Awarded to the illustrator of the most distinguished American Picture book for children

Awarded every year Given by the Association for Library

Service to Children

Must be published in English in the United States

Must be a citizen or resident of the United States.

Must be published the previous year. Chosen by a committee

Started in 1937 by Frederic G. Melcher. Named in honor of nineteenth-century

English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott. The first winner was Animals of the

Bible, A Picture Book , illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop in 1938.

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This Is Not My Hat by J. Klassen – 2013A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka- 2012A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E.

Stead, written by Philip C. Stead- 2011The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pickney -2010Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg- 1982One Fine Day- retold and illustrated by Nonny

Hogrogian- 1972Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak- 1964

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