The Caldecott Medal has been awarded annually since 1938 to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children published during the previous year.

Caldecott Honor Books

Newbery Medal Winners
Newbery Honor Books
Notable Childrens Books
Best Books for Young Adults
Quick Picks for Young Adults

National Book Award

Where the Wild Things Are (1964)
Story and full-color pictures
by Maurice Sendak

Chanticleer and the Fox (1959)
By Geoffrey Chaucer
Retold with pictures in five and two colors
by Barbara Cooney

A Tree Is Nice (1957)
By Janice May Udry
Pictures in full color by Marc Simont

Animals of the Bible (1938)
Pictures by Dorothy P. Lathrop
With text selected by Helen Dean Fish from
the King James Bible