Caldecott Medal

Browse Caldecott Medal picture books with exceptional visual storytelling and illustration. These books are especially useful for art-focused read-alouds, design conversations, and families looking for enduring picture book quality.

Kitten's First Full Moon

Kevin Henkes

A determined kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk and chases it into one misadventure after another.

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Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Max sails into a wild kingdom of monsters and returns home changed, hungry, and loved.

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The Hello, Goodbye Window

Norton Juster

Chris Raschka

A girl narrates the rhythms of life with her grandparents through the magical kitchen window she loves best.

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Officer Buckle and Gloria

Peggy Rathmann

A safety officer and his silent police dog become school assembly stars for very different reasons.

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Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

A duck family crosses busy Boston in search of the right place to raise their ducklings.

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Radiant Child

Javaka Steptoe

This biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat connects Black creativity, art-making, and city energy from childhood on.

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The Undefeated

Kwame Alexander

Kadir Nelson

Poetry and portraiture honor Black excellence, grief, resistance, and survival across generations.

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Smoky Night

Eve Bunting

David Diaz

During urban unrest, neighbors divided by prejudice discover shared fear, loss, and responsibility.

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Tuesday

David Wiesner

One ordinary evening turns surreal when frogs begin flying silently across town on their lily pads.

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Mirette on the High Wire

Emily Arnold McCully

An innkeeper's daughter learns the high wire from a retired performer and finds the courage to cross it herself.

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