Caldecott Medal Winners

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. See the ALA Caldecott Medal website for more information about the award and past winners.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that lead him to become a doctor and a poet.