Caldecott Winners and Honor Books

• Ain't Burned All the Bright, illustrated by Jason Griffin, written by Jason Reynolds
• Berry Song, illustrated and written by Michaela Goade
• Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Janelle Washington, written by Angela Joy
• Knight Owl, illustrated and written by Christopher Denise

• Have You Ever Seen a Flower? illustrated and written by Shawn Harris
• Mel Fell, illustrated and written by Corey R. Tabor
• Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Carole Boston
• Wonder Walkers, illustrated and written by Micha Archer

2021 Medal Winner: We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade, written by Carole Lindstrom
Honor Books:

• A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart, illustrated by Noa Denmon, written by Zetta Elliott
• The Cat Man of Aleppo, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Irene Latham & Karim Shamsi-Basha
• Me & Mama, illustrated and written by Cozbi A. Cabrera
• Outside In, illustrated by Cindy Derby, written by Deborah Underwood

2020 Medal Winner: The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander
Honor Books:

• Bear Came Along, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, written by Richard T. Morris
• Double Bass Blues, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Andrea J. Loney
• Going Down Home With Daddy, illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons

2019 Medal Winner: Hello Lighthouse, illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall
Honor Books:

• Alma and How She Got Her Name, illustrated and written by Juana Martinez-Neal
• A Big Mooncake for Little Star, illustrated and written by Grace Lin
• The Rough Patch, illustrated and written by Brian Lies
• Thank You, Omu!, illustrated and written by Oge Mora

2018 Medal Winner: Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Honor Books:

• Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper
• Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C James
• A Different Pond by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui
• Grand Canyon by Jason Chin

2017 Medal Winner: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Honor Books:

• Leave Me Alone!  by Vera Brosgol
• Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
• Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis
• They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel

2016 Medal Winner: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Honor Books:

• Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews, illustrated by Bryan Collier
• Waiting by Kevin Henkes
• Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson

2015 Medal Winner: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend  by Dan Santat
Honor Books:

• Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo
• The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mary GrandPre
• Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
• The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
• This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

2014 Medal Winner: Locomotive by Brian Floca
Honor Books: 

• Journey by Aaron Becker
• Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle
• Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner

2013 Medal Winner: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Honor Books:

• Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
• Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by David Small
• Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

2012 Medal Winner: A Ball for Daisy by Christopher Raschka
Honor Books:

• Blackout by John Rocco
• Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
• Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell

2011 Medal Winner: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Honor Books:

• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Bryan Collier
• Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

2010 Medal Winner: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Honor Books:       

• All the World by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee  
• Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

2009 Medal Winner: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Honor Books:       

• A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee       
• How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz       
• A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet   

2008 Medal Winner: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Honor Books:       

• Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger       
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís       
• Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems

2007 Medal Winner: Flotsam by David Wiesner
Honor Books:

• Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans
• Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

2006 Medal Winner: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster, illustrated by Christopher Raschka
Honor Books:

• Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier
• Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
• Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
• Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange

2005 Medal Winner: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Honor Books:

• The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
• Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems

2004 Medal Winner: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Honor Books:

• Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
• What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

2003 Medal Winner: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
Honor Books:

• The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi 
• Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty      
• Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney

2002 Medal Winner: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Honor Books:       

• The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian Selznick
• Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier      
• The Stray Dog by Marc Simont   

2001 Medal Winner: So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small
Honor Books:   

• Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer, illustrated by Christopher Bing       
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin
• Olivia by Ian Falconer   

2000 Medal Winner: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
Honor Books:   

• A Child's Calendar by John Updike, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman       
• Sector 7 by David Wiesner   
• When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang       
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney, adapted from Hans Christian Andersen 

1999 Medal Winner: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian
Honor Books:       

• Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
• No, David! by David Shannon       
• Snow by Uri Shulevitz       
• Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís    

1998 Medal Winner: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
Honor Books:       

• The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small      
• Harlem by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers  
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

1997 Medal Winner: Golem by David Wisniewski
Honor Books:       

• Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho, illustrated by Holly Meade       
• The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier       
• The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey       
• Starry Messenger by Peter Sís

1996 Medal Winner: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Honor Books:       

• Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson      
• Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman      
• The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney      
• Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens    

1995 Medal Winner: Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, illustrated by David Diaz
Honor Books:       

• John Henry by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney       
• Swamp Angel by Anne Issacs, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky      
• Time Flies by Eric Rohmann    

1994 Medal Winner: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say, edited by Walter Lorraine
Honor Books:       

• Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone, illustrated by Ted Lewin       
• In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
• Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott       
• Owen by Kevin Henkes       
• Yo! Yes? by Christopher Raschka   

1993 Medal Winner: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Honor Books:       

• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith       
• Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young       
• Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams, illustrated by Carole Byard

1992 Medal Winner: Tuesday by David Wiesner
Honor Book:

• Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold    

1991 Medal Winner: Black and White by David Macaulay
Honor Books:

• Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur, illustrated by Fred Marcellino
• "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams

1990 Medal Winner: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Honor Books:       

• Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet       
• Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert       
• The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney      
• Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

1989 Medal Winner: Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Honor Books:       

• The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Diane Snyder, illustrated by Allen Say      
• Free Fall by David Wiesner       
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
• Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1988 Medal Winner: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
Honor Book:       

• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe    

1987 Medal Winner: Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Richard Egielski
Honor Books:       

• The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi       
• Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald       
• Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky    

1986 Medal Winner: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Honor Books:       

• The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Stephen Gammell      
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood

1985 Medal Winner: Saint George and the Dragon retold by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Honor Books:       

• Hansel and Gretel retold by Rika Lesser, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky      
• Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri       
• The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend retold and illustrated by John Steptoe    

1984 Medal Winner: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
Honor Books:       

• Little Red Riding Hood retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman       
• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

1983 Medal Winner: Shadow by Blaise Cendrars, translated from the original French and illustrated by Marcia Brown     
Honor Books:

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams       
• When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode

1982 Medal Winner: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Honor Books:       

• Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker, illustrated by Stephen Gammell      
• On Market Street by Arnold Lobel, illustrated by Anita Lobel  
• Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak       
• A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen

1981 Medal Winner: Fables by Arnold Lobel
Honor Books:       

• The Bremen-Town Musicians retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume       
• The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang       
• Mice Twice by Joseph Low
• Truck by Donald Crews

1980 Medal Winner: Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Honor Books:

• Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora       
• The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

1979 Medal Winner: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Honor Books:

• Freight Train by Donald Crews       
• The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall

1978 Medal Winner: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
Honor Books:

• Castle by David Macaulay       
• It Could Always Be Worse retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach    

1977 Medal Winner: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
Honor Books:

• The Amazing Bone by William Steig       
• The Contest retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian   
• Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein      
• The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott      
• Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall

1976 Medal Winner: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears retold by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
Honor Books:       

• The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall      
• Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola

1975 Medal Winner: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
Honor Book:

• Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings, illustrated by Tom Feelings   

1974 Medal Winner: Duffy and the Devil retold by Harve Zemach, illustrated by Margot Zemach;
Honor Books:       

• Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers       
• Cathedral by David Macaulay    

1973 Medal Winner: The Funny Little Woman retold by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent
Honor Books:       

• Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott       
• Hosie's Alphabet by Hosea,Tobias & Lisa Baskin, illustrated by Leonard Baskin  
• Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert      
• When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Tom Bahti

1972 Medal Winner: One Fine Day retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Honor Books:       

• Hildilid's Night by Cheli Durán Ryan, illustrated by Arnold Lobel      
• If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska
• Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings, illustrated by Tom Feelings    

1971 Medal Winner: A Story A Story retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
Honor Books:       

• The Angry Moon retold by William Sleator, illustrated by Blair Lent      
• Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel      
• In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak    

1970 Medal Winner: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Honor Books:

• Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats
• Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
• Pop Corn & Ma Goodness by Edna Mitchell Preston, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker       
• Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle       
• The Judge: An Untrue Tale by Harve Zemach, illustrated by Margot Zemach

1969 Medal Winner: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship retold by Arthur Ransome, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Honor Book:       

• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell, illustrated by Blair Lent   

1968 Medal Winner: Drummer Hoff adapted by Barbara Emberley, illustrated by Ed Emberley
Honor Books:       

• Frederick by Leo Lionni       
• Seashore Story by Taro Yashima       
• The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Ed Young

1967 Medal Winner: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
Honor Book:

• One Wide River to Cross adapted by Barbara Emberley, illustrated by Ed Emberley;    

1966 Medal Winner: Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas (pseud. Leclair Alger), illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Honor Books:

• Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin  
• Just Me by Marie Hall Ets       
• Tom Tit Tot retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness

1965 Medal Winner: May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by Beni Montresor
Honor Books:       

• Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer, illustrated by Marvin Bileck  
• The Wave by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Blair Lent  
• A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill, illustrated by Evaline Ness    

1964 Medal Winner: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Honor Books:       

• Swimmy by Leo Lionni       
• All in the Morning Early by Sorche Nic Leodhas (pseud. Leclaire Alger), illustrated by Evaline Ness
• Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes illustrated by Philip Reed    

1963 Medal Winner: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Honor Books:

• The Sun is a Golden Earring by Natalia M. Belting, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson  
• Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

1962 Medal Winner: Once a Mouse retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
Honor Books:

• Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier       
• Little Bear's Visit by Else H. Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak      
• The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up by Alice E. Goudey, illustrated by Adrienne Adams

1961 Medal Winner: Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
Honor Book:

• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

1960 Medal Winner: Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
Honor Books:

• Houses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey, illustrated by Adrienne Adams      
• The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

1959 Medal Winner: Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and  illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Honor Books:

• The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi
• What Do You Say, Dear? by Sesyle Joslin, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
• Umbrella by Taro Yashima

1958 Medal Winner: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Honor Books:

• Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman      
• Anatole and the Cat by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone   

1957 Medal Winner: A Tree is Nice by Janice Udry, illustrated by Marc Simont
Honor Books:

• Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets       
• 1 is One by Tasha Tudor
• Anatole by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone      
• Gillespie and the Guards by Benjamin Elkin, illustrated by James Daugherty  
• Lion by William Pène du Bois    

1956 Medal Winner: Frog Went A-Courtin' retold by John Langstaff, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
Honor Books:

• Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets      
• Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

1955 Medal Winner: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper translated from Charles Perrault and illustrated by Marcia Brown
Honor Books:

• Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli   
• Wheel On The Chimney by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Tibor Gergely
• The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Helen Sewell   

1954 Medal Winner: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Honor Books:

• Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Robert McCloskey  
• When Will the World Be Mine? by Miriam Schlein, by Jean Charlot      
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James, illustrated by Marcia Brown      
• A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak      
• Green Eyes by Abe Birnbaum    

1953 Medal Winner: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
Honor Books:       

• Puss in Boots translated from Charles Perrault and illustrated by Marcia Brown      
• One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey       
• Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg      
• The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham      
• Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes

1952 Medal Winner: Finders Keepers by Will, illustrated by Nicolas
Honor Books:       

• Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets      
• Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown       
• All Falling Down by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
• Bear Party by William Pène du Bois       
• Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds

1951 Medal Winner: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
Honor Books:       

• Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown
• The Two Reds  by Will, illustrated by Nicolas
• If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
• The Most Wonderful Doll in the World by Phyllis McGinley, illustrated by Helen Stone  
• T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry

1950 Medal Winner: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
Honor Books:       

• America's Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook, illustrated by Lynd Ward       
• The Wild Birthday Cake by Lavinia R. Davis, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward
• The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Marc Simont      
• Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss  
• Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

1949 Medal Winner: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
Honor Books:       

• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey       
• All Around the Town by Phyllis McGinley, illustrated by Helen Stone      
• Juanita by Leo Politi       
• Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese

1948 Medal Winner: White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
Honor Books:       

• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown       
• McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss      
• Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber      
• Roger and the Fox by Lavinia R. Davis, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward      
• Song of Robin Hood edited by Anne Malcolmson, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton

1947 Medal Winner: The Little Island by Golden MacDonald (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown), illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Honor Books:

• Rain Drop Splash by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard      
• Boats on the River by Marjorie Flack, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum      
• Timothy Turtle by Al Graham, illustrated by Tony Palazzo      
• Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi       
• Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns selected by Opal Wheeler, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey

1946 Medal Winner: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham
Honor Books:       

• Little Lost Lamb by Golden MacDonald (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown), illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
• Sing Mother Goose music by Opal Wheeler, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey  
• My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Becky Reyher, illustrated by Ruth Gannett
• You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese

1945 Medal Winner: Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
Honor Books:       

• Mother Goose illustrated by Tasha Tudor       
• In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets      
• Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli       
• The Christmas Anna Angel by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Kate Seredy   

1944 Medal Winner: Many Moons by James Thurber, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Honor Books:       

• Small Rain: Verses From The Bible selected by Jessie Orton Jones, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones     
• Pierre Pidgeon by Lee Kingman, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare
• The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader       
• A Child's Good Night Book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Jean Charlot  
• Good-Luck Horse by Chih-Yi Chan, illustrated by Plato Chan   

1943 Medal Winner: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Honor Books:       

• Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff       
• Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry    

1942 Medal Winner: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Honor Books:       

• An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham       
• In My Mother's House by Ann Nolan Clark, illustrated by Velino Herrera      
• Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling   
• Nothing At All by Wanda Gág    

1941 Medal Winner: They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
Honor Book:       

• April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry    

1940 Medal Winner: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Honor Books:       

• Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader       
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans       
• The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford

1939 Medal Winner: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
Honor Books:

• Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty       
• Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry       
• The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer       
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág       
• Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson   

1938 Medal Winner: Animals of the Bible: a picture book selected by Helen Dean Fish, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
Honor Books:       

• Four and Twenty Blackbirds compiled by Helen Dean Fish, illustrated by Robert Lawson  
• Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff