Caldecott Medal

Coretta Scott King Award

Link to:  GA Children's Book Awards

 

Newbery Medal 

Established in 1922, the Newbery Medal is presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. For more information, check the official ALSC Newbery Medal page.

Newbery Winners

• 2008 - Laura Amy Schlitz. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village 
• 2007 - Susan Patron. The Higher Power of Lucky
• 2006 - Lynne Rae Perkins. Criss Cross
• 2005 - Cynthia Kadohata. Kira-Kira
• 2004 - Kate DiCamillo. The Tale of Despereaux
• 2003 - Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead  
• 2002 - Linda Sue Park. A Single Shard  
• 2001 - Richard Peck. A Year Down Yonder
• 2000 - Christopher Paul Curtis. Bud, Not Buddy
• 1999 - Louis Sachar. Holes
• 1998 - Karen Hesse. Out of the Dust
• 1997 - E.L. Konigsburg. The View From Saturday
• 1996 - Karen Cushman. The Midwife's Apprentice
• 1995 - Sharon Creech. Walk Two Moons
• 1994 - Lois Lowry. The Giver
• 1993 - Cynthia Rylant. Missing May
• 1992 - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Shiloh
• 1991 - Jerry Spinelli. Maniac Magee
• 1990 - Lois Lowry. Number the Stars
• 1989 - Paul Fleischman. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
• 1988 - Russell Freedman. Lincoln: A Photobiography
• 1987 - Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy
• 1986 - Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall
• 1985 - Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown
• 1984 - Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw
• 1983 - Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song
• 1982 - Nancy Willard. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
• 1981 - Katherine Paterson. Jacob Have I Loved
• 1980 - Joan Blos. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
• 1979 - Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game
• 1978 - Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia
• 1977 - Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• 1976 - Susan Cooper. The Grey King
• 1975 - Virginia Hamilton. M.C. Higgins, the Great
• 1974 - Paula Fox. The Slave Dancer
• 1973 - Jean Craighead George. Julie of the Wolves
• 1972 - Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• 1971 - Betsy Byars. The Summer of the Swans
• 1970 - William H. Armstrong. Sounder
• 1969 - Lloyd Alexander. The High King
• 1968 - E.L. Konigsburg. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• 1967 - Irene Hunt. Up a Road Slowly
• 1966 - Elizabeth Borton de Treviño. I, Juan de Pareja
• 1965 - Maia Wojciechowska. Shadow of a Bull
• 1964 - Emily C. Neville. It's Like This, Cat
• 1963 - Madeleine L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time
• 1962 - Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow
• 1961 - Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins
• 1960 - John Krumgold. Onion John
• 1959 - Elizabeth George Speare. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• 1958 - Harold V. Keith. Rifles for Watie
• 1957 - Virginia Sorensen. Miracles on Maple Hill
• 1956 - Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
• 1955 - Meindert DeJong. The Wheel on the School
• 1954 - John Krumgold. ... And Now Miguel
• 1953 - Ann Nolan Clark. Secret of the Andes
• 1952 - Eleanor Estes. Ginger Pye
• 1951 - Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune, Free Man
• 1950 - Marguerite de Angeli. The Door in the Wall
• 1949 - Marguerite Henry. King of the Wind
• 1948 - William Pène du Bois. The Twenty-One Balloons
• 1947 - Carolyn S. Bailey. Miss Hickory
• 1946 - Lois Lenski. Strawberry Girl
• 1945 - Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill
• 1944 - Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain
• 1943 - Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road
• 1942 - Walter D. Edmonds. The Matchlock Gun
• 1941 - Armstrong Sperry. Call It Courage
• 1940 - James Daugherty. Daniel Boone
• 1939 - Elizabeth Enright. Thimble Summer
• 1938 - Kate Seredy. The White Stag
• 1937 - Ruth Sawyer. Roller Skates
• 1936 - Carol Ryrie Brink. Caddie Woodlawn
• 1935 - Monica Shannon. Dobry
• 1934 - Cornelia Meigs. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
• 1933 - Elizabeth Lewis. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
• 1932 - Laura Adams Armer. Waterless Mountain
• 1931 - Elizabeth Coatsworth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven
• 1930 - Rachel Field. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
• 1929 - Eric P Kelly. The Trumpeter of Krakow: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century
• 1928 - Dhan Mukerji. Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
• 1927 - Will James. Smoky, the Cow Horse
• 1926 - Arthur Chrisman. Shen of the Sea
• 1925 - Charles Finger. Tales from Silver Lands
• 1924 - Charles Hawes. The Dark Frigate
• 1923 - Hugh Lofting. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
• 1922 - Hendrik Van Loon. The Story of Mankind

Caldecott Medal 

Established in 1938, the Caldecott Medal is presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. For more information, check the official ALSC Caldecott Medal page.

Caldecott Winners

• 2008 - Brian Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret  
• 2007 - David Wiesner. Flotsam
• 2006 - Chris Raschka. Hello, Goodbye Window (Text: Norton Juster)
• 2005 - Kevin Henkes. Kitten's First Full Moon
• 2004 - Mordicai Gerstein. The Man who Walked Between the Towers
• 2003 - Eric Rohmann. My Friend Rabbit
• 2002 - David Wiesner. The Three Pigs 
• 2001 - David Small.So You Want to Be President?(Text: Judith St. George)
• 2000 - Simms Taback. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
• 1999 - Mary Azarian. Snowflake Bentley (Text: Jacqueline Briggs Martin)
• 1998 - Paul O. Zelinsky. Rapunzel
• 1997 - David Wisniewski. Golem
• 1996 - Peggy Rathmann. Officer Buckle and Gloria
• 1995 - David Diaz. Smoky Night (Text: Eve Bunting)
• 1994 - Allen Say. Grandfather's Journey
• 1993 - Emily Arnold McCully. Mirette on the High Wire
• 1992 - David Wiesner. Tuesday
• 1991 - David Macaulay. Black and White
• 1990 - Ed Young. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
• 1989 - Stephen Gammell. Song and Dance Man (Text: Karen Ackerman)
• 1988 - John Schoenherr. Owl Moon (Text: Jane Yolen)
• 1987 - Richard Egielski. Hey, Al (Text: Arthur Yorinks)
• 1986 - Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express
• 1985 - Trina Schart Hyman. Saint George and the Dragon (Text: Margaret Hodges)
• 1984 - Alice and Martin Provensen. The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot
• 1983 - Marcia Brown. Shadow (Text: Blaise Cendrars)
• 1982 - Chris Van Allsburg. Jumanji
• 1981 - Arnold Lobel. Fables
• 1980 - Barbara Cooney. Ox-Cart Man (Text: Donald Hall)
• 1979 - Paul Goble. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
• 1978 - Peter Spier. Noah's Ark (Text: Jacob Revius)
• 1977 - Leo and Diane Dillon. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (Text: Margaret Musgrove)
• 1976 - Leo and Diane Dillon. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale (Text: Verna Aardema)
• 1975 - Gerald McDermott. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
• 1974 - Margot Zemach. Duffy and the Devil (Text: Harve Zemach)
• 1973 - Blair Lent. The Funny Little Woman (Text: Arlene Mosel)
• 1972 - Nonny Hogrogian. One Fine Day
• 1971 - Gail E. Haley. A Story--A Story
• 1970 - William Steig. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
• 1969 - Uri Shulevitz. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Text: Arthur Ransome)
• 1968 - Ed Emberley. Drummer Hoff (Text: Barbara Emberley)
• 1967 - Evaline Ness. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
• 1966 - Nonny Hogrogian. Always Room for One More (Text: Sorche Nic Leodhas)
• 1965 - Beni Montresor. May I Bring a Friend? (Text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers)
• 1964 - Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are
• 1963 - Ezra Jack Keats. The Snowy Day
• 1962 - Marcia Brown. Once a Mouse
• 1961 - Nicolas Sidjakov. Baboushka and the Three Kings (Text: Ruth Robbins)
• 1960 - Marie Hall Ets. Nine Days to Christmas (Text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida)
• 1959 - Barbara Cooney. Chanticleer and the Fox (Text: adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer)
• 1958 - Robert McCloskey. Time of Wonder
• 1957 - Marc Simont. A Tree is Nice (Text: Janice May Udry)
• 1956 - Feodor Rojankovsky. Frog Went A-Courtin' (Text: John Langstaff)
• 1955 - Marcia Brown. Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper (Text: Charles Perrault)
• 1954 - Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline's Rescue
• 1953 - Lynd K. Ward. The Biggest Bear
• 1952 - Nicolas Mordvinoff. Finders Keepers (Text: William Lipkind)
• 1951 - Katherine Milhous. The Egg Tree
• 1950 - Leo Politi. Song of the Swallows
• 1949 - Berta and Elmer Hader. The Big Snow
• 1948 - Roger Duvoisin. White Snow, Bright Snow (Text: Alvin Tresselt)
• 1947 - Leonard Weisgard. The Little Island (Text: Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown])
• 1946 - Maud and Miska Petersham. The Rooster Crows
• 1945 - Elizabeth Orton Jones. Prayer for a Child (Text: Rachel Field)
• 1944 - Louis Slobodkin. Many Moons (Text: James Thurber)
• 1943 - Virginia Lee Burton. The Little House
• 1942 - Robert McClosky. Make Way for Ducklings
• 1941 - Robert Lawson. They Were Strong and Good
• 1940 - Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Abraham Lincoln
• 1939 - Thomas Handforth. Mei Li
• 1938 - Dorothy P. Lathrop. Animals of the Bible

Coretta Scott King Award  

Established in 1969, this award was designed to commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing to work for peace and world brotherhood. Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year. The separate award for illustrator was added in 1979. For more information, check the official EMIERT Coretta Scott King Award Page.

Coretta Scott King Award Winners

• 2008 Text - Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton
  Illustration - Ashley Bryan, Let it Shine  (Text: Ashley Bryan)

• 2007 Text - Sharon Draper. Copper Sun 


Illustration - Kadir Nelson, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Text: Carole Boston Weatherford)

• 2006 Text - Julius Lester, Day of Tear: A Novel in Dialogue 


Illustration - Bryan Collier. Rosa (Text: Nikki Giovanni)

• 2005 Text - Toni Morrison. Remember: The Journey to School Integration 


Illustration - Kadir Nelson. Ellington Was Not A Street (Text: Ntozake Shange)

• 2004 Text - Angela Johnson. The First Part Last


Illustration - Ashley Bryan. Beautiful Blackbird
• 2003 Text - Nikki Grimes, Bronx Masquerade

Illustration - E. B. Lewis, Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
• 2002 Text - Mildred D. Taylor, The Land 

Illustration - Jerry Pinkney, Goin' Someplace Special
• 2001 Text - Jacqueline Woodson, Miracle's Boys
  Illustration - Bryan Collier, Uptown
• 2000 Text - Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy
  Illustration - Brian Pinkney, In the Time of the Drums
• 1999 Text - Angela Johnson, Heaven
  Illustration - Michelle Wood, I See The Rhythm
• 1998 Text - Sharon M. Draper, Forged by Fire
  Illustration - Javaka Steptoe, In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
• 1997 Text - Walter Dean Myers, Slam!
  Illustration - Jerry Pinkney, Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, written by Alan Schroeder (Dial Books for Young Readers)
• 1996 Text - Virginia Hamilton, Her Stories, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
  Illustration - Tom Feelings, The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo (Introduction by John Henrik Clarke)
• 1995 Text - Patricia and Frederick McKissack, Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
  Illustration - James Ransome, The Creation (Text: James Weldon Johnson)
• 1994 Text - Angela Johnson, Toning the Sweep
  Illustration - Tom Feelings, Soul Looks Back in Wonder
• 1993 Text - Patrica McKissack, The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
  Illustration - Kathleen Atkins Wilson, The Origin Of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth (Text: David A. Anderson)
• 1992 Text - Walter Dean Myers, Now Is Your Time! The Africian-Americian Struggle for Freedom
  Illustration - Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach
• 1991 Text - Mildred D. Taylor - The Road To Memphis
  Illustration - Leo and Diane Dillon, Aida (Text: Leontyne Price)
• 1990 Text - Patricia and Frederick McKissack, A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
  Illustration - Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Nathaniel Talking (Text: Eloise Greenfield)
• 1989 Text - Walter Dean Myers, Fallen Angels
  Illustration - Jerry Pinkney, Mirandy And Brother Wind (Text:Patricia McKissack)
• 1988 Text - Mildred D. Taylor, The Friendship
  Illustration - John Steptoe, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
• 1987 Text - Mildred Pitts Walter, Justin And The Best Biscuits In The World
  Illustration - Jerry Pinkey, Half A Moon And One Whole Star (Text: Crecent Dragonwagon)
• 1986 Text - Virgina Hamilton, The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
  Illustration - Jerry Pinkney, The Patchwork Quilt (Text: Valerie Flournoy)
• 1985 Text - Walter Dean Myers, Motown and Didi
  Illustration - No award given.
• 1984 Text - Lucille Clifton Everett Anderson's Goodbye
  Illustration - Pat Cummings, My Mama Needs Me (Text: Mildred Pitts Walter)
• 1983 Text - Virgina Hamilton, Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
  Illustration - Peter Magubane, Black Child
• 1982 Text - Mildred D. Taylor, Let the Circle Be Unbroken
  Illustration - John Steptoe, Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale From Senegal (Text adapted by Rosa Guy)
• 1981 Text - Sidney Poitier, This Life
  Illustration - Ashley Bryan, Beat The Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
• 1980 Text - Walter Dean Myers, The Young Landlords
  Illustration - Carole Byard, Cornrows (Text: Camille Yarbrough)
• 1979 Text - Ossie Davis, Escape To Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass
  Illustration - Tom Feelings, Something On My Mind (Text: Nikki Grimes)
• 1978 Eloise Greenfield, text, and Carole Byard, illustration, Africa Dream
• 1977 James Haskins, The Story Of Stevie Wonder
• 1976 Pearl Baily, Duey's Tale
• 1975 Dorothy Robinson, text, and Herbert Temple, illustration, The Legend Of Africania
• 1974 Sharon Bell Mathis, text, and George Ford, illustration, Ray Charles
• 1973 Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett, I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
• 1972 Elton C. Fax, Seventeen Black Artists
• 1971 Charlemae H. Rollins, Black Troubador: Langston Hughes
• 1970 Lillie Patterson, Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace