
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen and Ed Young
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Seashore Story by Taro Yashima


1967
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine by Evaline Ness--Winner!
Honor Books
One Wide River to Cross by Barbara Emberley and Ed Emberley


1966
Always Room for One More by Sorche Leodhas and Nonny Hogrogian--Winner!
Honor Books
Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin
Just Me by Marie Hall Ets
Tom Tit Tot by Evaline Ness


1965
May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers--Winner!
Honor Books
A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill and Ed Young
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer and Marvin Bileck
The Wave by Margaret Hodges and Blair Lent


1964
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak--Winner!
Honor Books
All in the Morning Early by Sorche Nic Leodhas and Evaline Ness
Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes by Phillip Reed (illustrator)
Swimmy by Leo Lionni


1963
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats--Winner!
Honor Books
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow and Maurice Sendak
The Sun Is a Golden Earring by Natalia M. Belting and Bernarda Bryson


1962
Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown--Winner!
Honor Books
The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up by Alice E. Goudey and Adrienne Adams
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night by Peter Spier (illustrator)
Little Bear\'s Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak


1961
Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins--Winner!
Honor Book
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni


1960
Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida--Winner!
Honor Books
Houses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey and Adrienne Adams
The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry and Maurice Sendak


1959
Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer and Barbara Cooney--Winner!
Honor Books
The House That Jack Built by Antonio Frasconi
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
What Do You Say, Dear? by Sesyle Joslin and Maurice Sendak


1958
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey--Winner!
Honor Books
Anatole and the Cat by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone
Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman


1957
Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry and Marc Simont (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Anatole by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone
Gillespie and the Guards by Benjamin Elkin and James Daugherty
Lion by William Péne du Bois
Mr. Penny\'s Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets
1 Is One by Tasha Tudor


1956
Frog Went A-Courtin\' by John Langstaff and Feodor Rojankovsky (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
Play with Me by Marie Hall Ets


1955
Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Marcia Brown (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes by Marguerite de Angeli (illustrator)
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh and Helen Sewell
Wheel on the Chimney by Margaret Wise Brown and Tibor Gergely


1954
Madeline\'s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans --Winner!
Honor Books
A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak
Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum
Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer and Robert McCloskey
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen and Marcia Brown
When Will the World Be Mine? by Miriam Schlein and Jean Charlot


1953
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Kendall Ward--Winner!
Honor Books
Ape in a Cape by Fritz Eichenberg
Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault and Marcia Brown
The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow and Margaret Bloy Graham


1952
Finders Keepers by William Lipkind, Nicolas Mordvinoff, and Nicolas Will--Winner!
Honor Books
All Falling Down by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham
Bear Party by William Péne du Bois
Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds
Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets
Skipper John\'s Cook by Marcia Brown


1951
Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous--Winner!
Honor Books
Dick Whittington and His Cat by Marcia Brown
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World by Phyllis McGinley and Helen Stone (illustrator)
T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Newberry
The Two Reds by William Lipkind and Nicholas Mordvinoff


1950
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi--Winner!
Honor Books
Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook and Lynd Ward
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss and Marc Simont
Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown
The Wild Birthday Cake by Lavinia Davis and Hildegard Woodward


1949
The Big Snow by Berta Hader and Elmer Hader--Winner!
Honor Books
All Around the Town by Phyllis McGinley and Helen Stone
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese
Juanita by Leo Politi


1948
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Bambino the Clown by George S. Schreiber
McElligot\'s Pool by Dr. Seuss
Roger and the Fox by Lavinia Davis and Hildegard Woodward
Song of Robin Hood by Anne Malcolmson and Virginia Lee Burton (editor)
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown


1947
The Little Island by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
Boats on the River by Marjorie Flack and Jay Hyde Barnum (illustrator)
Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi
Rain Drop Splash by Alvin Tresselt and Leonard Weisgard (editor)
Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns by Opal Wheeler and Marjorie Torrey
Timothy Turtle by Al Graham and Tony Palazzo


1946
Rooster Crows by Miska Petersham and Maud Petersham--Winner!
Honor Books
Little Lost Lamb by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard (illustrator)
My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Becky Reyher and Ruth C. Gannett
Sing Mother Goose by Opal Wheeler and Marjorie Torrey
You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese


1945
Prayer for a Child by Rachel L. Field and Elizabeth Orton Jones--Winner!
Honor Books
The Christmas Anna Angel by Ruth Sawyer and Kate Seredy
In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets
Mother Goose by Tasha Tudor (illustrator)
Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli, Maud Petersham, and Miska Petersham


1944
Many Moons by James Thurber and Louis Slobodkin (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
A Child\'s Good Night Book by Margaret Wise Brown and Jean Charlot
Good Luck Horse by Chin-Yi Chan and Plato Chan
The Mighty Hunter by Berta Hader and Elmer Hader
Pierre Pigeon by Lee Kingman and Arnold E. Bare
Small Rain: Verses from the Bible by Jessie Orton Jones and Elizabeth Orton Jones


1943
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton--Winner!
Honor Books
Dash and Dart by Mary Buff and Conrad Buff
Marshmallow by Clare Newberry


1942
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey--Winner!
Honor Books
An American ABC by Maud Petersham and Miska Petersham
In My Mother\'s House by Ann Nolan Clark and Velino Herrera (illustrator)
Nothing at All by Wanda Gág
Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling


1941
They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson--Winner!
Honor Book
April\'s Kittens by Claire Newberry


1940
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D\'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D\'Aulaire (illustrator)--Winner!
Honor Books
The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford
Cock-A-Doodle Doo by Berta Hader and Elmer Hader
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans


1939
Mei Li by Thomas Handforth--Winner!
Honor Books
Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
Barkis by Clare Newberry
The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson


1938
Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop, Helen D. Fish (editor)--Winner!
Honor Books
Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Helen D. Fish and Robert Lawson
Seven Simeons by Boris Artzybasheff

Newbery Medal Award Books, 1922-Present

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Newbery Medal Award Books, 1922-Present

2003
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi--Winner!
Honor Books
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
A Corner of the Universe by Anne M. Martin


2002
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park--Winner!
Honor Books
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson


2001
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck--Winner!
Honor Books
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech


2000
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis--Winner!
Honor Books
Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm


1999
Holes by Louis Sachar--Winner!
Honor Book
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck


1998
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse--Winner!
Honor Books
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Lily\'s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli


1997
The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg--Winner!
Honor Books
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Belle Prater\'s Boy by Ruth White


1996
The Midwife\'s Apprentice by Karen Cushman--Winner!
Honor Books
What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman
The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Yolonda\'s Genius by Carol Fenner
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy


1995
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech--Winner!
Honor Books
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer


1994
The Giver by Lois Lowry--Winner!
Honor Books
Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
Dragon\'s Gate by Laurence Yep
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman


1993
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant--Winner!
Honor Books
What Hearts by Bruce Brooks
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack
Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers


1992
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor--Winner!
Honor Books
Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman


1991
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli--Winner!
Honor Book
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi


1990
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry--Winner!
Honor Books
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen


1989
Joyful Noise: Poems of Two Voices by Paul Fleischman--Winner!
Honor Books
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers


1988
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman--Winner!
Honor Books
After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen


1987
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman--Winner!
Honor Books
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber


1986
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan--Winner!
Honor Books
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen


1985
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley--Winner!
Honor Books
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox


1984
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary--Winner!
Honor Books
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain


1983
Dicey\'s Song by Cynthia Voigt--Winner!
Honor Books
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Doctor De Soto by William Steig
Graven Images by Paul Fleischman
Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton


1982
A Visit to William Blake\'s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard--Winner!
Honor Books
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal


1981
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson--Winner!
Honor Books
The Fledgling by Jane Langton
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L\'Engle


1980
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl\'s Journal, 1830-32 by Joan Blos--Winner!
Honor Books
The Road from Home by David Kherdian


1979
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin--Winner!
Honor Book
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson


1978
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson--Winner!
Honor Books
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater


1977
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor--Winner!
Honor Books
Abel\'s Island by William Steig
A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond


1976
The Grey King by Susan Cooper--Winner!
Honor Books
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep


1975
M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton--Winner!
Honor Books
Figgs and Phantoms by Ellen Raskin
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene


1974
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox--Winner!
Honor Book
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper


1973
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George--Winner!
Honor Books
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder


1972
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O\'Brien--Winner!
Honor Books
Incident at Hawk\'s Hill by Allan W. Eckert
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder


1971
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars--Winner!
Honor Books
Knee Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O\'Dell


1970
Sounder by William H. Armstrong--Winner!
Honor Books
Our Eddie by Sulamith Ish-Kishor
The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art by Janet Gaylord Moore
Journey Outside by Mary Q. Steele


1969
The High King by Lloyd Alexander--Winner!
Honor Books
To Be a Slave by Julius Lester
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer


1968
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg--Winner!
Honor Books
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg
The Black Pearl by Scott O\'Dell
The Fearsome Inn by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder


1967
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt--Winner!
Honor Books
The King\'s Fifth by Scott O\'Dell
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Jazz Man by Mary Hays Weik


1966
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño--Winner!
Honor Books
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell
The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz


1965
Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska--Winner!
Honor Book
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt


1964
It\'s Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville--Winner!
Honor Books
Rascal by Sterling North
The Loner by Ester Wier


1963
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L\'Engle--Winner!
Honor Books
Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. (Leclaire Alger)
Men of Athens by Olivia Coolidge


1962
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare--Winner!
Honor Books
Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Belling the Tiger by Mary Stolz


1961
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O\'Dell--Winner!
Honor Books
America Moves Forward: A History for Peter by Gerald Johnson
Old Ramon by Jack Schaefer
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, pseud. (George Thompson)


1960
Onion John by Joseph Krumgold--Winner!
Honor Books
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
America Is Born: A History for Peter by Gerald Johnson
The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall


1959
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare--Winner!
Honor Books
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
Along Came a Dog by Meindert DeJong
Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa by Francis Kalnay
The Perilous Road by William O. Steele


1958
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith--Winner!
Honor Books
The Horsecatcher by Mari Sandoz
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson
Tom Paine, Freedom\'s Apostle by Leo Gurko


1957
Miracle on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen--Winner!
Honor Books
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong
Mr. Justice Holmes by Clara Ingram Judson
The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads
The Fox of Lorne by Marguerite de Angeli


1956
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham--Winner!
Honor Books
The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Golden Name Day by Jennie Lindquist
Men, Microscopes, and Living Things by Katherine Shippen


1955
The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong--Winner!
Honor Books
Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Banner in the Sky by James Ullman


1954
And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold--Winner!
Honor Books
All Alone by Claire H. Bishop
Shadrach by Meindert DeJong
Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert DeJong
Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot by Clara Ingram Judson
Magic Maize by Mary and Conrad Buff


1953
Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark--Winner!
Honor Books
Charlotte\'s Web by E.B. White
Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 by Genevieve Foster


1952
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes--Winner!
Honor Books
Americans Before Columbus by Elizabeth Baity
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling
The Defender by Nicholas Kalashnikoff
The Light at Tern Rock by Julia Sauer
The Apple and the Arrow by Mary and Conrad Buff


1951
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates--Winner!
Honor Books
Better Known as Johnny Appleseed by Mabel Leigh Hunt
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword by Jeanette Eaton
Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People by Clara Ingram Judson
The Story of Appleby Capple by Anne Parrish


1950
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli--Winner!
Honor Books
Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill
The Blue Cat of Castle Town by Catherine Coblentz
Kildee House by Rutherford Montgomery
George Washington by Genevieve Foster
Sound of the Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin by Walter and Marion Havighurst


1949
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry--Winner!
Honor Books
Seabird by Holling C. Holling
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin
My Father\'s Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett
Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps


1948
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois--Winner!
Honor Books
Pancakes-Paris by Claire H. Bishop
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry


1947
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey--Winner!
Honor Books
Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes
Big Tree by Mary and Conrad Buff
The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher, pseud. (Darwin L. Teilhet)
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanor Jewett


1946
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski--Winner!
Honor Books
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston
New Found World by Katherine Shippen


1945
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson--Winner!
Honor Books
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh
Abraham Lincoln\'s World by Genevieve Foster
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanette Easton


1944
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes--Winner!
Honor Books
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fog Magic by Julia Sauer
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates


1943
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray--Winner!
Honor Books
The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes
Have You Seen Tom Thumb by Mabel Leigh Hunt


1942
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds--Winner!
Honor Books
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
George Washington\'s World by Genevieve Foster
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin


1941
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry--Winner!
Honor Books
Blue Willow by Doris Gates
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall


1940
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty--Winner!
Honor Books
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader


1939
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright--Winner!
Honor Books
Nino by Valenti Angelo
Mr. Popper\'s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Hello the Boat! by Phyllis Crawford
Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot by Jeanette Eaton
Penn by Elizabeth Janet Gray


1938
The White Stag by Kate Seredy--Winner!
Honor Books
Pecos Bill by James Cloyd Bowman
Bright Island by Mabel Robinson
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder


1937
Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer--Winner!
Honor Books
Phebe Fairchild: Her Book by Lois Lenski
Whistler\'s Van by Idwal Jones
The Golden Basket by Ludwig Bemelmans
Winterbound by Margery Bianco
The Codfish Musket by Agnes Hewes
Audubon by Constance Rourke


1936
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink--Winner!
Honor Books
Honk, the Moose by Phil Strong
The Good Master by Kate Seredy
Young Walter Scott by Elizabeth Janet Gray
All Sail: A Romance of the Flying Cloud by Armstrong Sperry


1935
Dobry by Monica Shannon--Winner!
Honor Books
Pageant of Chinese History by Elizabeth Seeger
Davy Crockett by Constance Rourke
Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic by Hilda von Stockum


1934
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs--Winner!
Honor Books
The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Snedeker
Swords of Steel by Elsie Singmaster
ABC Bunny by Wanda Gág
Winged Girl of Knossos by Erik Berry, pseud. (Allena Best)
New Land by Sarah Schmidt
Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside by Padraic Colum
Glory of the Seas by Agnes Hewes
Apprentice of Florence by Ann Kyle


1933
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis--Winner!
Honor Books
Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs
The Railroad of Freedom: A Story of the Civil War by Hildegarde Swift
Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon


1932
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer--Winner!
Honor Books
The Fairy Circus by Dorothy P. Lathrop
Calico Bush by Rachel Field
Boy of the South Seas by Eunice Tietjens
Out of the Flame by Eloise Lownsbery
Jane\'s Island by Marjorie Allee
Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy by Mary Gould Davis


1931
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth--Winner!
Honor Books
Floating Island by Anne Parrish
The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of a Pagan Princess by Alida Malkus
Queer Person by Ralph Hubbard
Mountains Are Free by Julia Davis Adams
Spice and the Devil\'s Cave by Agnes Hewes
Meggy MacIntosh by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes by Herbert Best
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide and Margaret Johansen


1930
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field--Winner!
Honor Books
A Daughter of the Seine: The Life of Madame Roland by Jeanette Eaton
Pran of Albania by Elizabeth Miller
Jumping-Off Place by Marion Hurd McNeely
The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales by Ella Young
Vaino by Julia Davis Adams
Little Blacknose by Hildegarde Swift


1929
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly--Winner!
Honor Books
Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo by John Bennett
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
The Boy Who Was by Grace Hallock
Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs
Runaway Papoose by Grace Moon
Tod of the Fens by Elinor Whitney


1928
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji--Winner!
Honor Books
The Wonder Smith and His Son by Ella Young
Downright Dencey by Caroline Snedeker


1927
Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James--Winner!


1926
Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman--Winner!
Honor Books
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery by Padraic Colum


1925
Tales from the Silver Lands by Charles Finger--Winner!
Honor Books
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story by Annie Carroll Moore
The Dream Coach by Anne Parrish


1924
The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes--Winner!


1923
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting--Winner!


1922
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon--Winner!
Honor Books
The Great Quest by Charles Hawes
Cedric the Forester by Bernard Marshall
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by William Bowen
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs