Research Guides: Children's literature--Lexington: Children's Book Award Winners

What are the Newbery and Caldecott Awards?

The John Newbery Medal and the Randolph Caldecott Medal are awards given annually by the American Library Association to distinguished works of children's literature.

List of Caldecott Medal Winners
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
List of Newbery Medal Winners
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Caldecott Medal Books

Flotsam by David Wiesner
Call Number: JF W
Publication Date: 2006
*Caldecott Medal winner*
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Call Number: JF C
Publication Date: 1996
*Caldecott honor winner*
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
Call Number: JF S
Publication Date: 2008
*Caldecott Medal winner*
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: JF P
Publication Date: 2009
*Caldecott Medal winner*
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Call Number: JF G
Publication Date: 2003
*Caldecott Medal winner*
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
Call Number: JF R
Publication Date: 2002
*Caldecott Medal Winner*
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Call Number: JF S
Publication Date: 2010
*Caldecott Medal winner*
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
Call Number: JF A
Publication Date: 1975
*Caldecott Medal winner*

Newbery Medal Books

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic 1793 by Jim Murphy
Call Number: JF M
Publication Date: 2003
*Newbery honor winner*
Recommended for grades 5-9
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: 811.54 W898b 2014
Publication Date: 2014
*Newbery honor winner*
Recommended for grades 6-12
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: JF C
Publication Date: 2004
*Newbery Medal winner*
Recommended for grades 4-7
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Call Number: JF L
Publication Date: 2002
*Newbery Medal winner*
Recommended for grades 6-9
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Call Number: JF P
Publication Date: 2010
*Newbery Honor winner*
Recommended for grades 4-7
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: JF K
Publication Date: 2004
*Newbery Medal winner*
Recommended for grades 6-9
The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Call Number: JF M
Publication Date: 1996
*Newbery honor winner*
Recommended for grades 4-7
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Call Number: JF S
Publication Date: 2010
*Newbery Medal winner*
Recommended for grades 4-7