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My favorite books from this list are The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, Where the Wild Things Are, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Tuesday and Flotsam.

There are four books on here that are not Caldecott Medal winners:
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
The three Bugville Critters books

Thanks Kilian, I removed them from the list. I can understand the mistake with "There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly" since it is a Caldecott Honor. But the other three don't make any sense to me at all.

Additional books that were Honor books, but not winners: Madeline (Bemelmans), Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Willems), Click, Clack, Moo (Cronin).

This list has a number of books that are not Caldecott medal winners, so I made a new list at http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/31... . It's up-to-date and accurate.

Thanks for making updates, Mr. Paul. It's hard to keep the list current and accurate when people vote for books that don't fit. Good luck keeping yours up-to-date and accurate.

Actually, I deleted my list. I thought better of having two lists with the same purpose and did what I should have done from the beginning and just made the updates to your list. I'm a real-life librarian and I like having everything accurate and in its right place! Nitpicking is a professional hazard, I'm afraid.

Even better! Feel free to check in on this list whenever you like to keep it up-to-date. I've deleted books several times, but it's an ongoing task.

Luann wrote: "Even better! Feel free to check in on this list whenever you like to keep it up-to-date. I've deleted books several times, but it's an ongoing task."

#68: The Cinderella edition cover that is showing is not the correct edition. The edition cover that should be showing is the one illustrated by Marcia Brown.

I'm thinking that the Cinderella illustrated by Marcia Brown probably needs to be separated out from the other editions - since the other editions didn't win the Caldecott. Not sure how to do that.

I removed How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?.

Thanks, Jess!

http://www.ala.org/news/press-release...

“Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,” illustrated by Javaka Steptoe is the 2017 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Javaka Steptoe and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Leave Me Alone!” illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership; “Freedom in Congo Square,” illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Little Bee Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing Group; "Du Iz Tak?" illustrated and written by Carson Ellis, and published by Candlewick Press; and "They All Saw a Cat," illustrated and written by Brendan Wenzel and published by Chronicle Books LLC.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...

"Wolf in the Snow," illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell is the 2018 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Feiwel and Friends, an Imprint of Macmillan.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: "Big Cat, little cat," illustrated and written by Elisha Cooper and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership; "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes, and published by Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner Book; "A Different Pond," illustrated by Thi Bui, written by Bao Phi and published by Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint and "Grand Canyon," illustrated and written by Jason Chin, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

Thanks, Mitchell! I've been waiting and waiting and then suddenly the day of the award announcements passed without my notice.

Luann wrote: "Thanks, Mitchell! I've been waiting and waiting and then suddenly the day of the award announcements passed without my notice."

yeah - I was the same way - I saw a comment on one of the other goodreads award lists

From Jan 27, 2020
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2020-youth-media-award-winners/

The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, is the Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Kwame Alexander and published by Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Three Caldecott Honor Books also were named: Bear Came Along, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, written by Richard T. Morris, and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group; Double Bass Blues, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Andrea J. Loney and published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC; and Going Down Home with Daddy, illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons and published by Peachtree Publishers

The Randolph Caldecott Medal, which the American Library Association awards to the most distinguished American picture book for children, went to We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom. The book stresses the urgent need to take care of Earth's water.

We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom, won the 2021 Caldecott medal.
Roaring Brook Press

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

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: “Watercress,” illustrated by Jason Chin, is the 2022 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Andrea Wang and published by Neal Porter Books, Holiday House.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named:

“Have You Ever Seen a Flower?” illustrated and written by Shawn Harris and published by Chronicle Books;

“Mel Fell,” illustrated and written by Corey R. Tabor and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;

“Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre,” illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group; and

“Wonder Walkers,” illustrated and written by Micha Archer and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House.

2023 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: “Hot Dog,” illustrated and written by Doug Salati, is the 2023 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Ain’t Burned All the Bright,” illustrated by Jason Griffin, written by Jason Reynolds and published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing; “Berry Song,” illustrated and written by Michaela Goade and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.; “Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement,” illustrated by Janelle Washington, written by Angela Joy and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; and “Knight Owl,” illustrated and written by Christopher Denise and published by Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: “Big,” illustrated and written by Vashti Harrison, is the 2024 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “In Every Life,” illustrated and written by Marla Frazee and published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter,” illustrated by Molly Mendoza, written by Aida Salazar and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.; “There Was a Party for Langston,” illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey, written by Jason Reynolds and published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing; and “The Truth About Dragons,” illustrated by Hanna Cha, written by Julie Leung and published by Henry Holt and Co., an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group.

Removed Berry Song, was an Honor Book in 2023 but was not the winner

Thanks, Mitchell! I appreciate your help in keeping the list up-to-date and correct.

Luann wrote: "Thanks, Mitchell! I appreciate your help in keeping the list up-to-date and correct."

This list is much easier than the Honor list. I worry that it could easily be missing something or have the wrong book. And there are entirely too many books with only one voter (though a lot better than it used to be).

2025-01-27

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: “Chooch Helped,” illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz and written by Andrea L. Rogers, is the Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: "Home in a Lunchbox," illustrated and written by Cherry Mo and published by Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House; "My Daddy Is a Cowboy," illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, written by Stephanie Seales and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS; "Noodles on a Bicycle," illustrated by Gracey Zhang, written by Kyo Maclear and published by Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House; and "Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains," illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Anita Yasuda and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

2026-01-26

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: “Fireworks,” illustrated by Cátia Chien, written by Matthew Burgess, and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Caldecott Honor Books

“Every Monday Mabel,” illustrated and written by Jashar Awan and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing;

“Our Lake,” illustrated and written by Angie Kang and published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House;

“Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave”, illustrated and written by Drew Beckmeyer and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; and

“Sundust,” illustrated and written by Zeke Peña and published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House.