Caldecott Winners and Caldecott Honors

Wolf in the Snow, illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell 
Honor Books:
  • Big Cat, Little Cat, illustrated and written by Elisha Cooper 
  • Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes 
  • A Different Pond, illustrated by Thi Bui, written by Bao Phi 
  • Grand Canyon, illustrated and written by Jason Chin 

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe 
Honor Books:
  • Leave Me Alone! illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol 
  • Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford 
  • Du Iz Tak? illustrated and written by Carson Ellis 
  • They All Saw a Cat, illustrated and written by Brendan Wenzel 

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick 
Honor Books:
  • Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Troy Andrews and published by 
  • Waiting, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes 
  • Voice of Freedom:  Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Carole Boston Weatherford 
  • Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de la Peña 

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat 
Honor Books:
  • Nana in the City written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo
  • The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, illustrated by Mary GrandPré, written by Barb Rosenstock 
  • Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett 
  • Viva Frida, written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales 
  • The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant 
  • This One Summer, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, written by Mariko Tamaki 

2014 Medal Winner

Locomotive  written and illustrated by Brian Floca 
Honor Books:
  • Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker 
  • Flora and the Flamingo, written and illustrated by Molly Idle 
  • Mr. Wuffles! written and illustrated by David Wiesner 

2013 Medal Winner

This Is Not My Hat  written and illustrated by Jon Klassen 
Honor Books:
  • Creepy Carrots!, illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds 
  • Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett 
  • Green, illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger 
  • One Cool Friend, illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo 
  • Sleep Like a Tiger, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue 

2012 Medal Winner

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka 
Honor Books:
  • Blackout by John Rocco 
  • Grandpa Green by Lane Smith 
  • Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell 

2011 Medal Winner

A Sick Day for Amos McGee  illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead 
Honor Books:
  • Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill 
  • Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein 

 2010 Medal Winner

The Lion & the Mouse  by Jerry Pinkney 
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2009 Medal Winner

The House in the Night  illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson 
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2008 Medal Winner

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 
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2007 Medal Winner

Flotsam by David Wiesner
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2006 Medal Winner

The Hello, Goodbye Window  illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster 
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2005 Medal Winner

Kitten's First Full Moon  by Kevin Henkes 

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2004 Medal Winner

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers  by Mordicai Gerstein

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2003 Medal Winner

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

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2002 Medal Winner

The Three Pigs  by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
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2001 Medal Winner

So You Want to Be President?  illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George 
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2000 Medal Winner

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1999 Medal Winner

Snowflake Bentley  Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin 
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1998 Medal Winner

Rapunzel  by Paul O. Zelinsky
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1997 Medal Winner

Golem by David Wisniewski 
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1996 Medal Winner

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 
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1995 Medal Winner 

Smoky Night , illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting 
Honor Books:
  • John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester 
  • Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs 
  • Time Flies by Eric Rohmann 

1994 Medal Winner

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine 
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1993 Medal Winner 

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully 
 Honor Books:
  • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales , illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka 
  • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young 
  • Working Cotton , illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams 

1992 Medal Winner

Tuesday by David Wiesner 
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1991 Medal Winner

Black and White by David Macaulay 
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1990 Medal Winner

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1989 Medal Winner

Song and Dance Man  illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman 
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1988 Medal Winner

Owl Moon  illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen 
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Members of the 1988 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee: Chair Bette J. Peltola, Gratia Banta, Carolyn J. Bauer, Gayle Cole, Susan L. Golden, Marion Bryan Hanes, Carla D. Hayden, Steven L. Herb, Teresa Poston Heyser, Harry E Jacobson-Beyer, Barbara Z. Kiefer, Susan H. Patron, Connie Pottle, Evelyn C. Walker, Barbara Will.

1987 Medal Winner

Hey, Al  illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
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1986 Medal Winner

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 
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1985 Medal Winner

Saint George and the Dragon , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges 
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1984 Medal Winner

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1983 Medal Winner

Shadow  translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
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1982 Medal Winner

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg 
Honor Books:
  • Where the Buffaloes Begin , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker 
  • On Market Street , illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel 
  • Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak 
  • A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers , illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard 

1981 Medal Winner

Fables by Arnold Lobel 
Honor Books:
  • The Bremen-Town Musicians , retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume 
  • The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang 
  • Mice Twice by Joseph Low 
  • Truck by Donald Crews 

1980 Medal Winner

Ox-Cart Man , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall 
Honor Books:
  • Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora 
  • The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg 
  • The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz 

1979 Medal Winner

Honor Books:
  • Freight Train by Donald Crews 
  • The Way to Start a Day , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor 

1978 Medal Winner

Noah's Ark by Peter Spier 
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1977 Medal Winner

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove 
Honor Books:
  • The Amazing Bone by William Steig 
  • The Contest , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian 
  • Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein 
  • The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott 
  • Hawk, I'm Your Brother , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor 

1976 Medal Winner

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema 
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1975 Medal Winner

Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott 
Honor Books:
  • Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book , illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings 

1974 Medal Winner

Duffy and the Devil  illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach 
Honor Books:
  • Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers 
  • Cathedral by David Macaulay 

1973 Medal Winner

The Funny Little Woman , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel 
Honor Books:
  • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti , adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott 
  • Hosie's Alphabet , illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin 
  • Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs , illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm 
  • When Clay Sings , illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor 

1972 Medal Winner

One Fine Day , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian 
Honor Books:
  • Hildilid's Night , illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan 
  • If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska 
  • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book , illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings 

1971 Medal Winner

A Story A Story , retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley 
Honor Books:
  • The Angry Moon , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator 
  • Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel 
  • In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak 

1970 Medal Winner

Sylvester and the Magic Pebbleby William Steig 
Honor Books:
  • Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats 
  • Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni 
  • Pop Corn & Ma Goodness , illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston 
  • Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle 
  • The Judge: An Untrue Tale , illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach 

1969 Medal Winner

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship , illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome 
Honor Book:
  • Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell 

1968 Medal Winner

Drummer Hoff , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley 
Honor Books:
  • Frederick by Leo Lionni 
  • Seashore Story by Taro Yashima 
  • The Emperor and the Kite , illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen 

1967 Medal Winner

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness 
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1966 Medal Winner

Always Room for One More , illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] 
Honor Books:
  • Hide and Seek Fog , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt 
  • Just Me by Marie Hall Ets 
  • Tom Tit Tot , retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness 

1965 Medal Winner

May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 
Honor Books:
  • Rain Makes Applesauce , illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer 
  • The Wave , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges 
  • A Pocketful of Cricket , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill 

1964 Medal Winner

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 
Honor Books:
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni 
  • All in the Morning Early , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] 
  • Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes , illustrated by Philip Reed 

1963 Medal Winner

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 
Honor Books:
  • The Sun is a Golden Earring , illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting 
  • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow 

1962 Medal Winner

Once a Mouse , retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown 
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1961 Medal Winner

Baboushka and the Three Kings , illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins 
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1960 Medal Winner

Nine Days to Christmas , illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida 
Honor Books:
  • Houses from the Sea , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey 
  • The Moon Jumpers , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry 

1959 Medal Winner

Chanticleer and the Fox , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney 
Honor Books:
  • The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi 
  • What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin
  • Umbrella by Taro Yashima 

1958 Medal Winner

Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Honor Books:
  • Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
  • Anatole and the Cat , illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus 

1957 Medal Winner

A Tree is Nice , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry 
Honor Books:
  • Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets 
  • 1 is One by Tasha Tudor 
  • Anatole , illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus 
  • Gillespie and the Guards , illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin 
  • Lion by William Pène du Bois 

1956 Medal Winner

Frog Went A-Courtin' , illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff 
Honor Books:
  • Play With Me , by Marie Hall Ets 
  • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima 

1955 Medal Winner

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown 
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1954 Medal Winner

Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Honor Books:
  • Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer 
  • When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein 
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James 
  • A Very Special House , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss 
  • Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum 

1953 Medal Winner

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward 
Honor Books:
  • Puss in Boots , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown 
  • One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey 
  • The Storm Book , illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow 
  • Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes 

1952 Medal Winner

Finders Keepers , illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] 
Honor Books:
  • Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets 
  • Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown 
  • All Falling Down , illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion 
  • Bear Party by William Pène du Bois 
  • Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds 

1951 Medal Winner

The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous 
Honor Books:
  • Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown 
  • The Two Reds , ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] 
  • If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] 
  • The Most Wonderful Doll in the World , illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley 
  • T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry 

1950 Medal Winner

Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi 
Honor Books:
  • America's Ethan Allen , illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook 
  • The Wild Birthday Cake , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis 
  • The Happy Day , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) 
  • Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] 
  • Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

1949 Medal Winner

The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
Honor Books:
  • Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey 
  • All Around the Town , illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley 
  • Juanita by Leo Politi 
  • Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese 

1948 Medal Winner

White Snow, Bright Snow , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt 
Honor Books:
  • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown 
  • McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] 
  • Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber 
  • Roger and the Fox , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis 
  • Song of Robin Hood , illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson 

1947 Medal Winner

The Little Island , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] 
Honor Books:
  • Rain Drop Splash , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt 
  • Boats on the River , illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack 
  • Timothy Turtle , illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham 
  • Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi 
  • Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns , illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler 

1946 Medal Winner

The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham 
Honor Books:
  • Little Lost Lamb , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] 
  • Sing Mother Goose , illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler 
  • My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World , illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher 
  • You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese 

1945 Medal Winner

Prayer for a Child , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field 
Honor Books:
  • Mother Goose , illustrated by Tasha Tudor 
  • In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets 
  • Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli 
  • The Christmas Anna Angel , illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer 

1944 Medal Winner

Many Moons , illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber 
Honor Books:
  • Small Rain: Verses From The Bible , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones 
  • Pierre Pidgeon , illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman (Houghton)
  • The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader 
  • A Child's Good Night Book , illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown 
  • Good-Luck Horse , illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan 

1943 Medal Winner 

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 

Honor Books:
  • Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff 
  • Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry 

1942 Medal Winner  

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

Honor Books:
  • An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham 
  • In My Mother's House , illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark 
  • Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling 
  • Nothing At All , by Wanda Gág 

1941 Medal Winner 

They Were Strong and Good  by Robert Lawson 

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1940 Medal Winner 

Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 

Honor Books:
  • Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader 
  • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans 
  • The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford 

1939 Medal Winner  

Mei Li by Thomas Handforth 

Honor Books:
  • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty 
  • Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry 
  • The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer 
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág 
  • Wee Gillis  illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf 

1938 Medal Winner  
Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish 
Honor Books:
  • Four and Twenty Blackbirds  illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish 
  • Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale , retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff