Caldecott Medal-Winning Books Owned by the Douglas Library

The Douglas Library owns all of the books listed below. Click the title of a book to see if it's available to be loaned.
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2000s | 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s

2000s
2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick
2007 Flotsam by David Wiesner
2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster
2005 Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
2003 My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
2002 The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
2001 So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George
2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

1990s
1999 Snowflake Bentley, illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1998 Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
1997 Golem by David Wisniewski
1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
1995 Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting
1994 Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine
1993 Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
1992 Tuesday by David Wiesner
1991 Black and White by David Macaulay
1990 Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young

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1980s
1989 Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman
1988 Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen
1987 Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks
1986 The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
1985 Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges
1984 The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
1983 Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars
1982 Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
1981 Fables by Arnold Lobel
1980 Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall

1970s
1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
1978 Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove
1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema
1975 Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
1974 Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
1973 The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel
1972 One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
1971 A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

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1960s
1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome
1968 Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
1966 Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]
1965 May I Bring a Friend? Illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
1964 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
1963 The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
1962 Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins
1960 Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida

1950s
1959 Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney
1958 Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
1957 A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry
1956 Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff
1955 Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
1954 Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
1953 The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
1952 Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]

1940s
1949 The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
1942 Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

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