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The Winners Are...
The Caldecott and Newbery Award Winners ----
LISTS HERE FOR MEDAL WINNERS
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE PRESENT/ 2015
The
Caldecott and Newbery Awards are the equivalent of the Academy Awards
for outstanding children's books. The Caldecott has been awarded since
1938 and the Newbery since 1922.
2015
Caldecott Medal Winner
Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
by Dan Santat
2015 Newbery Medal Winner
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
2014 Caldecott Medal Winner
Locomotive
by Brian Floca
2014 Newbery Medal Winner
Flora & Ulysses:
The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo
2013 Caldecott Medal Winner
This is Not My Hat
by Jon Klassen
2013 Newbery Medal Winner
The One and Only Ivan
Written by Katherine Applegate
2012 Caldecott
Medal Winner
A Ball for Daisy
Illustrated and Written by
Chris Rashka
2012 Newbery Medal Winner
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
2011 Caldecott Medal Winner
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Written by Philip C. Stead
2011 Newbery Medal Winner
Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
2010 Caldecott Medal Winner
The Lion & the Mouse
Written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
2010 Newbery
Medal Winner
When You Reach Me
by Rachel Stead
2009
Caldecott Medal Winner.
The House
in the Night
W ritten by Susan Marie Swanson
iIllustrated by Beth Krommes.
2009
Newbery Medal Winner.
The Graveyard Book
Written by Neil Gaiman
iIllustrated by Dave McKean.
2008
Caldecott Medal Winner.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. The 500
page graphic novel uses black and white illustrations to tell an imaginative
tale of a man living in Paris in 1931. (Scholastic Press, an imprint of
Scholastic.)
2008 Newbery Medal Winner
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by
Laura Amy Schlitz. The book is based on 21 “dramatic individual
narratives” and uses a variety of poetry forms. (Candlewick.)
The 2007
Caldecott Medal winner is Flotsam by David Wiesner and
the 2007 Newbery Medal was awarded to Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron.
2006 Caldecott Medal was given to "The
Hello, Goodbye Window " illustrated by Chris Rashka
and written by Norton Juster. The playfully illustrated book describes
the experiences of a girl visiting her grandparents. It is published by
Michael di Capula Books/Hyperion.
The 2006
Newbery was given to "Criss
Cross" by Lynne Rael Perkins. The book experiments with
innovative narrative styles to convey the experiences of four adolescents
in a small town. It is published by Greenwillow/HarperCollins.
In reading these lists you'll probably remember a number
of titles from your own childhood as well as recognize more recent additions.
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Book Question:
The first Newbery winner was "The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik
van Loon. Can you name any other books by this author?
Please
scroll down for complete lists of Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal award
winners.
Caldecott Medal Winners
1938-2005:
The Caldecott Medal is awarded
each year to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book
for children. It is awarded by the Association for Library Services to
Children a division of the American
Library Association.
The 2006 Caldecott
Medal was awarded to "The
Hello, Goodbye Window " illustrated by Chris Rashka
and written by Norton Juster. The playfully illustrated book describes
the experiences of a girl visiting her grandparents. It is published by
Michael di Capula Books/Hyperion.
The
2005 Caldecott Medal was awarded to" Kitten's First Full Moon"by Kevin Henkes. The book, about a kitten who believes the moon
is a bowl of milk, is published by Greenwillow/HarperCollins.
The 2004 Caldecott Medal for illustration was awarded to
Mordicai Gerstein for "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" about Phillipe Petit,
the aerialist who, in 1974, walked the tightrope he had set up between
the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The book was published by Roaring
Brook Press/Millbrook Press.
The 2003 Caldecott Medal for illustration was awarded to Eric Rohmann
for "My Friend Rabbit" about a rabbit's attempts to be helpful.
The book was published by Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press.
The 2002 Caldecott
Medal was awarded to David Wiesner for his postmodern version of "The Three Pigs," published by Clarion Books.
| 2001: |
So You Want to Be President by David Small (Philomel) |
| 2000: |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Viking) |
| 1999: |
Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by Jacqueline Briggs
Martin (Houghton) |
| 1998: |
Rapunzel
by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) |
| 1997: |
Golem
by David Wisniewski (Clarion) |
| 1996: |
Officer Buckle & Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) |
| 1995: |
Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt) |
| 1994: |
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton) |
| 1993: |
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam) |
| 1992: |
Tuesday
by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) |
| 1991: |
Black
and White by David Macaulay (Houghton) |
| 1990: |
Lon
Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel) |
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| 1989: |
Song
and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman
(Knopf) |
| 1988: |
Owl
Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel) |
| 1987: |
Hey,
Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar) |
| 1986: |
The
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) |
| 1985: |
Saint
George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text:
retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown) |
| 1984: |
The
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice
& Martin Provensen (Viking) |
| 1983: |
Shadow,
translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French:
Blaise Cendrars (Scribner) |
| 1982: |
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) |
| 1981: |
Fables
by Arnold Lobel (Harper) |
| 1980: |
Ox-Cart
Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking) |
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| 1979: |
The
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury) |
| 1978: |
Noah's
Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday) |
| 1977: |
Ashanti
to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon;
text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial) |
| 1976: |
Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane
Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial) |
| 1975: |
Arrow
to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking) |
| 1974: |
Duffy
and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
(Farrar) |
| 1973: |
The
Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by
Arlene Mosel (Dutton) |
| 1972: |
One
Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan) |
| 1971: |
A
Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum) |
| 1970: |
Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books) |
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| 1969: |
The
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz;
text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar) |
| 1968: |
Drummer
Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
(Prentice-Hall) |
| 1967: |
Sam,
Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt) |
| 1966: |
Always
Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche
Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt) |
| 1965: |
May
I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice
Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum) |
| 1964: |
Where
the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper) |
| 1963: |
The
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking) |
| 1962: |
Once
a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner) |
| 1961: |
Baboushka
and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth
Robbins (Parnassus) |
| 1960: |
Nine
Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie
Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking) |
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| 1959: |
Chanticleer
and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell) |
| 1958: |
Time
of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking) |
| 1957: |
A
Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry (Harper) |
| 1956: |
Frog
Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold
by John Langstaff) (Harcourt) |
| 1955: |
Cinderella,
or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text:
translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner) |
| 1954: |
Madeline's
Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking) |
| 1953: |
The
Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton) |
| 1952: |
Finders
Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff);
text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt) |
| 1951: |
The
Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner) |
| 1950: |
Song
of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner) |
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| 1949: |
The
Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan) |
| 1948: |
White
Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin
Tresselt (Lothrop) |
| 1947: |
The
Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald,
pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday) |
| 1946: |
The
Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham (Macmillan) |
| 1945: |
Prayer
for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel
Field (Macmillan) |
| 1944: |
Many
Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt) |
| 1943: |
The
Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton) |
| 1942: |
Make
Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) |
| 1941: |
They
Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson (Viking) |
| 1940: |
Abraham
Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday) |
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| 1939: |
Mei
Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday) |
| 1938: |
Animals
of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop;
text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott) |
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The Newbery
Award Winners 1922-2007:
for more recent winners scroll up to the very top of the page.
Here are books your grandparents
read, you read growing up and your kids are reading. Share your favorite
characters and other memories. Did any of these books affect your life?
Let us know how.
Awarded annually by the American
Library Association since 1922 to the most distinguished writing in
a children's book.
In 2007 the Newbery Medal went to Higher Power of Lucky by
Susan Patron.
The 2006 Newbery was awarded
to "Criss
Cross" by Lynne Rael Perkins. The book experiments with
innovative narrative styles to convey the experiences of four adolescents
in a small town. It is published by Greenwillow/HarperCollins.
The 2005 Newbery was awarded
to "Kira-Kira"
by Cynthia Kadohata. The book, about the struggles of a Japanese-American
girl whose family moves to Georgia in the 1950's, is published by Atheneum/Simon
and Schuster.
The 2004 Newbery Medal for
children's literature was awarded to Kate DiCamillo for "The
Tale of Despereaux," a fable about a princess, a mouse and a
rat. The book was published by Candlewick Press.
The 2003 Newbery Medal for children's literature was awarded to
Avi for "Crispin:
The Cross of Lead" which takes place in 14th-century England.
The publisher is Hyperion Books for Children.
The 2002 Newbery Medal for
children's literature was awarded to Linda Sue Park for "A
Single Shard," published by Clarion Books. "A Single Shard"
is an historic novel set in 12th-century Korea.
(spelling note:
The correct spelling
of the award is Newbery. We've corrected our scattered misspellings. We
wondered why some folks have found our site when they've searched under
such incorrect spellings are Newbury and Newberry.
Thanks
to some thoughtful visitors for pointing out our error.)
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