Caldecott Medal Winner Books (2025-1938)

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• Chooch helped / Rogers, Andrea L. and Rebecca Lee Kunz
• Big / Harrison, Vashti
• Hot dog / Salati, Doug
• Watercress / Wang, Andrea and Chin, Jason
• We are water protectors / Lindstrom, Carole and Goade, Michaela
• The undefeated / Alexander, Kwame and Nelson, Kadir
• Hello Lighthouse / Blackall, Sophie
• Wolf in the snow / Cordell, Matthew
• Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat / Steptoe, Javaka
• Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / Mattick, Lindsay
• The adventures of Beekle : the unimaginary friend / Santat, Dan
• Locomotive / Floca, Brian
• This is not my hat / Klassen, J.
• A ball for Daisy / Raschka, Christopher
• A sick day for Amos McGee /, Stead, Philip Christian.
• The lion & the mouse /, Pinkney, Jerry.
• The house in the night /, Swanson, Susan Marie.
• The invention of Hugo Cabret :, Selznick, Brian.
• Flotsam /, Wiesner, David.
• The hello, goodbye window /, Juster, Norton,
• Kitten's first full moon /, Henkes, Kevin.
• The man who walked between the towers /, Gerstein, Mordicai.
• My friend Rabbit /, Rohmann, Eric.
• The three pigs /, Wiesner, David.
• So you want to be president /, St. George, Judith,
• Joseph had a little overcoat /, Taback, Simms.
• Snowflake Bentley /, Martin, Jacqueline Briggs.
• Rapunzel /, Zelinsky, Paul O.
• Golem /, Wisniewski, David.
• Officer Buckle and Gloria /, Rathmann, Peggy.
• Smoky night /, Bunting, Eve,
• Grandfather's journey /, Say, Allen.
• Mirette on the high wire /, McCully, Emily Arnold.
• Tuesday /, Wiesner, David.
• Black and white /, Macaulay, David.
• Lon Po Po :, Young, Ed.
• Song and dance man /, Ackerman, Karen,
• Owl moon /, Yolen, Jane.
• Hey, Al /, Yorinks, Arthur.
• The Polar Express /, Van Allsburg, Chris.
• Saint George and the dragon :, Hodges, Margaret,
• The glorious flight :, Provensen, Alice.
• Shadow /, Cendrars, Blaise,
• Jumanji /, Van Allsburg, Chris.
• Fables /, Lobel, Arnold.
• Ox-cart man /, Hall, Donald,
• The girl who loved wild horses /, Goble, Paul.
• Noah's ark /,
• Ashanti to Zulu :, Musgrove, Margaret.
• Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears :, Aardema, Verna.
• Arrow to the sun :, McDermott, Gerald.
• Duffy and the devil :, Zemach, Harve.
• The funny little woman /, Mosel, Arlene.
• One fine day., Hogrogian, Nonny.
• A story a story :, Haley, Gail E.
• Sylvester and the magic pebble /, Steig, William,
• The fool of the world and the flying ship;, Ransome, Arthur,
• Drummer Hoff /, Emberley, Barbara.
• Sam, Bangs, and moonshine /, Ness, Evaline.
• Always room for one more,, Leodhas, Sorche Nic,
• May I bring a friend? /, De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.
• Where the wild things are /, Sendak, Maurice.
• The snowy day /, Keats, Ezra Jack.
• Once a mouse ... :, Brown, Marcia.
• Baboushka and the three kings., Robbins, Ruth.
• Nine days to Christmas /, Ets, Marie Hall,
• Chanticleer and the fox /, Chaucer, Geoffrey,
• Time of wonder /, McCloskey, Robert,
• A tree is nice., Udry, Janice May.
• Frog went a-courtin' /, Langstaff, John M.
• Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper /, Perrault, Charles,
• Madeline's rescue :, Bemelmans, Ludwig,
• The biggest bear., Ward, Lynd,
• Finders keepers /, Will,
• The egg tree;, Milhous, Katherine,
• Song of the swallows /, Politi, Leo,
• The big snow /, Hader, Berta.
• White snow, bright snow /, Tresselt, Alvin,
• The little island /, MacDonald, Golden,
• The rooster crows;, Petersham, Maud Fuller,
• Prayer for a child,, Field, Rachel,
• Many moons /, Thurber, James,
• The little house /, Burton, Virginia Lee,
• Make way for ducklings /, McCloskey, Robert,
• They were strong and good /, Lawson, Robert,
• Abraham Lincoln /, D'Aulaire, Ingri,
• Mei Li /, Handforth, Thomas,
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