Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is an American literary prize, which is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a subgroup of the American Library Association, to the illustrator of the best children's picture book of the year since 1938. The award is to Randolph J. Caldecott, an illustrator of the 19th century, named.
In addition to the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal is considered the finest in children's literature in the United States.
There are awarded every year a grand prize ( Caldecott Medal ) and several honorary awards ( Caldecott Honor ).
Award winners
1938-1949
1950-1974
1975-1999
Since 2000
- 2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback
- 2001 So You Want to Be President?, Illustr. David Small, text by Judith St. George
- 2002 The Three Pigs, David Wiesner (Eng. The three pigs)
- 2003 My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann
- 2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Mordicai Gerstein
- 2005 Kitten's First Full Moon Kevin Henkes
- 2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustr. Chris Raschka, text by Norton Juster
- 2007 Flotsam, David Wiesner (German flotsam )
- 2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick ( The Invention of Hugo Cabret dt )
- 2009 The House in the Night, illustr. Beth Krommes, text by Susan Marie Swanson
- 2010 The Lion & the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney
- 2011 A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustr. Erin E. Stead, text by Philip C. Stead
- 2012 A Ball for Daisy Chris Raschka
- 2013 This Is Not My Hat, Jon classes ( dt This is not my hat)
- 2014 Locomotive, Brian Floca