1949-1938 Caldecott Medal Award Winning Books

1949

The Big Snow [1] written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader**
Fish in the Air written and illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Blueberries for Sal [2] written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey
Juanita written and illustrated by Leo Politi

1948

White Snow, Bright Snow [3] by Alvin Tresselt and
illustrated by Robert Duvoisin**
McElligot's Pool [4] written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss
Stone Soup [5]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 [6]
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 [7] 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 [8] by Tasha Tudor

1944

Many Moons [9] by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin**
Piere Pigeon by Lee Kingman and illustrated by Arnold Bare
A Child's Good Night Book [10] 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 [11] 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 [12] 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 [13] written and illustrated by Holling C. Holling

1941

They Were Strong and Good [14] 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 [15] written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire**
Cock-A-Coodle Doo written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader
Madeline [16] written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans

1939

Mei Le [17] written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth**
Andy and the Lion [18] written and illustrated by James Daugherty
Wee Gills by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson
Barkis [19] written and illustrated by Clare Newberry
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs written and illustrated by Wanda Gág

1938

Animals of the Bible [20] 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

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