A brief summary of the development of picture books worldwide (focusing on currently published English picture books)

* The fol­low­ing com­pi­la­tion is pri­mar­i­ly orga­nized by pub­li­ca­tion year, focus­ing on Eng­lish pic­ture books (unfor­tu­nate­ly, I don’t under­stand oth­er for­eign lan­guages), and also includes works cur­rent­ly pub­lished in main­land Chi­na (books with quo­ta­tion marks have already been pub­lished in sim­pli­fied Chi­nese). It also heav­i­ly ref­er­ences Peng Yi’s *Pic­ture Books: Read­ing and Clas­sics*. Based on this approach, the results main­ly focus on Calde­cott Medal win­ners from the US and Green­away Medal win­ners from the UK, inevitably omit­ting many excel­lent books and even strug­gling to cov­er works from Aus­tralia. There­fore, even this analy­sis of the devel­op­ment of Eng­lish pic­ture books is still some­what incom­plete, but it’s bet­ter than noth­ing. (A‑Jia, Sep­tem­ber 2011, Hefei; revised Sep­tem­ber 24, 2011; revised July 11, 2012, and March 14, 2015)

☆ Fur­ther ref­er­ence:

Mas­ters of the art of sto­ry­telling for chil­dren(one) (two) (three) (Four) (five) (six) (sev­en) (eight) Tail

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1902The Tale of Peter Rab­bit
Orig­i­nal title: The
Tale of Peter Rab­bit
The Tale of Peter Rab­bit by Beat­rix Pot­ter (Fred­er­ick Warne, 1902)
9,380,274
Author: Beat­rix Pot­ter (UK)
Pot­ter) / Text & Pic­tures
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Fred­er­ick
Warne & Co. 1902
☆
Accord­ing to Pub­lish­ers Week­ly’s 2001 sta­tis­tics, it was the sec­ond best-sell­ing chil­dren’s book (anoth­er glob­al edi­tion sta­tis­tic showed it sold for 45 mil­lion copies, rank­ing it first among pic­ture books).

* The Sto­ry of Lit­tle Ben­jamin Rab­bit
Tale of Ben­jamin Bun­ny (1904)

* The Sto­ry of Two Bad Mice
Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904)

* The Sto­ry of Mr. Jere­my Fish­er­man
Tale of Mr. Jere­my Fish­er (1906)

* The Tom and the Cat Sto­ry
Tale of Tom Kit­ten (1907)

* The Tale of Jemi­ma Pad­dle Duck
Tale of Jemi­ma Pud­dle-Duck (1908)

* The Sto­ry of the Lit­tle Rab­bit
Tale of the Flop­sy Bun­nies (1909)

* The Sto­ry of John­ny the City Rat
Tale of John­ny Town-Mouse (1918)

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1928 A Mil­lion Cats
Orig­i­nal title: Mil­lions
of Cats
Author: Wan­da Geiger (USA)
(Gág) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Cow­ard,
McCann. 1928
☆1929 New­bery Medal Sil­ver Medal

Snow White and the Sev­en Dwarfs by Wan­da Gág
(Cow­ard)
☆1939 Calde­cott Hon­or

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1939The Cow Who Loves Flow­ers

The Sto­ry of Fer­di­nand
Text by Munro Reeve (USA) Illus­tra­tions by Robert Law­son (USA)
☆ A pic­ture book that was once banned in many coun­tries!

1939Made­line
Orig­i­nal title: Made­line
Author: Lud­wig Bemel­mans (USA)
(Bymel­mans) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: The
Viking Presse.1939
☆1940 Calde­cott Hon­or

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1941Make Way for Duck­lings
Orig­i­nal title: Make
Way for Duck­lings
Author: Robert McCloskey (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by McCloskey)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Viking
Press. 1941
☆1942 Calde­cott Medal

1942The Slow­est Pup­py in the World

(US) Janet Spurl­ing Lowry/Text (US) Gus­tav Tenglen/Photos

The Poky Lit­tle Pup­py by Janette Sebring Lowrey
(Gold­en, Gold­en Book, 1942)
14,898,341
☆
The num­ber one best-sell­ing chil­dren’s book in 2001 accord­ing to Pub­lish­ers Week­ly.

1942Lit­tle House
Orig­i­nal title: The
Lit­tle House
Author: Vir­ginia Lee Bur­ton (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Lee Bur­ton)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Houghton
Mif­flin Com­pa­ny. 1942
☆1943 Calde­cott Medal
Mike Mul­li­gan and His Steam Exca­va­tor (1939), Cad­die and a Great Snow­fall (1943), The Sto­ry of Life (1962)

1942Run­away Bun­ny
Orig­i­nal title: The
Run­away Bun­ny
Author: Mar­garet Wise Brown (USA)
Wise Brown/Text, by Clement (USA)
Hurd / Image
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Harp­er
& Row,Publishers,Inc.,New York. 1942

1944In the For­est
Orig­i­nal title: In
the For­est
Author: Marie Hall Itzer (USA)
(Hall Ets) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: The
Viking Presse.1944
☆1945 Calde­cott Hon­or

1945Snow Fes­ti­val Bells
(Switzer­land) Sali­na Kerns
/Article by Alois Karig­it
/picture

☆ Karigitte won the inau­gur­al Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion in 1966.

1946The Island
Orig­i­nal title: The
Lit­tle Island
Author: Mar­garet Wise Brown (USA)
Wise Brown / Arti­cle by Leonard Wis­gard (USA)
Weis­gard / Pho­to
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Dou­ble­day.
1946
☆1947 Calde­cott Medal

1947 “Good­night, Moon”
Orig­i­nal title: Good­night
Moon
author:Author: Mar­garet Wise Brown (USA)
Wise Brown/Text, by Clement (USA)
Hurd / Image
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Harp­er
& Row,Publishers,Inc.,New York. 1947

1947Snow White
Orig­i­nal title: White
Snow, Bright Snow
Author: Alvin Tris­sett (USA)
Tres­selt / Arti­cle
Roger Diva­son (USA)
Duvoisin) / Image
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Lothrop,
1947
☆1948 Calde­cott Medal
☆The artist is also the illus­tra­tor of “The Hap­py Lion”

1948Lit­tle Serge Pick­ing Blue­ber­ries
Orig­i­nal title: Blue­ber­ries
for Sal
Author: Robert McCloskey (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by McCloskey)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Viking
Press.1948
☆1949 Calde­cott Hon­or

1949Impor­tant Book
Orig­i­nal title: The
Impor­tant Book
Author: Mar­garet Wise Brown (USA)
Wise Brown / Arti­cle by Leonard Wis­gard (USA)
Weis­gard / Pho­to
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: (Harp­er)
& Broth­ers, 1949)

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1954Cin­derel­la
Orig­i­nal title: Cin­derel­la,
or the Lit­tle Glass Slip­per
Author: Mar­cia Brown (USA)
Brown)
☆1955 Calde­cott Medal
The illus­tra­tor of “Three Goats Gala Gala”
Three Bil­ly Goats Gruff

1956Good Trees
Orig­i­nal title: A
Tree is Nice (Harp­er)
Author: (US) Mar­co Simon
Simont/Photo (USA) Jan­ice May Wood
Udry) / Arti­cle
☆1957 Calde­cott Medal

1957The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat by Dr.
Dr. Seuss (Ran­dom)
House, 1957) 7,220,982
☆
Pub­lish­ers Week­ly ranked it ninth among the best-sell­ing chil­dren’s books in 2001.

1958Crick­et Tow­er
Orig­i­nal title: Cric­tor
Author: (France) Tomi Unger
(Unger­er) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Dio­genes
Ver­lag AG, Z?rich.1958
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 1998 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist; oth­er works include “The Three Rob­bers”.

1959Lit­tle Blue and Lit­tle Yel­low
Orig­i­nal title: Lit­tle
Blue And Lit­tle Yel­low
Author: Leo Lion­ni (USA)
Lion­ni (Text & Pho­tos)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Mul­ber­ry, 1959

1959“sleep­ing Beau­ty”
Dor­roeschen
(Switzer­land) Felix Hof­mann
(Hoff­mann) / Text and Images

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1960Green Eggs and Ham

Green Eggs and Ham
By Dr. Seuss.
Seuss (Ran­dom House, 1960) 8,143,088
☆
The fourth best-sell­ing chil­dren’s book in 2001 accord­ing to Pub­lish­ers Week­ly.

1961Once Upon a Time There Was a Mouse
Orig­i­nal title: Once
A Mouse…(Scribner)
Author: Mar­cia Brown (USA)
Brown)
☆1962 Calde­cott Medal

1961Fox’s Night Adven­tures
Orig­i­nal title: Fox
Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song
Author: Peter Spi­er (USA)
Spi­er)
☆1962 Calde­cott Hon­or

1962Moon­light
Orig­i­nal title: The
Boy in the Moon
Author: Ib Spang Olsen (Den­mark)
(Spang Olsen) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Gylden­dal
Denmark.1962
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 1972 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist

1962Snowy Day
Orig­i­nal title: The
Snowy Day
Author: Ezra Jack Jez (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Jack Keats)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: The
Viking Press.1962
☆1963 Calde­cott Medal

1962Pulling the Radish

(Rus­sia) A. Tol­stoy / Com­piled (Japan) Risako Uchi­da / Trans­lat­ed (Japan) Tadayoshi Sato / Illus­tra­tion

1963BoA: A Feath­er­less Goose

Bor­ka: The Adven­tures of a Goose With No Feath­ers
John Burn­ing­ham (Eng­lish)
☆ Kate Green­away Medal, 1964

1963Where the Wild Things Are
Orig­i­nal title: Where
the Wild Things Are
Author: Mau­rice Sendak (USA)
Sendak / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Harp­er
& Row .1963
☆1964 Calde­cott Medal
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 1970 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist

1963Lit­tle Black Fish
Orig­i­nal title: Swim­my
Author: Leo Lion­ni (USA)
Lion­ni (Text & Pho­tos)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Alfred
A Knopf, Inc. 1963
☆1964 Calde­cott Hon­or

1963Miffy at the Sea­side
Orig­i­nal title: Nijn­t­je
aan zee
Author: Dick Bruna (Nether­lands)
Bruna (Text & Pho­tos)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Mer­cis
Pub­lish­ing bv.1963

1964The Giv­ing Tree
Orig­i­nal title: The
Giv­ing Tree
Author: Shel Sil­ver­stein (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Sil­ver­stein)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Evil
Eye Music, Inc. 1964
☆
Pub­lish­ers Week­ly ranked it four­teenth among the best-sell­ing chil­dren’s books in 2001.

1967Alfred the Field Mouse
Orig­i­nal title: Fred­er­ick
Author: Leo Lion­ni (USA)
Lion­ni (Text & Pho­tos)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: (Pan­theon). 1967
☆1968 Calde­cott Hon­or

1967Sukh’s White Horse
Orig­i­nal title: “スーホの白い马”
Author: Mon­go­lian folk tale, adapt­ed by Yuzo Otsu­ka (Japan), illus­trat­ed by Sue­kichi Aka­bane (Japan)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Gospelkan Shoten, 1967.
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 1980 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist

1967Peter’s Chair
Orig­i­nal title: Peter’s
Chair
Author: Ezra Jack Keats (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Jack Keats)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Harp­er
Collin.1967

1967Guli and Gul­la
Orig­i­nal title: “ぐりとぐら”
Author: Rieko Nak­a­gawa (Japan) / Text, Yuriko Omu­ra (Japan) / Illus­tra­tion
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Gospelkan Shoten, 1967.

1967Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Are You Look­ing At?
Orig­i­nal title: Brown
Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
Bill Mar­tin (USA)
Mar­tin Jr. / Arti­cle by Eric Car­le
Car­le) / Pho­to

1968Hen Rose Goes for a Walk
Orig­i­nal title: Rosie’s
Walk
Author: Pat Hack­ins (UK)
(Text and pho­tos by Hutchins)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Macmil­lan
.1968
☆ 1974
Pat Hutchins, The Wind Blew

1969Don­key Turns into Stone
Orig­i­nal title: Sylvester
and the Mag­ic Peb­ble
Author: William Stark (USA)
(Steig) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Simon
and Schuster.1969
☆1970 Calde­cott Medal

1969Alexan­der and the Clock­work Mouse
Orig­i­nal title: Alexan­der
and the Wind-Up Mouse
Author: Leo Lion­ni (USA)
Lion­ni (Text & Pho­tos)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: (Pan­theon). 1969
☆1970 Calde­cott Hon­or

1969The Very Hun­gry Cater­pil­lar
Orig­i­nal title: The
Very Hun­gry Cater­pil­lar
Author: Eric Car­le (USA)
(Car­le) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Philomell
Books.1969
☆
Accord­ing to Pub­lish­ers Week­ly’s 2001 sta­tis­tics, the 20th best-sell­ing chil­dren’s book was 4,849,704 copies.
Anoth­er glob­al ver­sion sta­tis­tic is 30.
mil­lion, sec­ond only to Peter Rab­bit

1969My Pet is a Drag­on
Orig­i­nal title: The
Quan­gle Wan­gle’s Hat and The Drag­on of an Ordi­nary Fam­i­ly
Mar­garet Maye
Mahy) / Arti­cle by Helen Oxen­bury
(Oxen­bury) / Pho­to
☆ Helen Burn­ing­ham is the wife of [name of author] and the illus­tra­tor of “Let’s Go Bear Hunt­ing”; she received the Green­away Medal again in 1999.

# 1999 Helen Oxen­bury, Alice’s Adven­tures in
Won­der­land

1969My Dress

(by) Nishi­ma­ki Kayashi / Text and Illus­tra­tions

☆
The most bad­ly read pic­ture books in Japan­ese libraries

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1970sFrog and Toad
Orig­i­nal title: FROG
AND TOAD by Arnold Lobel
Author: Arnold (USA)
Lobel)
☆ “Frog and Toad: Best Friends” won the 1971 Calde­cott Hon­or.
☆ “Frog and Toad: Best Friends” won the 1973 New­bery Hon­or.
☆ “Frog and Toad — Hap­py Times” and “Frog and Toad — Hap­py Year After Year” won the 1976 Amer­i­can Library Asso­ci­a­tion Out­stand­ing Chil­dren’s Book Award.

1970Going on a Riv­er Trip with Uncle Gan
Orig­i­nal title: Mr. Gumpy’s
Out­ing
Author: John Burn­ing­ham (UK)
(Burn­ing­ham) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Jonathan
Cape Ltd, Lon­don. 1970
☆ 1970 Kate Green­away Medal, UK

1971A Sun­ny Day
Orig­i­nal title: One
Fine Day
Author: (US) Non­nie Hogrokin
(Non­ny)
(Hogro­gian) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: (Macmil­lan). 1971
☆1972 Calde­cott Medal

1971Grand­ma Xi Who Hates the Night

Hildilid’s Night , illus­trat­ed by Arnold Lobel; text: Che­li
Durán
Ryan (Macmil­lan)
(Pho­to by Aino Lobel)
By Kel­ly Durand Ryan (USA)
☆ 1972 Calde­cott Hon­or Medal; Cre­ator of “Frog and Toad”
1971The Mag­ic Tree
Orig­i­nal title: “モチモチの木”
Author: Ryusuke Saito (Japan) / Text · Jiro Tak­i­hei (Japan) / Illus­tra­tion
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Iwasa­ki Shoten, 1971.

1972The Laugh­ing Old Woman Who Lost Her Rice Ball
Orig­i­nal title: The
Fun­ny Lit­tle Woman
Author: Arlene Moser (USA)
Mosel restat­ed
(US) Blair
Lent) Fig­ure
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: (Dut­ton). 1972
☆1973 Calde­cott Medal

 

1973San­ta Claus
Orig­i­nal title:(The Eng­lish word is sen­si­tive, the lit­er­al trans­la­tion is “San­ta Claus”, please check it your­self)
Author: Ray­mond Brig­gs (UK)
(Brig­gs) / Text and Images
☆ Kate Green­away Medal, 1973

1973It’s Not My Fault

(Den­mark) Leif Chris­tensen / Arti­cle
(Den­mark) Dick Stein­berg / Pho­to

1973Ali’s Red Cape

Tom­my Deb­o­rah (USA)
de Pao­la) / Text and Images
☆ Oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “First the Left Foot, Then the Right Foot”, “Grand­ma Upstairs and Grand­ma Down­stairs”, and “The War­rior and the Drag­on”
☆ 1976 Calde­cott Hon­or Medal: Stre­ga
Nona by Tomie de Pao­la (Pren­tice-Hall)

1973Bull­doz­ers roar year after year, and the coun­try­side changes

(Switzer­land) Jörg Müller / Text and Pho­tos
☆ Award­ed the Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist in 1994; oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “The For­est Bear,” “Good­bye, Lit­tle Rab­bit,” “The Stead­fast Lit­tle Tin Sol­dier,” and “The Book With­in a Book.”

1974Lit­tle Mouse’s Vest
Orig­i­nal title: “ねずみくんのチョッキ”
Author: Yoshio Naka­ji­ma (Japan) / Text; Noriko Ueno / Illus­tra­tion
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Poplara, 1974.

1976Big Bear in the For­est
Orig­i­nal title: Der
B?r, der ein B?r bleiben wollte
Author: Jörg Stein­er (Switzer­land)
Stein­er) / Text by Jörg Müller (Switzer­land)
Müller) Image/Original concept/Frantaschlin
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Ver­lag
Sauerländer.1976
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 1994 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist

1976The King Who Likes Big
(Text and illus­tra­tions by Mit­sumasa Anno)
☆ Received the Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion in 1985

1976Ants and Water­mel­ons
(by) Shigeru Tamu­ra / Text and Pho­tos

1977Sal­ly, Stay Away from the Water
Orig­i­nal title: Come
Away from the Water,Shirley
Author: John Burn­ing­ham (UK)
(Burn­ing­ham) / Text & Pho­tos

 

1977The Cat Who Lived a Mil­lion Times
Orig­i­nal title: “One Mil­lion Rebirths”
Author: Yoko Sano (Japan) / Text & Illus­tra­tions
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Kodan­sha, 1977.

1977Noah’s Ark
Orig­i­nal title: Noah’s
Ark
Author: Peter Spi­er (USA)
Spi­er)
☆1978 Calde­cott Hon­or  

1978“snow­man”
Orig­i­nal title: The
Snow­man
Author: Ray­mond Brig­gs (UK)
Brig­gs / Image
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Hamish
Hamil­ton Ltd.1978

1978Oh, Beau­ti­ful Pana­ma
Orig­i­nal title: Oh,
wie sch?n ist Pana­ma
Author: Janosch (Ger­many)

Das Buch erschien am 15. März 1978.
☆ 1979 Ger­man Youth Lit­er­a­ture Prize

1978Song of the Wild Hors­es
Orig­i­nal title: The
Girl Who Loved Wild Hors­es
Author: Paul Gob­let (USA)
(Gob­le) / Text and Images
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: (Brad­bury). 1978
☆1979 Calde­cott Medal

1980Cab­bage Boy
(Japan­ese) Chang Xin­tai

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1981Juman­ji
Orig­i­nal title: Juman­ji
Author: Chris Van Alls­berg (USA)
(Van Alls­burg) / Text & Pho­tos

☆ 1982 Calde­cott Medal

1982Angry Arthur

(Eng­lish) Hiarvin Oram
write
(Japan­ese) Kita­mu­ra Megu­mi
pic­ture
☆ The illus­tra­tor’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “Guess the Eng­lish Alpha­bet” and “My Secret Attic”

1982“The Song of Stray Dogs”
day, a dog
Gabrielle Vin­cent
Vin­cent, 1928
– 2000)

1982Flower Granny
Orig­i­nal title: Miss
Rumphius
Author: Bar­bara Cooney (USA)
(Cooney) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Viking
Press.1982

1983Goril­la
Orig­i­nal title: Goril­la
Author: Antho­ny Browne (UK)
(Browne) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Walk­er
Books Ltd.1983
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 2000 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Artist
☆1983 Kate Green­away Medal (UK)

1983The Most Won­der­ful Egg (by Helm Hein, Ger­many) / Text and Illus­tra­tions
☆ Oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: *The Ele­phan­t’s Arith­metic* (his debut nov­el in 1976), *Good Friends*, and *Friends of Old Kimu­ra*.

1984Croc­o­diles are afraid of the den­tist
(Japan) Gomi Taro
☆ Oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “Whale”, “The Bus Arrived”, and “The Calf’s Spring”

1984The Bad­ger’s Gift
Orig­i­nal title: Bad­ger’s
Part­ing Gifts
Author: Susan Barre (UK)
(Var­ley) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Ander­sen
Press Ltd.1984

1985Lit­tle Flow­ers on the Barbed Wire

(Italy) Christophe Greiz / Arti­cle
(Italy) Rober­to Inno­cen­ti / Pho­to
☆ Received the Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion in 2008. Oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: *The Last Sanc­tu­ary* and *The Star of David*.

1985If You Give a Mouse a Cook­ie
Orig­i­nal title: If
You Give a Mouse a Cook­ie
Author: Lau­ra Joffe Numeroff (USA)
Writ­ten by Joffe Numeroff, by Feli­cia Bond (USA)
Bond) / Pic­ture
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Harper­Collins
Publishers.1985

1985The Polar Express
Orig­i­nal title: The
Polar Express
Author: Chris Van Alls­berg (USA)
(Van Alls­burg) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Houghton
Mifflin.1985
☆ 1986 Calde­cott Medal

1987Watch­ing Owls Under the Moon
Orig­i­nal title: Owl
Moon
Author: Jane Yolen (USA)
By Yolen / Writ­ten by John Schoen­berg (USA)
(Schoen­herr) / Image
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Philomell
Books.1987
☆1988 Calde­cott Medal

1987The Clever Chameleon

Crafty Chameleon
(By) Mor­win Hay­dis
Adri­enne Ken­n­away (UK)
Ken­n­away / Pho­to
☆ Kate Green­away Medal, 1987

1988Singing and Danc­ing Grand­pa
Orig­i­nal title: Song
and Dance Man (Knopf)
Author: Karen Ack­er­man (USA)
(Ack­er­man) / Arti­cle
Stephen Gam­mel (USA)
Gam­mell) / Image
☆1989 Calde­cott Medal

1988Can’t you sleep?

Orig­i­nal title: Can’t
You Sleep Lit­tle Bear?
Author: Mar­tin Wed­dell (Ire­land)
Wad­dell) / By Bar­bara Firth
Firth / Image
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Walk­er
Books.1988
☆A rep­re­sen­ta­tive work by the win­ner of the 2004 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Best Writer
☆1988 Kate Green­away Medal, UK

1989Grand­ma Wolf
Orig­i­nal title: Lon
Po Po: A Red-Rid­ing Hood Sto­ry from Chi­na (Philomel)
Author: Ed Yang (USA)
(Young) / Text and Pho­tos
☆1990 Calde­cott Medal

1989We’re Going to Catch Bears
Orig­i­nal title: We’re
Going on a Bear Hunt
Author: Michael Rosen (UK)
By Rosen / Writ­ten by Helen Oxen­bury (UK)
(Oxen­bury) / Pho­to
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Walk­er
Books.1989

1989The True Sto­ry of the Three Lit­tle Pigs
Orig­i­nal title: The
True Sto­ry of the 3 Lit­tle Pigs
Author: Jon Schiska (USA)
Sci­esz­ka) / Text by Lane Smith (USA)
Smith (pic­tured)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Puf­fin
Books.1989

1989Who is hmm­ming on my head?

(Ger­man) Wern­er Holzwart / Arti­cle
(Pho­to by Wolf Elbruch, Ger­many)
☆ Win­ner of the Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion in 2006; Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: “A Bear Who Want­ed to Be a Dad”

1990Shana Wants to Per­form a Cir­cus
Gudrun Mebus
By Mebs / Arti­cle by Quint Bhotz
(Buch­holz) / Pho­to
☆ The painter’s oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “Good Night, Lit­tle Bear”, “The Exit of the Soul”, “Moment Col­lec­tor”, etc.

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1991Mad Tues­day
Orig­i­nal title: Tues­day
Author: David Wies­ner (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Wies­ner)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Clar­i­on
Book.1991
☆1992 Calde­cott Medal

1992Zoo
Antho­ny Browne (UK)
Browne
☆ Kate Green­away Medal, 1992

1992The Sky Under Your Feet

Mirette on the High Wire
by Emi­ly Arnold McCul­ly (Put­nam)
☆ 1993 Calde­cott Medal

1992Sev­en Blind Mice

Sev­en Blind Mice
by Yang Zhicheng Ed
Young (Philomel Books)
☆1993 Calde­cott Hon­or

1992A Col­lec­tion of Hilar­i­ous Sto­ries of the Stinky Cheese Boy

The Stinky Cheese Man and Oth­er Fair­ly Stu­pid Tales , illus­trat­ed
by Lane Smith (USA);
Text: Jon Sci­esz­ka (Viking)
☆1993 Calde­cott Hon­or

1993Stars and Moon
Orig­i­nal title: Stel­lalu­na
Author: Janell Ken­non (USA)
Can­non)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Har­court
(San Diego, CA), 1993

1993“Let’s Go on a Pic­nic” “Ernest & Celes­tine Series”“

Ernest et Céles­tine
vont pique-niquer
Gabrielle Vin­cent
Vin­cent, 1928
– 2000)

1994Good­night, Goril­la
Orig­i­nal title: Good
Night, Goril­la
Author: Peg­gy Rut­man (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Rath­mann)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: GP.
Put­nam’s Sons. 1994

1994Guess How Much I Love You
Orig­i­nal title: Guess
How Much I Love You
Author: Sam McBrat­ney (UK)
Writ­ten by McBrat­ney, by Ani­ta Jeron (UK)
Jeram)/Photo
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Wlk­er
Book Ltd.UK.1994

1995Offi­cer Buck­le and Police Dog Glo­ria
Orig­i­nal title: Offi­cer
Buck­le and Glo­ria (Put­nam)
Author: Peg­gy Rut­man (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Rath­mann)
☆ 1996 Calde­cott Medal

1995The Most Beau­ti­ful Vil­lage in the World—My Home­town
(Japan) Kobayashi Yuta­ka
pic­ture
☆ Oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works by the author include: *A Cir­cus Comes to the Vil­lage* and *36 Degrees North Lat­i­tude*.

1996Oh, Lit­tle Red Rid­ing Hood!
Oops “Lit­tle Pig and the Big Bad Wolf” series

(Text and pho­tos by Col­in McNaughton, UK)

☆ Received the Smar­ties Award in 1996

1996A Train to a Dis­tance

(Amer­i­can) Yves Bunting
write
Ronald Himm­ler (USA)
pic­ture
☆ Bunting’s oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “The Neck­lace of Mem­o­ry”, “Lit­tle Ru’s Pond”, “Grand­pa’s Wall”, “Alice’s Tree”, and “The Most Impor­tant Thing”

1996The Star­ry Mes­sen­ger: Galileo Galilei
Peter Sis­to
☆ The author’s oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “The Tree of Life: The Life of Dar­win”, “Madelin­ka”, and “Madelinka’s Dog”

1997Moment Col­lec­tor
Der
Samm­ler der Augen­blicke by Quint
Buch­holz 
(Ger­man) Kunte Buch­holz
Text and pho­tos
Carl
Hanser (August 1, 1997)

1997Does Grand­pa Wear a Suit?

(Ger­many) Amélie Fried
write
Jacques Gre­tatau (Ger­many)

1998Snow­man 

(By Jacque­line Beg­gs Mar­tin (USA)
(Pho­to by Mary Ezarre)
☆ 1999 Calde­cott Medal

Snowflake Bent­ley, Illus­trat­ed by Mary Azar­i­an, text by Jacque­line
Brig­gs Mar­tin (Houghton)

1998Pump­kin Soup
Soup
Helen Coop­er (UK)
Coop­er
☆ Kate Green­away Medal, 1998
☆ Also a recip­i­ent of the 1996 Green­away Medal:

# 1996 Helen Coop­er, The Baby Who Would­n’t Go To
Bed

1998David, No!
Orig­i­nal title: No,
David!
Author: David Shan­non (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Shan­non)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Scholas­tic, 1998
☆1999 Calde­cott Hon­or

1998It’s Snow­ing

Snow by Uri
Shule­vitz (Far­rar)
☆1999 Calde­cott Hon­or
☆Author of “Dawn”

1999Joseph Had an Old Coat

Joseph Had a Lit­tle Over­coat Simms Taback (USA) Simms Taback (Viking)
☆ 2000 Calde­cott Medal
☆ 1998 Sil­ver Award Win­ner: “An Old Woman Swal­lowed a Fly”

There Was an Old Lady Who Swal­lowed a Fly by Simms Taback
(Viking)

1999Feifei is angry

When Sophie Gets Angry-Real­ly, Real­ly Angry by Mol­ly Bang
(US) Mol­ly Ben (Scholas­tic)
☆2000 Calde­cott Hon­or Medal
☆1981 Calde­cott Hon­or Book: *The Grey-Robed Granny and the Straw­ber­ry Thief*

The Gray Lady and the Straw­ber­ry Snatch­er by Mol­ly Bang (Four
Winds

1999Dream Fac­to­ry No. 7

Sec­tor 7 by David
David Wies­ner (Clar­i­on)
Books
☆2000 Calde­cott Hon­or Medal

1999The Gruffa­lo

The Gruffa­lo by
Julia Don­ald­son, illus­trat­ed by Axel Schef­fler

((Text by Julia Don­ald­son, Illus­tra­tions by Axel Schef­fler)

☆ Win­ner of the Smar­ties Award in 1999; Best-sell­ing pic­ture book in the UK in 2000

Author Julia Don­ald­son was select­ed as the UK’s Chil­dren’s Book Lau­re­ate for 2011–2013.

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2000I Absolute­ly Nev­er Eat Toma­toes
Orig­i­nal title: I
will not ever nev­er eat a toma­to
Author: Lau­ren Child (UK)
Child (Text & Illus­tra­tion)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Orchard
Books.2000
☆2000 Kate Green­away Medal (UK)

2000Olivia
Orig­i­nal title: Olivia
Author: Ian Faulkn­er (USA)
(Fal­con­er) / Text & Pho­tos
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Atheneum
Books.2000
☆2001 Calde­cott Hon­or Award

2000For Whom Does the World Exist?

(By) Tom Ball
(Aus­tralia) Robert Ing­pen / Pho­to

Who Is the World For? by Tom Pow (Author), Robert
Ing­pen (Illus­tra­tor)
☆ Robert Ing­pen, win­ner of the 1986 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion

2001The Three Lit­tle Pigs
Orig­i­nal title: The
Three Pigs
Author: David Wies­ner (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Wies­ner)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Clar­i­on
Books.2001
☆2002 Calde­cott Medal

2001Grand­pa’s Angel (illus­trat­ed by Jut­ta Bal­ven)
☆ Win­ner of the Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion in 2010; Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work also includes: “Yuri, the Lit­tle Ras­cal”.“

2002My Dad’s Name is John­ny

(Swe­den) Poe R. Ham­berg / Arti­cle
(Swe­den) Eva Eriks­son / Pho­to
☆ The illus­tra­tor’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “Grand­pa Becomes a Ghost”

2002The Sto­ry of Peach Blos­som Spring

(Japan) Songju Zhizhu Cai Gao­tu

2002Wes­ley’s King­dom
Wes­lan­dia
Paul Fleis­chmann (USA)
Fleis­chman / Arti­cle
(US) Kevin Hawkes
Hawkes / Image
☆ The illus­tra­tor’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “Library Lion”

2002My Rab­bit Friend
Orig­i­nal title: My
Friend Rab­bit
Author: Eric Nor­man (USA)
(Text and pho­tos by Rohmann)
Orig­i­nal pub­lish­er and first edi­tion date: Roar­ing
Brook.2002
☆2003 Calde­cott Medal

2003Tightrope Walk­er

The Man Who Walked Between the Tow­ers
by Mordi­cai Ger­stein (USA)

(Roar­ing Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
☆ 2004 Calde­cott Medal

2003You Look Deli­cious
(by) Tat­suya Miyan­ishi / Text and Illus­tra­tions
☆ The artist’s oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “Meow”, “The Very Hun­gry Lit­tle Snake”, and the “Dinosaur Heart­warm­ing Sto­ry Pic­ture Book” series

2003The Fox Fairy

(Japan) Awan Kimiko
write
(Japan) Komako Sakai
pic­ture
☆ The illus­tra­tor’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive works include: “I Hate Mom” and “Lit­tle Night Bear”

2004Kit­ten Chas­ing the Moon

Kit­ten’s First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes (USA)

(Green­wil­low Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)
☆ 2005 Calde­cott Medal
☆ 1994 Calde­cott Hon­or Book, *Owen’s Blan­ket*

Owen by Kevin Henkes (Green­wil­low)

2004Gunash Bun­ny: A Cau­tion­ary Tale

Knuf­fle Bun­ny: A Cau­tion­ary Tale
by Mo Willems (USA) (Hype­r­i­on)
Books for Chil­dren
☆ 2005 Calde­cott Hon­or Medal
☆ 2004 Calde­cott Hon­or Book: *Don’t Let the Pigeons Dri­ve the Bus*

Don’t Let the Pigeon Dri­ve the Bus by Mo Willems.
(Hype­r­i­on)
☆ 2008 Calde­cott Hon­or Book: *The Back of the Gun­nash Bun­ny: A Case of Misiden­ti­fi­ca­tion*

Knuf­fle Bun­ny Too: A Case of Mis­tak­en Iden­ti­ty by
Mo Willems (Hype­r­i­on)

2005Wolves

Emi­ly Gravett (Eng­lish)
☆ 2005 Kate Green­away Medal

2005The Mag­ic Win­dow

The Hel­lo, Good­bye Win­dow
Chris Rashica (USA)
Raschka’s draw­ing

Nor­ton Just (USA)
Juster’s arti­cle

(Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Chil­dren)
☆ 2006 Calde­cott Medal

2005The Sto­ry of Zen

Zen Shorts
by Jon J. Muth (Scholas­tic)
Press
☆ 2006 Calde­cott Hon­or Award
☆ The cre­ator of the Three Monks ver­sion of “Stone Soup”

 

2006Secrets of the Seabed

Flot­sam
by David
David Wies­ner (Clar­i­on)
☆ 2007 Calde­cott Medal

2007Hugo the Dream­er

The Inven­tion of Hugo Cabret
Bri­an Selznick (USA)
Press, an imprint of Scholas­tic)
☆ 2008 Calde­cott Medal

2009The Lion and the Mouse

The Lion & the Mouse
Jer­ry Pinkney (Amer­i­can),
Brown & Com­pa­ny
☆ 2010 Calde­cott Medal

2010Amo’s Sick Day

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Stead (USA)
Author: Erin Stead (USA)
pic­ture
☆ 2011 Calde­cott Medal

2011Lind­gren Award
(Aus­tralia) Chen Zhiy­ong: “The Crim­son Tree,” “Arrival,” “Lost and Found”… 

2012This Is Not My Hat
This Is
Not My Hat
((Text and illus­tra­tions by Jon Klassen, USA)
☆ 2013 Calde­cott Medal
Can­dlewick; First Edi­tion edi­tion (Octo­ber 9,
2012)

2012Urban Lit­tle Red Rid­ing Hood
The Girl in Red
(US) Alan Frish­win
Robert Inno­cen­ti
Cre­ative Edi­tions 2012