Children's Book Award Winners

Caldecott Awards | Newbery Award | Charlie May Simon Award | Coretta Scott King Award

Caldecott Awards

[Web site] Awarded to to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

2008 - The Invention of Hugo Cabret	PZ7 .S464i
2007 - Flotsam - David Wiesner	PZ7.W351f
2006 - The Hello, Goodbye Window - Norton Juster [Ill. by Chris Raschka],	PZ7.J96h
2005 - Kitten's First Full Moon - Kevin Henkes,	PZ7.H389ki
2004 - The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Mordicai Gerstein,	PZ7.G383m
2003 - My Friend Rabbit - Eric Rohman,	PZ7.R737
2002 - The Three Pigs - David Weisner,	PZ7.W651tp 2001
2001 - So You Want to Be President? - David Small,	PZ9.S139s
2000 - Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - Simms Taback,	PZ7.T112j 1999
1999 - Snowflake Bentley - Mary Azarian,	PZ132.5.M381s
1998 - Rapunzel - Paul O. Zelinsky,	PZ8.Z49r
1997 - Golem - David Wisniewski,	PZ8.1W815g
1996 - Officer Buckle and Gloria - Peggy Rathmann,	PZ7.R234o
1995 - Smoky Night - David Diaz,	PZ7.B942sm
1994 - Grandfather's Journey - Allen Say,	PZ7.S274g
1993 - Mirette on the High Wire - Emily Arnold McCully	PZ7.M133m
1992 - Tuesday - David Wiesner,	PZ7.W651t
1991 - Black and White - David Macaulay,	PZ7.M117b
1990 - Lon Po Po - Ed Young,	PZ8.1.Y71
1989 - Song and Dance Man - [Stephen Gammell], by Karen Ackerman,	PZ7.A182S
1988 - Owl Moon - [John Schoenherr], Jane Yolen,	PZ7.Y54o
1987 - Hey, Al - [Richard Egielski], Arthur Yorinks,	PZ7.V61h
1986 - The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg,	PZ7.V217p
1985 - Saint George and the Dragon - Trina Schart Hyman], Margaret Hodges,	PZ8.1.H689S
1984 - The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot - Alice and Martin Provensen,	PZ9.5.B647p
1983 - Shadow - [Marcia Brown], Blaise Cendrars,	PZ8.3.C395s
1982 - Jumanji - Chris Van Allsburg,	PZ7.V217j
1981 - Fables - Arnold Lobel,	PZ8.2.L797f
1980 - Ox-Cart Man - [Barbara Cooney] Donald Hall,	PZ7.H175o
1979 - The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses - Paul Goble,	PZ8.G575g
1978 - Noah's Ark - Peter Spier,	PZ8.3.R454n
1977 - Ashanti to Zulu - [Leo and Diane Dillon], Margaret Musgrove,	PZ.175.M987a
1976 - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears - [Leo and Diane Dillon], Vera Aardema,	PZ8.1.A113w
1975 - Arrow to the Sun - Gerald McDermott,	PZ8.1.M134a
1974 - Duffy and the Devil - [Margot Zemach], Harve Zemach,	PZ8.1.Z53
1973 - The Funny Little Woman - [Blair Lent], Lafcadio Hearn,	PZ8.1.M898f
1972 - One Fine Day - Nonny Hogrogian,	PZ7.H716o
1971 - A Story A Story - Gail E. Haley,	PZ8.1.H168s
1970 - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - William Steig,	PZ.7.S818s
1969 - The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship - [Uri Shulevitz], Arthur Ransome,	PZ.8.R212f
1968 - Drummer Hoff - [Ed Emberley], Barbara Emberley,	PZ8.3.E53d
1967 - Sam, Bangs & Moonshine - Evaline Ness,	PZ.7.N463s
1966 - Always Room for One More - [Nonny Hogrogian], Sorche Nic Leodhas,	PZ8.3.A395a
1965 - May I Bring a Friend - [Beni Montresor], Beatrice Schenk de Regniers,	PZ7.D431m
1964 - Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak,	PZ8.S474w
1963 - The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats,	PZ7.K25s
1962 - Once a Mouse - Marcia Brown,	PZ8.2.B879o
1961 - Baboushka and the Three Kings - [Nicolas Sidjakov], Ruth Robbins,	PZ8.1.R635b
1960 - Nine Days to Christmas - Marie Hall Etsand Auro Labastida,	PZ7.E85n
1959 - Chanticleer and the Fox - Barbara Cooney,	PZ8.2.C496c
1958 - Time of Wonder - Robert McCloskey,	PZ7.M127t
1957 - A Tree Is Nice - [Marc Simmont], Janice Udry,	PZ137.U21t
1956 - Frog Went A-Courtin' - [Feodor Rojankovsky], John Langstaff,	PZ8.3.F927f
1955 - Cinderella - Marcia Brown,	PZ8.P454b
1954 - Madeline's Rescue - Ludwig Bemelmans,	PZ8.3.B455m
1953 - The Biggest Bear - Lynd Ward,	PZ10.3.W259b
1952 - Finders Keepers - [Nicolas Mordvinoff], Will Lipkind,	PZ 10.3.L764f
1951 - The Egg Tree - Katherine Milhous,	PZ7.M644e
1950 - Song of the Swallows - Leo Politi,	PZ7.P769s
1949 - The Big Snow - Berta and Elmer Hader,	PZ10.3.H128b
1948 - White Snow, Bright Snow - [Roger Duvoisin], Alvin Tresselt,	PZ7.T99wh
1947 - The Little Island - Golden MacDonald,	PZ7B.879l
1946 - The Rooster Crows - Maude and Miska Petersham,	PZ8.3.P484r
1945 - Prayer for a Child - [Elizabeth Orton Jones], Rachel Field,	PZ110.F455p
1944 - Many Moons - James Thurber,	PZ7.T536m
1943 - The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton,	PZ7.B974l
1942 - Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey,	PZ10.3.M127m
1941 - They Were Strong and Good - Robert Lawson,	PZ7.L425t
1940 - Abraham Lincoln - Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire,	PZ9.5.L736da
1939 - Mei Li - Thomas Handforth,	PZ7.H236m
1938 - Animals of the Bible - [Dorothy P. Lathrop], Helen Dean Fish,	PZ110.B582l

Newbery Award

[Web site] Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

2009 - The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman	PZ7 G141g
2008 - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village	PZ7 .S334g
2007 - The Higher Power of Lucky - Susan Patron	PZ7.P314h
2006 - Criss Cross - Lynne Rae Perkins,	PZ7.P448c
2005 - Kira-Kira - Cynthia Kadohata,	PZ7.K11k
2004 - The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo,	PZ8.D525t 2003
2003 - Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi,	PZ7.A957
2002 - A Single Shard - Linda Sue Park,	PZ7.P235s 2001
2001 - A Year Down Yonder - David Small,	PZ7.P637y
2000 - Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis,	PZ7.C978b
1999 - Holes - Louis Sachar,	PZ7.S121h
1998 - Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse,	PZ7. H5870
1997 - View From Saturday - E. L. Konigsburg,	PZ7.K82v
1996 - Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman,	PZ7.C986m
1995 - Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech,	PZ7.C913w
1994 - The Giver - Lois Lowry,	PZ7.L921g
1993 - Missing May - Cynthia Rylant,	PZ7.R994m
1992 - Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,	PZ7.N 333s
1991 - Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli,	PZ7.S757m
1990 - Number the Stars - Lois Lowry,	PZ7.L921n
1989 - Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices - Paul Fleischman,	PZ.8.3.F596j
1988 - Lincoln: A Photobiography - Russell Freedman,	PZ9.5.L736fr 1987
1987 - The Whipping Boy - Sid Fleischman,	PZ7.F596w
1986 - Sarah, Plain and Tall - Patricia MacLachlan,	PZ7.M161s
1985 - The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley,	PZ7.M158h
1984 - Dear Mr. Henshaw - Beverly Cleary,	PZ7. C623d
1983 - Dicey's Song - Cynthia Voight,	PZ7.V891d
1982 - A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers - Nancy Willard,	PZ8.3.W694v
1981 - Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson,	PZ7.P296j
1980 - A Gathering of Days - Joan W. Blos,	PZ7.B656g
1979 - The Westing Game - Joan W. Blos,	PZ7.R225w
1978 - Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson,	PZ7.P296b
1977 - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred D. Taylor,	PZ7.T244r
1976 - The Grey King - Susan Cooper,	PZ7.C778g
1975 - M. C. Higgins, the Great - Virginia Hamilton,	PZ7.H221m
1974 - The Slave Dancer - Paula Fox,	PZ7.F793s
1973 - Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George,	PZ7.G348j
1972 - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Robert C. O'Brien,	PZ.10.3.O13m
1971 - Summer of the Swans - Betsy Byars,	PZ7.B993s
1970 - Sounder - William H. Armstrong,	PZ7.A739s
1969 - The High King - Lloyd Alexander,	PZ7.A376h
1968 - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Bail E. Frankweiler - E. L. Konigsburg,	PZ7.K82f
1967 - Up a Road Slowly - Irene Hunt,	PZ7.H941u
1966 - I, Juan de Pareja - Elizabeth Borton de Trevino,	PZ7.T813i
1965 - Shadow of a Bull - Maia Wojciechowska,	PZ7.W847s
1964 - It's Like This, Cat - Emily Neville,	PZ7.N523i
1963 - A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle,	PZ7.L566w
1962 - The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare,	PZ7.S741b
1961 - Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell,	PZ7.O23i
1960 - Onion John - Joseph Krumgold,	PZ7.K94o
1959 - The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare,	PZ7.S741w
1958 - Rifles for Watie - Harold Keith,	PZ9.K28r
1957 - Miracles on Maple Hill - Virginia Sorensen,	PZ7.S713m
1956 - Carry on, Mr. Bowditch - Jean Lee Latham,	PZ7.L352c
1955 - The Wheel on the School - Meindert DeJong,	PZ7.D327w
1954 - ...And Now Miguel - Joseph Krumgold,	PZ7.K94a
1953 - Secret of the Andes - Ann Nolan Clark,	PZ7.C592s
1952- Ginger Pye - Elenor Estes,	PZ7.E79g
1951 - Amos Fortune Free Man - Elizabeth Yates,	PZ9.5. F745y
1950 - The Door in the Wall - Marguerite de Angeli,	PZ7.D284d
1949 - King of the Wind - Marguerite Henry,	PZ10.3.H523
1948 - The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene du Bois,	PZ7.D816t
1947 - Miss Hickory - Carolyn Bailey,	PZ7.B154m
1946 - Strawberry Girl - Lois Lenski,	PZ7.L573s
1945 - Rabbit Hill - Robert Lawson,	PZ10.3.L425r
1944 - Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes,	PZ7.F692j
1943 - Adam of the Road - Elizabeth Gray,	PZ7.V785a
1942 - The Matchlock Gun - Walter Edmonds,	PZ7.E24m
1941 - Call It Courage - Armstrong Sperry,	PZ8.1.S751c
1940 - Daniel Boone - James Daugherty,	PZ9.5.B724d
1939 - Thimble Summer - Elizabeth Enright,	PZ7.E59t
1938 - The White Stag - Kate Seredy,	PZ8.1.S483w
1937 - Roller Skates - Ruth Sawyer,	PZ7.S271r
1936 - Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Brink,	PZ7.B858c
1935 - Dorby - Monica Shannon,	PZ7.S528d
1934 - Invincible Louisa - Cornelia Meigs,	PZ9.5.A355m
1933 - Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze - Elizabeth Lewis,	PZ7.L673y
1932 - Waterless Mountain - Laura Armer,	PZ7.A728w
1931 - The Cat Who Went to Heaven - Elizabeth Coatsworth,	PZ10.3. C652c
1930 - Hitty, Her First Hundred Years - Rachel Field,	PZ7.F455h
1929 - The Trumpeter of Krakow - Eric P. Kelly,	PZ7.K29t
1928 - Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon - Dhan Mukerji,	PZ138.M953g
1927 - Smoky, the Cow Horse - Will James,	PZ10.3.J29s
1926 - Shen of the Sea - Arthur Chrisman,	PZ7.C554s 1968
1925 - Tales from Silver Lands - Charles Finger,	PZ8.1.F497t
1924 - The Dark Frigate - Charles Hawes,	PZ7.H391d
1923 - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting,	PZ7.L829v
1922 - The Story of Mankind - Henrik Van Loon	PZ170.U261s 1936

Charlie May Simon Award

[Web site] Awarded to an author whose book has been selected through a vote taken by Arkansas school children in grades four, five and six.

2008 - A Dog's Life The Autobiography of a Stray	PZ10.3 M379d
2007, The report card - Andrew Clements	PZ7.C626r 2004
2006, The Tale of Despereaux - Kate D. Damillo,	PZ8.D525t 2003
2005, Loser - Jerry Spinelli,	PZ7.S757l
2002-2003 - Because of Winn Dixie - Kate DiCamillo,	PZ7.D545B
2001-2002 - Ramona's World - Beverly Cleary,	PZ7.C623rw
2000-2001 - Flying Solo - Ralph Fletcher	PZ7.F614f 2000
1999-2000 Saving Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,	PZ7.N333sa
1998-99 Frindle - Andrew Clements,	PZ7.C626f
1997-98 The 13th Floor - Sid Fleischman,	PZ7.F596t
1996-97 The Worst Best School Year Ever - Barbara Robinson,	PZ7.R658w
1995-96 The Secret Funeral of Slim the Snake - Elvira Woodruff,	PZ7.W893s
1994-95 Attaboy, Sam! - Lois Lowry,	PZ7.L921at
1993-94 Shiloh - Phyllis Naylor,	PZ7.N333s
1992-93 The Ghost Inside the Monitor - Margaret J. Anderson,	PZ7.A548g
1991-92 Number The Star - Lois Lowry	PZ7.L921n
1990-91 All About Sam - Lois Lowry	PZ7.L921a
1989-90 There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom - Louis Sachar,	PZ7.S121t
1988-89 The Whipping Boy - Sid Fleischman,	PZ7.F596w
1987-88 Sarah Plain And Tall - Patricia MacLachlan,	PZ7.M161s
1986-87 The Computer Nut - Betsy Byars,	PZ7.B993c
1985-86 My Horrible Secret - Stephen Roos,	PZ7.R781m
1984-85 Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days - Stephen Manes,	PZ7.M247b
1983-84 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Beverly Cleary,	PZ7.C623rq
1982-83 Do Bananas Chew Gum? - Jamie Gilson,	PZ7.G489d
1981-82 All The Money In The World - William Brittain,	PZ7.B862a
1980-81 Banana Twist - Florence Parry Heide	PZ7.H465b 1978
1979-80 The Pinballs - Betsy Byars,	PZ7.B993p
1978-79 Alvin's Swap Shop - Clifford Hicks	PZ7.H631a 1976
1977-78 Shoeshine Girl - Clyde Robert Bulla,	PZ7.B935sh
1976-77 The Ghost On Saturday Night - Sid Fleischman,	PZ7.F596g
1975-76 Big Foot - Hal Evarts	PZ7.E92b 1973
1974-75 Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing - Judy Blume,	PZ7.B6585t
1973-74 The Runt Of Rodgers School - Harold Keith	RZ7.K28r
1972-73 Runaway Ralph - Beverly Cleary,	PZ7.C623ru
1971-72 Big Ben - David Walker,	PZ7.W178b
1970-71 Stripped Ice Cream - Joan Lexau,	PZ7.L679s

Coretta Scott King Award

[Web site] Awarded to an author and an illustrator from the African American community for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year.

[Authors]

2009 - We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball - Kadir Nelson	PZ170 N424w
2008 - Elijah of Buxton - Christopher Paul Curtis	PZ7 .C978e
2007 - Copper sun - Sharon M. Draper	PZ7.D765c
2006 - Day of tears : a novel in dialogue - Julius Lester.	PZ174.L642d
2005 - Remember: The Journey to School Integration - Toni Morrison,	PZ170 .M878r
2004 - The First Part Last - Angela Johnson,	PZ7.J66f 2003
2003 - Bronx Masquerade, Nikki Grimes,	PZ7.G862b
2002 - The Land - Mildred Taylor,	PZ7.T2441a. 2001
2001 - Miracle's Boys - Jacqueline Woodson,	PZ7.W898m
2000 - Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis,	PZ.C978b
1999 - Heaven - Angela Johnson,	PZ7.J66h
1998 - Forged by Fire - Sharon M. Draper,	PZ7.D766f
1997 - Slam! - Walter Dean Myers,	PZ7.M996s
1996 - Her Stories - Virginia Hamilton,	PZ8.1.H221h
1995 - Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters - Patricia and Frederick L. McKissack,	PZ9.M158c
1994 - Toning the Sweep - Angela Johnson,	PZ7.J66t
1993 - The Dark-Thirty - Patricia McKissack,	PZ7.M158d
1992 - Now is Your Time - Walter Dean Myers,	PZ170.M996n
1991 - The Road to Memphis - Mildred D. Taylor,	PZ7.T244ro
1990 - A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter, Patricia & Fredrick McKissack,	PZ125.M158l
1989 - Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers,	PZ7.M996f
1988 - The Friendship - Mildred D. Taylor,	PZ7.T244f
1987 - Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World - Mildred Pitts Walter,	PZ7.W 233j
1986 - The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales - Virginia Hamilton,	PZ8.1.H221p
1985 - Motown and Didi - Walter Dean Myers,	PZ7.M996m
1984 - Everett Anderson's Goodbye - Lucille Clifton,	PZ7.C6392e
1983 - Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush - Virginia Hamilton,	PZ7.H221s
1982 - Let the Circle Be Unbroken - Mildred D. Taylor,	PZ7.T244 l
1981 - This Life - Sidney Poitier,	PN2287.P57 A37 1980
1980 - The Young Landlords - Walter Dean Myers,	PZ7.M996y
1979 - Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass - Ossie Davis,	PZ9.5.D737d
1979 - Justice and Her Brothers - Virginia Hamilton,	PZ.7H221ju
1978 - Africa Dream - Eloise Greenfield,	PZ7.G812a
1977 - The Story of Stevie Wonder - James Haskins	Not Available
1976 - Duey's Tale - Pearl Bailey,	PZ7.B155d
1975 - The Legend of Africania - Dorothy Robinson,	PZ7.R659L
1974 - Ray Charles - Sharon Bell Mathis,	PZ9.5 C476r
1973 - I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson - Alfred Duckett,	GV.865.R6 A29 1972
1972 - Seventeen Black Artists - Elton C. Fax,	N6538.N5 F3
1971 - Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes - Charlemae Hill Rollins,	PS3515.u274Z77
1970 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace - Lillie Patterson	PZ9.5.K53p

[Illustrators]

2009 - The Blacker The Berry - Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper	PZ8.3 T458b
2008 - Let it shine : Three Favorite Spirituals - Ashley Bryan, illustrated by Ashley Bryan	PZ8.1 B915l
2007 - Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson	PZ7 W362m
2006 - Rosa - Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier	PZ9.G512r
2005 - Ellington was not a street - Ntozake Shange ; illustrations by Kadir Nelson.	PZ174.S524e
2004 - Beautiful blackbird - Ashley Bryan	PZ8.1.B915be
2003 - Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman, ill. by E.B. Lewis,	PZ9.5.C692g
2002 - Goin' Someplace Special, ill. by Jerry Pinkney,	PZ7.M158g 2001
2001 - Uptown - ill. by Brian Collier;	PZ7.c699u
2000 - In the Time of the Drums - ill. by Brian Pinkney; text by Kim L. Siegelson	PZ7.S571
1999 - i see the rhythm - ill. by Michele Wood; text by Toyomi Igus,	PZ167.I24i
1998 - In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers -Javaka Steptoe; text by Alan Schroeder,	PZ8.3 I35i
1997 - Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman - Alan Schroeder,	PZ9.5.T885s
1996 - The Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo -Tom Feelings,	PZ160.F295m
1995 - The Creation - [James E. Ransome], by James Weldon Johnson,	PZ8.1.J67c
1994 - Soul Looks Back in Wonder - Tom Feelings,	PZ8.3.S722s
1993 - The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth - Kathleen Atkins Wilson,	PZ8.1.A546o
1992 - Tar Beach - Faith Ringgold,	PZ7.R582t
1991 - Aida - [Leo and Diane Dillon], by Leontyne Price,	PZ9.5.A288v
1990 - Nathaniel Talking - [Jan Spivey Gilchrist], by Eloise Greenfield,	PZ8.3.G812n
1989 - Mirandy and Brother Wind - [Jerry Pinkney], by Patricia C. McKissack,	PZ7.M158m
1988 - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - John Steptoe,	PZ8.S837m
1987 - Half a Moon and One Whole Star - [Jerry Pinkney], by Crescent Dragonwagon,	PZ8.3 .D759h
1986 - The Patchwork Quilt - [Jerry Pinkney], by Valerie Flournoy,	PZ7.F643p
1984 - My Mama Needs Me - [Pat Cummings], by Mildred Pitts Walter,	PZ7.W233m
1983 - Black Child - Peter Magubane,	DT763.6.M33 1982
1982 - Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal - [John Steptoe], translated by Rosa Guy,	PZ8.1.D593m
1981 - Beat the Story Drum Pum-Pum - Ashley Bryan,	PZ8.1.B91Sb
1980 - Cornrows - [Carole Byard], by Camille Yarbrough,	PZ7.Y26c
1979 - Something on My Mind - [Tom Feelings], by Nikki Grimes,	PZ7.G862s 1978
1974 - Ray Charles - [George Ford], by Sharon Bell Mathis,	PZ9.5.C476r