Award Winners

These are all the books in the ECC that have received one of four awards. Click the links below to jump down the page.

Newbery Medal Winners

Caldecott Medal Winners

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winners

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winners

Newbery Medal Winners

: New Kid by Jerry Craft (2020) F CRA

: Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (2019) F MED

: Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (2018) F KEL

: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (2016). F DEL

: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (2015). F ALE

: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (2014). F DIC

: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (2013). F APP

: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (2012). F Gan

: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (2010). F STE

: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009). F GAI

: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (2008). 812.6 Sch

: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (2007). F Pat

: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (2005). F Kad

: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (2004). F DiC

: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (2003). F AVI

: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2002). F PAR

: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2001). F PEC

: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000). F CUR

: Holes by Louis Sachar (1999). F SAC

: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (1998). F HES

: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (1997). F KON

: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (1996). F CUS

: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (1995). F CRE

: The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994). F Low

: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1993). F RYL

: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1992). F NAY

: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1991). F SPI

: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1990). F LOW

: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (1989). 811.54 Fle

: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (1988). B LIN

: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (1987). F FLE

: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1986). F CAS MAC

: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (1985). F MCK

: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (1984). F CLE

: Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt (1983). F VOI

: A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard (1982). 811.54 Wil

: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (1981). F PAT

: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos (1980). F BLO

: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1979). F RAS

: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1978). F PAT

: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (1977). F TAY

: The Grey King by Susan Cooper (1976). F COO

: MC Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton (1975). F HAM

: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (1974). F FOX

: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (1973). F GEO

: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (1972). F OBR

: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (1971). F BYA

: Sounder by William H. Armstrong (1970). F ARM

: The High King by Lloyd Alexander (1969). F ALE

: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1968). F KON

: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (1966). F TRE

: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska (1965). F WOJ

: It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville (1964). F NEV

: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1963). F LEN

: Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (1962). F SPE

: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (1961). F ODE

: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold (1960). F KRU

: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1959). F SPE

: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith (1958). F KEI

: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen (1957). F SOR

: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong (1955). F DEJ

: …And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold (1954). F KRU

: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark (1953). F CLA

: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (1951). B FOR

: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (1950). F DEA

: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry (1949). F HEN

: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (1946). F LEN

: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (1945). F LAW

: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1944). F FOR

: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry (1941). F SPE

: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty (1940). B Boo

: The White Stag by Kate Seredy (1938). 398.22 Ser

: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (1936). F BRI

: Dobry by Monica Shannon (1935). F SHA

: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs (1934). B Alc

: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer (1932). F ARM

: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth (1931). F COA

: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field (1930). F FIE

: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (1929). F KEL

: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Joseph Finger (1925). 398.2 FIN

Caldecott Medal Winners

: The Undefeated written by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Kadir Nelson, (2020) 811 ALE

: Hello Lighthouse (2019) illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall

: Wolf in the Snow (2018) by Matthew Cordel

: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (2017) B BAS

: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick (2016). F MAT

: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat (2015). E SAN

: Locomotive by Brian Floca (2014). 385.0973 FLO

: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (2013). E KLA

: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (2012). E Ras

: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead (2011). E STE

: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (2010). 398.2 Pin

: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson (2009). E SWA

: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2008). F Sel

: Flotsam by David Wiesner (2007). F WIE

: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster (2006). E JUS

: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (2005). E HEN

: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (2004). NF-PicB 791.3 Ger

: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (2003). E ROH

: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (2002). E WIE

: So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George (2001). 973.099 StG

: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (2000). E TAB

: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (1999). B Ben

: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (1998). 398.2 Zel

: Golem by David Wisniewski (1997). 398.21 Wis

: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (1996). E RAT

: Smoky Night by Eve Bunting (1995). E Bun

: Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say (1994). F SAY

: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (1993). E MCC

: Tuesday by David Wiesner (1992). F WIE

: Black and White by David Macaulay (1991). E MAC

: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (1990). 398.2 You

: Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman (1989). E ACK

: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (1988). F YOL

: Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks (1987). F YOR

: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (1986). F VAN

: Saint George and the Dragon retold by Margaret Hodges (1985). 398.2 Hod

: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (1984). B Ble

: Shadow translated by Marcia Brown; original text in French by Blaise Cendrars (1983). 841.9 Cen

: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (1982). F VAN

: Fables by Arnold Lobel (1981). F LOB

: Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (1980). E Hal

: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (1979). E GOB

: Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier (1978). F SPI

: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove (1977). 960 MUS

: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears retold by Verna Aardema (1976). 98.2 Aar

: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (1975). 398.2 McD

: Duffy and the Devil retold by Harve Zemach (1974). 398.2 Zem

: The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel (1973). 398.2 Mos

: One Fine Day retold by Nonny Hogrogian (1972). E HOG

: A Story A Story retold by Gail E. Haley (1971). 398.24 HAL

: Sylvester And The Magic Pebble by William Steig (1970). F STE

: The Fool of the World by Arthur Ransome (1969). 398.2 Ran

: Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley (1968). 398.8 Emb

: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (1967). F NES

: Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas (1966). E LEO

: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1964). F Sen

: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (1963). E KEA

: Once upon a Mouse retold by Marcia Brown (1962). 398.24 BRO

: Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins (1961). 398.2 Rob

: Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (1959). 821 Cha

: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (1958). F McC

: A Tree Is Nice by Janice Udry (1957). E UDR

: Frog Went A-Courtin’ by John Langstaff (1956). 781.62 Lan

: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault and Marcia Brown (1955). 398.2 Per

: Madeline’s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (1954). E BEM

: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (1953). F WAR

: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (1950). F POL

: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (1949). E HAD

: White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt (1948). F TRE

: The Little Island by Golden MacDonald (1947). E MAC

: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (1946). 398.8 Pet

: Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field (1945). NF-PicB 242 FIE

: Many Moons by James Thurber (1944). F Thu

: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (1943). E BUR

: Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (1942). E McC

: They Were Strong And Good by Robert Lawson (1941). E LAW

: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (1940). B LIN

: Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop (1938). NF-PicB 220.8 LAT

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winners

: New Kid by Jerry Craft (2020) F CRA

: A Few Red Drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 (2019) by Claire Hartfield

: Piecing Me Together (2018) by Renee Watson

: March: Book Three (2017) by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2015). 811.54 WOO

: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (2012). 973 Nel

: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (2011). F Wil

: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (2010). B REE

: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (2009). 796.3 Nel

: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (2008). F CUR

: Copper Sun by Sharon Draper (2007). F DRA

: Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester (2006). F LES

: Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison (2005). NF-PicB 379.2 MOR

: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (2004). F JOH

: Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes (2003). F GRI

: The Land by Mildred Taylor (2002). F TAY

: Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson (2001). F WOO

: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000). F CUR

: Forged By Fire by Sharon Draper (1998). F DRA

: Slam by Walter Dean Myers (1997). F MYE

: Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton (1996). 398.2 HAM

: Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack (1995). 975.03 MCK

: Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson (1994). F JOH

: The Dark-Thirty by Patricia C. McKissack (1993). F McK

: Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers (1992). 973 MYE

: The Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor (1991). F TAY

: A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack (1990). 331.88 MCK

: Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers (1989). F MYE

: The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor (1988). F TAY

: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter (1987). F WAL

: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton (1986). 398.2 HAM

: Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton (1984). E CLI

: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton (1983). F HAM

: Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor (1982). F TAY

: The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers (1980). F MYE

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winners

: The Undefeated written by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Kadir Nelson, (2020) 811 ALE

: The Stuff of Stars written by Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes (2019) 523.1 BAU

: Out of wonder : poems celebrating poets by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth; illustrated by Ekua Holmes (2018) 523.1 BAU

: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (2017) B BAS

: Trombone Shorty written by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and Bill Taylor; pictures by Bryan Collie (2016) 788.9 AND

: Firebird written by Misty Copeland ;illustrated by Christopher Myers (2015) E COP

: Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me written by Daniel Beaty; illustrated by Bryan Collier (2014) F BEA

: Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans (2012). NF-PicB 973.7 Eva

: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave written by Laban Carrick Hill; illustrated by Bryan Collier (2011). NF-PicB 738.092 HIL

: My People written by Langston Hughes illustrated by Charles S. Smith, Jr. (2010). 811.52 Hug

: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom written by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Kadir Nelson (2007). B Tub

: Rosa written by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Bryan Collier (2006). 323 GIO

: Ellington Was Not a Street written by Ntozake Shange; illustrated by Kadir Nelson (2005). 811.54 Sha

: Beautiful Blackbird written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2004). FKL-FYT 398.2 Bry

: Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman written by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by E.B. Lewis (2003). B COL

: Goin’ Someplace Special written by Patricia McKissack; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (2002). F MCK

: Uptown by written and illustrated by Bryan Collier (2001). E COL

: I See the Rhythm written by Toyomi Igus; illustrated by Michele Wood (1999). 780.89 IGU

: The Creation text by James Weldon Johnson; illustrated by James Ransome (1995). 811.52 Joh

: Soul Looks Back in Wonder edited by Phyllis Fogelman; illustrated by Tom Feelings (1994). 811.54 Fee

: Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (1992). E RIN

: Aida illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (1991). 782.1 Pri

: Nathaniel Talking written by Eloise Greenfield by Eloise Greenfield (1990). 323 GIO

: Mirandy and Brother Wind written by Patricia McKissack; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (1989). F MCK

: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (1988). 398.2 Ste

: The Patchwork Quilt illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (1986). F FLO

: Mother Crocodile illustrated by John Steptoe (1982). 398.2 Dio