1949-1938 Caldecott Medal Award Winning Books

1949

• The Big Snow written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader**
• Fish in the Air written and illustrated by Kurt Wiese
• Blueberries for Sal written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey
• Juanita written and illustrated by Leo Politi

1948

• White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt and
  illustrated by Robert Duvoisin**
• McElligot's Pool written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss
• Stone Soup written and illustrated by Marica Brown
• Roger and the Fox by Lavinia Davis and
  illustrated by Hildegard Woodward

1947

• The Little Island by Gorden Macdonald and
  illustrated by Leonard Weisgaard**

1946

• The Rooster Crows
  written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham**
• You Can Write Chinese written and illustrated by Kurt Wiese
• My Mother is the Most Beautiful by Becky Reyher and
  illustrated by Ruth Gannett

1945

• Prayer For a Child by Rachel Field and
  illustrated by Elizabeth Rachel Jones**
• In the Forest written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
• Von E. Wondernose written and
  illustrated by Marguerite De Angeli
• Mother Goose by Tasha Tudor

1944

• Many Moons by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin**
• Piere Pigeon by Lee Kingman and illustrated by Arnold Bare
• A Child's Good Night Book by Margaret Wise Brown and
  illustrated by Jean Charlot
• Good Luck Horse by Chin-Yi Chan and illustrated by Plato Chan

1943

• The Little House written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton**
• Marshmallow written and illustrated by Clare Newberry
• Dash and Dart written and illustrated by Mary and Conrad Buff

1942

• Make Way for Ducklings written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey**
• An American ABC written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham
• Nothing at All written and illustrated by Wanda Gág
• Paddle-To-The-Sea written and illustrated by Holling C. Holling

1941

• They Were Strong and Good written and illustrated by Robert Lawson**
• April's Kitten written and illustrated by Clare Newberry
• Timothy Turtle by Al Graham and illustrated by Tony Palazzo

1940

• Abraham Lincoln written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire**
• Cock-A-Coodle Doo written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader
• Madeline written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans

1939

• Mei Le written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth**
• Andy and the Lion written and illustrated by James Daugherty
• Wee Gills by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson
• Barkis written and illustrated by Clare Newberry
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs written and illustrated by Wanda Gág

1938

• Animals of the Bible by Helen Dean Fish and
  illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop**
• Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Helen Dean Fish and
  illustrated by Robert Lawson

** award winner