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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Medal Winner
The house in the nightWritten by Susan Marie Swanson and illustrated by Beth Krommes
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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 SÃs
- 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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