Helwett-Woodmere Public Library
Youth Services Department
Caldecott Award
- 2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee
illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead [STORIES] E Stead
- 2010: The Lion & the Mouse by
Jerry Pinkney J 398.2 P
- 2009: The House in the Night illustrated
by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson [RHYMES & SONGS] E Swanson
- 2008: The Invention of Hugo
Cabret by Brian Selznick J FIC Selznick
- 2007: Flotsam by
David Wiesner [FAVORITES] E
Wiesner
- 2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window
Illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster [GROWING UP] E Juster
- 2005: Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes [FAVORITES]
E Henkes
- 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordicai Gerstein Q J
974.71 G
- 2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric
Rohmann [NATURE] E Rohmann
- 2002: The Three Pigs by David
Wiesner J 398 W
- 2001: So You Want to Be President?
Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George Q J 973.099 S
- 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by Simms Taback [FOLK &
FAIRY TALES] E Taback
- 1999: Snowflake Bentley,
Illustrated by Mary Azarian ; text by
Jacqueline Briggs Martin JB
Bentley M
- 1998: Rapunzel by Paul O.
Zelinsky Q J
398.0943 Z
- 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski Q J 398.09176 W
- 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria
by Peggy Rathmann [FAVORITES]
E Rathmann
- 1995: Smoky Night ,
illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting [Older] E Bunting
- 1994: Grandfather's Journey
by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine [GROWING UP] E Say
- 1993: Mirette on the High Wire
by Emily Arnold McCully [CUTURAL ARTS] E McCully
- 1992: Tuesday by
David Wiesner [FAVORITES] E
Wiesner
- 1991: Black and White by
David Macaulay Q J FIC
Macaulay
- 1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding
Hood Story from China by Ed Young J 398.0951 Y
- 1989: Song and Dance Man ,
illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman [STORIES] E Ackerman
- 1988: Owl Moon ,
illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen [FAVORITES] E Yolen
- 1987: Hey, Al ,
illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
- 1986: The Polar Express by
Chris Van Allsburg [HOLIDAY] E
Van Allsburg ,Christmas
- 1985: Saint George and the
Dragon , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman;
text: retold by Margaret Hodges J 398.0942 H
- 1984: The Glorious Flight:
Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by
Alice & Martin Provensen J
629.13092 P
- 1983: Shadow ,
translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in
French: Blaise Cendrars
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
Maud & 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)
- 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