1979-1970 Caldecott Medal Award Winning Books

1979

• The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble**
• Freight Train written and illustrated by Donald Crews
• The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Peter Parnall

1978

• Noah's Ark written and illustrated by Peter Spier**
• It Could Always Be Worse written and illustrated by Margot Zemach
• Castle written and illustrated by David Macaulay

1977

• Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove and
  illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon**
• The Amazing Bone written and illustrated by William Steig
• Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Peter Parnall
• Fish for Supper written and illustrated by M. B. Goffstein
• The Contest written and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
• The Golem: a Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott

1976

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema and
  illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon**
• The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Peter Parnall
• Strega Nona written and illustrated by Tomie De Paola

1975

• Arrow to the Sun written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott**
• Jambo Means Hello by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by Tom Feelings

1974

• Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach and illustrated by Margot Zemach**
• Three Jovil Huntsmen written and illustrated by Susan Jeffers
• Cathedral: the Story of its Construction written and
  illustrated by David Macaulay

1973

• The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent**
• Anansi the Spider written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
• Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs by Nancy Ekholm
• When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Tom Bahti
• Helois's Alphabet written and illustrated by Hosea Baskin

1972

• One Fine Day written and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian**
• Hildid's Night by Arnold Lobel and illustrated by Chelidran Ryan
• Moja Means One by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by Tom Feelings
• If All the Seas Were One Sea written and illustrated by Janna Domanska

1971

• A Story, A Story: an African Tale written and illustrated by Gail Haley**
• The Angry Moon by William Sleator and illustrated by Blair Lent
• Frog and Toad Are Friends written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel

1970

• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble written and
  illustrated by William Steig**
• Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse written and
  illustrated by Leo Lionni
• In the Night Kitchen written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
• Pop Corn and Ma Goodness by Edna Mitchell Preston and
  illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
• Goggles written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Judge by Harve Zemach and illustrated by Margot Zemach
• Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle

** award winner