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:
Creepy Carrots! (2013)
Author(s):
Aaron Reynolds
Illustrator(s):
Peter Brown
Extra Yarn (2013)
Author(s):
Mac Barnett
Illustrator(s):
Jon Klassen
Green (2013)
Author(s):
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Illustrator(s):
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
One Cool Friend (2013)
Author(s):
Toni Buzzeo
Illustrator(s):
David Small
Sleep Like a Tiger (2013)
Author(s):
Mary Logue
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Zagarenski
Journey (2014)
Author(s):
Aaron Becker
Illustrator(s):
Aaron Becker
Flora and the Flamingo (2014)
Author(s):
Molly Idle
Illustrator(s):
Molly Idle
Nana in the City (2015)
Author(s):
Lauren Castillo
Illustrator(s):
Lauren Castillo
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art (2015)
Author(s):
Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator(s):
Mary GrandPré
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (2015)
Author(s):
Mac Barnett
Illustrator(s):
Jon Klassen
Viva Frida (2015)
Author(s):
Yuyi Morales
Illustrator(s):
Yuyi Morales
Tim O’Meara
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (2015)
Author(s):
Jen Bryant
Illustrator(s):
Melissa Sweet
This One Summer (2015)
Author(s):
Mariko Tamaki
Illustrator(s):
Jillian Tamaki
Last Stop on Market Street (2016)
Author(s):
Matt de la Peña
Illustrator(s):
Christian Robinson
Trombone Shorty (2016)
Author(s):
Troy Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Bryan Collier
Waiting (2016)
Author(s):
Kevin Henkes
Illustrator(s):
Kevin Henkes
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (2016)
Author(s):
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator(s):
Ekua Holmes
Leave Me Alone! (2016)
Author(s):
Vera Brosgol
Illustrator(s):
Vera Brosgol
Freedom in Congo Square (2016)
Author(s):
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator(s):
R. Gregory Christie
