Teach with Caldecott Medal Winners

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We've gathered the winners of the Caldecott Awards, including this year's titles. Many of these titles have online teaching plans, author biographies, and author interview transcripts.

Year	Book Title	Lesson Ideas
2007	Flotsam by David Wiesner
2006	The Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka	Author Biography
2005	Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes	Author Biography
2004	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
2003	My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
2002	The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
2001	So You Want to Be President?,Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George	Teaching Plan
2000	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
1999	Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian; text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1998	Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
1997	Golem by David Wisniewski
1996	Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann	Discussion Guide Story Extension
1995	Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text by Eve Bunting	Eve Bunting's Biography David Diaz Biography
1994	Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; edited by Walter Lorraine	Author Biography Author Interview
1993	Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully	Discussion Guide Author Biography Author Interview
1992	Tuesday by David Wiesner
1991	Black and White by David Macaulay
1990	Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young	Teaching Plan Author Biography
1989	Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text by Karen Ackerman	Discussion Guide Story Extensions
1988	Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen	Teaching Ideas and Author Study
1987	Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text by Arthur Yorinks
1986	The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg	Author Biography Author Interview Slideshow of Illustrations
1985	Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; retold by Margaret Hodges
1984	The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen	Lesson Plan
1983	Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars
1982	Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg	Author Biography Author Interview
1981	Fables by Arnold Lobel	Discussion Guide Story Extensions
1980	Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text by Donald Hall	Discussion Guide Teaching Plan
1979	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble	Discussion Guide Story Extension
1978	Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
1977	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text by Margaret Musgrove	Diane Dillon's Biography Leo Dillon's Biography
1976	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; retold by Verna Aardema	Diane Dillon's Biography Leo Dillon's Biography
1975	Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
1974	Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
1973	The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; retold by Arlene Mosel
1972	One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
1971	A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
1970	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
1969	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; retold by Arthur Ransome
1968	Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; adapted by Barbara Emberley	Author Biography Author Interview
1967	Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
1966	Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]
1965	May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
1964	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
1963	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats	Discussion Guide
1962	Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
1961	Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; tex by Ruth Robbins
1960	Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
1959	Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text by adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney
1958	Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
1957	A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text by Janice Udry
1956	Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff
1955	Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
1954	Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
1953	The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
1952	Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]
1951	The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
1950	Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
1949	The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
1948	White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
1947	The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]
1946	The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham
1945	Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text by Rachel Field
1944	Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text by James Thurber
1943	The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
1942	Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey	Writing Prompt Story Extensions
1941	They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
1940	Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
1939	Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
1938	Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish

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