The Caldecott Award recognizes the best Illustrators for Children's Picture Books.

2023 Hot Dog

2022 Watercress

2021 We Are Water Protectors

2020 The Undefeated

2019 Hello Lighthouse

2018 Wolf in the Snow

2017 Radiant Child

2016 Finding Winnie

2015 The Adventures of Beekle

2014 Locomotive

2013 This Is Not My Hat

2012 A Ball for Daisy

2011 A Sick Day for Amos McGee

2010 The Lion and the Mouse

2009 The House in the Night

2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret

2007 Flotsam

2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window

2005 Kitten's First Full Moon

2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2003 My Friend Rabbit

2002 The Three Pigs

2001 So You Want to Be President?

2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

1999 Snowflake Bentley

1998 Rapunzel

1997 Golem

1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria

1995 Smoky Night

1994 Grandfather's Journey

1993 Mirette on the High Wire

1992 Tuesday

1991 Black and White

1990 Lon Po Po

1989 Song and Dance Man

1988 Owl Moon

1987 Hey, Al

1986 The Polar Express

1985 Saint George and the Dragon

1989 The Glorious Flight

1983 Shadow

1982 Jumanji

1981 Fables

1980 Ox-Cart Man

1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

1978 Noah's Ark

1977 Ashanti to Zulu

1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

1975 Arrow to the Sun

1974 Duffy and the Devil

1973 The Funny Little Woman

1972 One Fine Day

1971 A Story A Story

1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1968 Drummer Hoff

1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine

1966 Always Room for One More

1965 May I Bring a Friend?

1964 Where the Wild Things Are

1963 The Snowy Day

1962 Once a Mouse

1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings

1960 Nine Days to Christmas

1959 Chanticleer and the Fox

1958 Time of Wonder

1957 A Tree Is Nice

1956 Frog Went A-Courtin'

1955 Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

1954 Madeline's Rescue

1953 The Biggest Bear

1952 Finders Keepers

1951 The Egg Tree

1950 Song of the Swallows

1949 The Big Snow

1948 White Snow, Bright Snow

1947 The Little Island

1946 The Rooster Crows

1945 Prayer for a Child

1944 Many Moons

1943 The Little House

1942 Make Way for Ducklings

1941 They Were Strong and Good

1940 Abraham Lincoln

1939 Mei Li

1938 Animals of the Bible

The Caldecott Award is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. Click here to learn more about this award.