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Amanda Mosley
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Caldecott Winners
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, awards the Caldecott Medal annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Picture books must have been published in the previous year and award winners are restricted to United States residents.
The Caldecott Award is named after Randolph Caldecott, an influential 19th-century children's book illustrator. His illustrations were unique for the time as they showed movement and joy among the children.
Use the listed call numbers to find the book in the 2nd floor Youth Collection.
Award Winners 2020 - 2029
2024 -- Big by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.1.H37553 Bi 2022Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
2023 -- Hot Dog by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / SALATI, D. / HOT DOGThis hot dog has had enough of summer in the city! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run!
2022 -- Watercress by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FAMILIES / WANG, A. / WATERCRESSWhile driving through Ohio, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents stop to forage watercress from a ditch, initially embarrassing her. After her mother shares a poignant story of their family history, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food and the memories they create together.
2021 -- We Are Water Protectors by Call Number: PICTURE COMMUNITY / LINDSTROM, C. / WE ARE WATERWater is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all. When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
2020 -- The Undefeated by Call Number: PICTURE POETRY / ALEXANDER, K. / UNDEFEATEDFrom New York Times bestselling-author Kwame Alexander comes this powerful and important ode to black history: the strength and bravery of everyday people and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest artists, athletes, and activists.
Award Winners 2010 - 2019
2019 -- Hello Lighthouse by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / BLACKALL, S. / HELLO LIGHT.Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper.
2018 -- Wolf in the Snow by Call Number: PICTURE WORDLESS / CORDELL, M. / WOLF INA girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home?
2017 -- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Call Number: PICTURE ART / STEPTOE, J. / RADIANT CHILDJean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City.
2016 -- Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / MATTICK, L. / FINDING WINNIEA woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
2015 -- The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FRIENDS / SANTAT, D. / ADVENTURES OFAn imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
2014 -- Locomotive by Call Number: PICTURE GO / FLOCA, B. / LOCOMOTIVELearn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
2013 -- This Is Not My Hat by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / KLASSEN, J. / THIS IS NOT MYA tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.
2012 -- A Ball for Daisy by Call Number: PICTURE WORDLESS / RASCHKA, C. / BALL FOR DAISYA wordless picture book showing the fun a dog has with her ball, and what happens when it is lost. This story is about what it is like to lose something special, and find a friend.
2011 -- A Sick Day for Amos McGee by 
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FRIENDS / STEAD, P. / SICK DAYAmos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests.
2010 -- The Lion and the Mouse by Call Number: PICTURE WORDLESS / PINKEY, J. / LION & THEIn this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Award Winners 2000 - 2009
2009 -- The House in the Night by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.S97255 Hou 2008A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers--a key, a bed, the moon--this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.
2008 -- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.S4654 Inv 2007Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks - like the gears of the clocks he keeps - with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the train station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.
2007 -- Flotsam by Call Number: PICTURE WORDLESS / WIESNER, D. / FLOTSAMWhen a young boy discovers a camera on the beach and develops the film, he finds with his microscope many layers of pictures within the photographs.
2006 -- The Hello, Goodbye Window by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FAMILIES / JUSTER, N. / HELLO GOODBYELooking through the kitchen window, a little girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye.
2005 -- Kitten's First Full Moon by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / HENKES, K. / KITTEN'S FIRSTWhen Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
2004 -- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Call Number: PICTURE MOVEMENT / GERSTEIN, M. / MAN WHOA lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
2003 -- My Friend Rabbit by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FRIENDS / ROHMANN, E. / MY FRIENDSomething always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
2002 -- The Three Pigs by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / WIESNER, D. / THREE PIGSThe three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
2001 -- So You Want to Be President? by Call Number: PICTURE HISTORY / ST. GEORGE, J. / SO YOU WANTPresents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
2000 -- Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / TABACK, S. / JOSEPH HAD AA very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments..
Award Winners 1990 - 1999
1999 -- Snowflake Bentley by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / MARTIN, J. / SNOWFLAKEA biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
1998 -- Rapunzel by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / ZELINSKY, P. / RAPUNZELA retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
1997 -- Golem by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / WISNIEWSKI, D. / GOLEMA saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
1996 -- Officer Buckle and Gloria by Call Number: PICTURE CON/SAFETY / RATHMANN, P. / OFFICERThe children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.
1995 --Smoky Night by Call Number: PICTURE COMMUNITY / BUNTING, E. / SMOKY NIGHTWhen the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
1994 -- Grandfather's Journey by Call Number: PICTURE CULTURE / SAY, A. / GRANDFATHER'SA Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
1993 -- Mirette on the High Wire by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / MCCULLY, E. / MIRETTE ONMirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
1992 -- Tuesday by Call Number: PICTURE WORDLESS / WIESNER, D. / TUESDAYFrogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
1991 -- Black and White by Call Number: PICTURE CON/READING / MACAULAY, D. / BLACK ANDFour brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
1990 -- Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story From China by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / YOUNG, E. / LON PO POThree sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
Award Winners 1980 - 1989
1989 -- Song and Dance Man by Call Number: PICTURE MOVEMENT / ACKERMAN, K. / SONG ANDFor his visiting grandchildren, Grandpa demonstrates some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
1988 -- Owl Moon by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / YOLEN, J. / OWL MOONOn a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
1987 -- Hey, Al by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/IDENTITY / YORINKS, A. / HEY ALA city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well.
1986 -- The Polar Express by Call Number: PICTURE HOLIDAYS / VAN ALLSBURG / POLAR EXPRESSA magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
1985 -- Saint George and the Dragon by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / HODGES, M. / SAINT GEORGERetells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
1984 -- The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot by Call Number: PICTURE GO / PROVENSEN, A. / GLORIOUSA biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Blériot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900s.
1983 -- Shadow by Call Number: PICTURE POETRY / CENDRARS, B. / SHADOWShadow lives in the forest... It goes forth at night to prowl around the fires. It even likes to mingle with the dancers...
1982 -- Jumanji by Call Number: PICTURE PLAY & IMAGIN. / VAN ALLSBURG, C. / JUMANJILeft on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
1981 -- Fables by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / LOBEL, A. / FABLESTwenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
1980 -- Ox-Cart Man by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / HALL, D. / OX-CART MANDescribes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.
Award Winners 1970 - 1979
1979 -- The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / GOBLE, P. / GIRL WHOThough she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
1978 -- Noah's Ark by Call Number: PICTURE WORDLESS / REVIUS, J. / NOAH'S ARKRetells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
1977 -- Ashanti to Zulu by Call Number: PICTURE CULTURE / MUSGROVE, M. / ASHANTI TOExplains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.
1976 -- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / AARDEMA, V. / WHY MOSQUITO.A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.on.
1975 -- Arrow to the Sun by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / MCDERMOTT, G. / ARROW TO THEAn adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.
1974 -- Duffy and the Devil by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / ZEMACH, H. / DUFFY AND THEA Cornish version of Rumpelstiltskin. The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
1973 -- The Funny Little Woman by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / MOSEL, A. / FUNNY LITTLEWhile chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.
1972 -- One Fine Day by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / HOGROGIAN, N. / ONE FINE DAYAfter the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.
1971 -- A Story, a Story by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / HALEY, G. / STORY, A STORYRecounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."
1970 -- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / STEIG, W. / SYLVESTER ANDIn a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
Award Winners 1960 - 1969
1969 --The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / RANSOME, A. / FOOL OF THEWhen the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
1968 -- Drummer Hoff by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / EMBERLY, B. / DRUMMER HOFFA cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.
1967 -- Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / NESS, E. / SAM, BANGSRelates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between make believe and real life.
1966 -- Always Room for One More by Call Number: PICTURE RHYTHM / LEODHAS, S. / ALWAYS ROOMIn this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.
1965 -- May I Bring a Friend? by Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FRIENDS / DE REGNIERS, B. / MAY I BRINGA well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring a friend--and the friends are always wild animals--and always well-behaved.
1964 -- Where the Wild Things Are by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / SENDAK, M. / WHERE THEA naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
1963 -- The Snowy Day by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: BOARD BOOK / KEATS, E. / SNOWY DAYThe adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
1962 -- Once a Mouse...A Fable Cut in Wood by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / BROWN, M. / ONCE A MOUSEAs it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
1961 -- Baboushka and the Three Kings by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / ROBBINS, R. / BABOUSHKAThe Russian folktale about an old woman's endless search for the Christ child.
1960 -- Nine Days to Christmas by Call Number: PICTURE HOLIDAYS / ETS, M. / NINE DAYS TOCeci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata for it.
Award Winners 1950 - 1959
1959 -- Chanticleer and the Fox by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / COONEY, B. / CHANTICLEERA sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
1958 -- Time of Wonder by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / MCCLOSKEY, R. / TIME OF WON.Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.
1957 -- A Tree Is Nice by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / UDRY, J. / TREE IS NICEBriefly describes the value of a tree.
1956 -- Frog Went A-Courtin' by Call Number: PICTURE PZ8.3.L28 Fr 1991Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.
1955 -- Cinderella by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / PERRAULT, C. / CINDERELLACinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect.
1954 -- Madeline's Rescue by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / BEMELMANS, L. / RESCUEA hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
1953 -- The Biggest Bear by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / WARD, L. / BIGGEST BEARJohnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.
1952 -- Finders Keepers by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / WILL / FINDERSTwo dogs each claim a bone they have found and ask passersby for help in deciding ownership.
1951 -- The Egg Tree by Call Number: PICTURE HOLIDAYS / MILHOUS, K. / EGG TREEKaty's Easter morning discovery renews the tradition of the Easter egg tree.
1950 -- The Song of the Swallows by Call Number: PICTURE RHYTHM / POLITI, L. / SONG OF THESad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
Award Winners 1940 - 1949
1949 -- The Big Snow by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / HADER, B. / BIG SNOWDespite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
1948 -- White Snow, Bright Snow by Call Number: PICTURE SCI/NATURE / TRESSELT, A. / WHITE SNOWWhen it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.
1947 -- The Little Island by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / BROWN, M. / LITTLE ISLANDDepicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.
1946 -- The Rooster Crows by Call Number: PICTURE RHYTHM / PETERSHAM, M. / ROOSTERA collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.
1945 -- Prayer for a Child by Call Number: PICTURE CULTURE / FIELD, R. / PRAYER FORAn illustrated bedtime prayer which gives thanks for the many aspects of a child's world.
1944 -- Many Moons by Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / THURBER, J. / MANY MOONSThough many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
1943 -- The Little House by Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / BURTON, V. / LITTLE HOUSEA country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
1942 -- Make Way for Ducklings by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / MCCLOSKEY, R. / MAKE WAYStory about a mallard family who make their home near a pond in the Public Garden in Boston.
1941 -- They Were Strong and Good by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.L4384 Th 1968Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.
1940 -- Abraham Lincoln by Call Number: PICTURE HISTORY / D'AULAIRE, I. / ABRAHAMText and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States.
First Award Winners
1939 -- Mei Li by Call Number: PICTURE HOLIDAYS / HANDFORTH, T. / MEI LIAfter spending an eventful day at the fair held on New Year's Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God.
1938 -- Animals of the Bible by Call Number: PICTURE CULTURE / LATHROP, D. / ANIMALS OFDorothy Lathrop's Animals of the Bible won the very first Caldecott Medal when it was originally published in 1937.
