Caldecott Honor Book
The Caldecott Honor Books are runners-up to the Caldecott Medal, is awarded for the previous year’s most distinguished American picture book for children.
The award was named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
Learn more: official Caldecott Medal and Honor homepage.
Winners:
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride (2006)
Author(s):
Marjorie Priceman
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Priceman
Rosa (2006)
Author(s):
Nikki Giovanni
Illustrator(s):
Bryan Collier
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems (2006)
Author(s):
Joyce Sidman
Illustrator(s):
Beckie Prange
Zen Shorts (2006)
Author(s):
Jon J. Muth
Illustrator(s):
Jon J. Muth
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet (2007)
Author(s):
David McLimans
Illustrator(s):
David McLimans
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (2007)
Author(s):
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator(s):
Kadir Nelson
First the Egg (2008)
Author(s):
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Illustrator(s):
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad (2008)
Author(s):
Ellen Levine
Illustrator(s):
Kadir Nelson
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity (2008)
Author(s):
Mo Willems
Illustrator(s):
Mo Willems
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (2008)
Author(s):
Peter Sís
Illustrator(s):
Peter Sís
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (2009)
Author(s):
Marla Frazee
Illustrator(s):
Marla Frazee
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams (2009)
Author(s):
Jen Bryant
Illustrator(s):
Melissa Sweet
How I Learned Geography (2009)
Author(s):
Uri Shulevitz
Illustrator(s):
Uri Shulevitz
All the World (2010)
Author(s):
Liz Garton Scanlon
Illustrator(s):
Marla Frazee
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (2010)
Author(s):
Joyce Sidman
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Zagarenski
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave (2011)
Author(s):
Laban Carrick Hill
Illustrator(s):
Bryan Collier
Interrupting Chicken (2011)
Author(s):
David Ezra Stein
Illustrator(s):
David Ezra Stein
Blackout (2012)
Author(s):
John Rocco
Illustrator(s):
John Rocco
Grandpa Green (2012)
Author(s):
Lane Smith
Illustrator(s):
Lane Smith
Me ... Jane (2012)
Author(s):
Patrick McDonnell
Illustrator(s):
Patrick McDonnell
