Caldecott Medal Winners

The author celebrates the beauty and joy found in the everyday world and captures the wonder of young children as they discover the simple pleasure trees give to those who take the time to enjoy them.

Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.

When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.

When a wolf cub and little girl are lost in a snowstorm they must find their way home.

In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.

Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.