Caldecott Medal

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 if the most distinguished American picture book for chidren.

2013

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Honor Books

• Creepy Carrots – written by Aaron Reynolds ; illustrated by Peter Brown
• Extra yarn – written by Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Green – written and illustrated Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• One Cool Friend – written by Toni Buzzeo ; illustrated by David Small
• Sleep Like a Tiger – written by Mary Logue ; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

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2012

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Honor Books

• Grandpa Green – Lane Smith
• Me– Jane – Patrick McDonnell

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2011

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Honor Books

• Dave the Potter – by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
• Interrupting Chicken – David Ezra Stein

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2010

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Honor Books

• 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

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2009

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Honor Books

• A couple of boys have the best week ever – by Marla Frazee
• How I learned geography – by Uri Shulevitz
• A river of words : the story of William Carlos Williams – written by Jen Bryant ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

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2008

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Honor Books

• Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad – illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
• First the Egg – written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain – written and illustrated by Peter Sís
• Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity – written and illustrated Mo Willems

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2007

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Medal Winner

Flotsam
By David Wiesner

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Honor Books

• Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet– by David McLimans
• Moses: When Harriet Tubman led Her People to Freedom – illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford

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2006

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Medal Winner

 The hello, goodbye window
By Juster, Norton

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Honor Books

• Muth, Jon J – Zen shorts
• Priceman, Marjorie – Hot air : the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloonride
• Sidman, Joyce – Song of the water boatman : & other pond poems

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