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The Top 10 Best Picture Books – Caldecott Award Winners
Ranking | Items |
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#1 | Where the Wild Things Are |
#2 | Noah’s Ark |
#3 | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales |
#4 | Snowflake Bentley |
#5 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick) |
#6 | The Lion and the Mouse |
#7 | Madeline |
#8 | Make Way for Ducklings |
#9 | Stone Soup |
#10 | Mcelligot’s Pool |

Best Picture Books – Caldecott Award Winners
Rank | Items |
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#1 | Where the Wild Things Are |
#2 | Noah’s Ark |
#3 | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales |
#4 | Snowflake Bentley |
#5 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick) |
#6 | The Lion and the Mouse |
#7 | Madeline |
#8 | Make Way for Ducklings |
#9 | Stone Soup |
#10 | Mcelligot’s Pool |
#11 | Blueberries for Sal (Robert McCloskey) |
#12 | Bartholomew and the Ooblek |
#13 | If I Ran the Zoo |
#14 | The Most Wonderul Doll in the World |
#15 | A Tree Is Nice |
#16 | Anatole |
#17 | Once a Mouse |
#18 | Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes |
#19 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
#20 | Frog and Toad Are Friends (Arnold Lobel) |
#21 | One Fine Day |
#22 | Strega Nona |
#23 | Freight Train |
#24 | Fables |
#25 | Saint George and the Dragon |
#26 | The Story of Jumping Mouse |
#27 | The Relatives Came |
#28 | King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub |
#29 | Hey, Al |
#30 | Lon Po Po |
#31 | The Talking Eggs |
#32 | Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins |
#33 | Puss in Boots |
#34 | Seven Blind Mice |
#35 | Grandfather’s Journey |
#36 | Peppe the Lamplighter |
#37 | In the Small, Small Pond |
#38 | John Henry |
#39 | Officer Buckle and Gloria |
#40 | Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin |
#41 | Tops & Bottoms |
#42 | Hush! a Thai Lullaby |
#43 | The Gardener |
#44 | So You Want to Be President? |
#45 | Casey at the Bat |
#46 | The Spider and the Fly |
#47 | Noah’s Ark |
#48 | What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? |
#49 | Kitten’s First Full Moon (Kevin Henkes) |
#50 | Flotsam |
#51 | Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad |
#52 | First the Egg |
#53 | The House in the Night |
#54 | Sleep Like a Tiger |
#55 | Animals of the Bible |
#56 | Four and Twenty Blackbirds |
#57 | Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale |
#58 | Mei Li |
#59 | Andy and the Lion |
#60 | Barkis |
#61 | The Forest Pool |
#62 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
#63 | Wee Gillis |
#64 | Abraham Lincoln |
#65 | Cock-A-Doodle Doo |
#66 | The Ageless Story |
#67 | They Were Strong and Good |
#68 | April’s Kittens |
#69 | An American ABC |
#70 | In My Mother’s House |
#71 | Paddle-To-The-Sea |
#72 | Nothing at All |
#73 | The Little House |
#74 | Dash and Dart |
#75 | Marshmallow |
#76 | Many Moons |
#77 | Small Rain: Verses From the Bible |
#78 | Pierre Pidgeon |
#79 | The Mighty Hunter |
#80 | A Child’s Good Night Book |
#81 | Good-Luck Horse |
#82 | Prayer for a Child |
#83 | Mother Goose |
#84 | In the Forest |
#85 | Yonie Wondernose |
#86 | The Christmas Anna Angel |
#87 | Little Lost Lamb |
#88 | Sing Mother Goose |
#89 | My Mother Is the Most Beautful Woman in the World |
#90 | You Can Write Chinese |
#91 | The Little Island |
#92 | Rain Drop Splash |
#93 | Boats on the River |
#94 | Timothy Turtle |
#95 | Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns |
#96 | Bambino the Clown |
#97 | Roger and the Fox |
#98 | Song of Robin Hood |
#99 | The Big Snow |
#100 | All Around the Town |
#101 | Juanita |
#102 | Fish in the Air |
#103 | Song of the Swallows |
#104 | America’s Ethan Allen |
#105 | The Wild Birthday Cake |
#106 | The Happy Day |
#107 | Henry Fisherman |
#108 | The Egg Tree |
#109 | Dick Whittington and His Cat |
#110 | The Two Reds |
#111 | T-Bone the Babysitter |
#112 | Finders Keepers |
#113 | Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo |
#114 | Skipper John’s Cook |
#115 | All Falling Down |
#116 | Bear Party |
#117 | Feather Mountain |
#118 | The Biggest Bear |
#119 | Puss in Boots |
#120 | One Morning in Maine |
#121 | Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals |
#122 | The Storm Book |
#123 | Madeline’s Rescue |
#124 | Journey Cake, Ho! |
#125 | When Will the World Be Mine? |
#126 | A Very Special House |
#127 | Green Eyes |
#128 | Steadfast Tin Soldier |
#129 | Five Little Monkeys |
#130 | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper |
#131 | Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes |
#132 | Wheel on the Chimney |
#133 | The Thanksgiving Story |
#134 | Frog Went A-Courtin’ |
#135 | Play With Me |
#136 | Crow Boy |
#137 | Mr. Penny’s Race Horse |
#138 | 1 Is One |
#139 | Gillespie and the Guards |
#140 | Lion |
#141 | Time of Wonder |
#142 | Fly High, Fly Low |
#143 | Anatole and the Cat |
#144 | Chanticleer and the Fox |
#145 | The House That Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques a Batie |
#146 | What Do You Say, Dear |
#147 | Umbrella |
#148 | Nine Days to Christmas |
#149 | Houses From the Sea |
#150 | The Moon Jumpers |
#151 | Baboushka and the Three Kings |
#152 | Inch by Inch |
#153 | Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song |
#154 | Little Bear’s Visit |
#155 | The Sun Is a Golden Earring |
#156 | Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
#157 | Swimmy |
#158 | All in the Morning Early |
#159 | Rain Makes Applesauce |
#160 | The Wave |
#161 | A Pocketful of Cricket |
#162 | Always Room for One More |
#163 | Hide and Seek Fog |
#164 | Just Me |
#165 | Tom Tit Tot |
#166 | Sam Bangs & Moonshine |
#167 | One Wide River to Cross |
#168 | Drummer Hoff |
#169 | Frederick |
#170 | Seashore Story |
#171 | The Emperor and the Kite |
#172 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
#173 | Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky |
#174 | Goggles! |
#175 | Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse |
#176 | Pop Corn & Ma Goodness |
#177 | Thy Friend, Obadiah |
#178 | The Judge: An Untrue Tale |
#179 | A Story a Story |
#180 | The Angry Moon |
#181 | Hildilid’s Night |
#182 | If All the Seas Were One Sea |
#183 | Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book |
#184 | The Funny Little Woman |
#185 | Anansi the Spider: A Story From the Ashanti |
#186 | Hosie’s Alphabet |
#187 | Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs |
#188 | When Clay Sings |
#189 | Duffy and the Devil |
#190 | Three Jovial Huntsmen |
#191 | Cathedral |
#192 | Arrow to the Sun |
#193 | Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book |
#194 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears |
#195 | The Desert Is Theirs |
#196 | Ashanti to Zulu African Tails |
#197 | The Amazing Bone |
#198 | The Contest |
#199 | Fish for Supper |
#200 | Golem |
#201 | Hawk, I’m Your Brother |
#202 | Castle |
#203 | It Could Always Be Worse |
#204 | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
#205 | The Way to Start a Day |
#206 | Ox-Cart Man |
#207 | Ben’s Trumpet |
#208 | The Garden of Abdul Gasazi |
#209 | The Treasure |
#210 | The Bremen-Town Musicians |
#211 | The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher |
#212 | Mice Twice |
#213 | Truck |
#214 | Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg) |
#215 | Where the Buffaloes Begin |
#216 | On Market Street |
#217 | Outside Over There |
#218 | Shadow |
#219 | A Chair for My Mother |
#220 | When I Was Young in the Mountains |
#221 | The Glorious Flight |
#222 | Little Red Riding Hood |
#223 | Hansel and Gretel |
#224 | Have You Seen My Duckling? |
#225 | The Polar Express |
#226 | The Village of Round and Square Houses |
#227 | Alphabatics |
#228 | Rumpelstiltskin |
#229 | Owl Moon |
#230 | Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |
#231 | Song and Dance Man |
#232 | The Boy of the Three Year Nap |
#233 | Free Fall |
#234 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
#235 | Mirandy and Brother Wind |
#236 | Bill Peet: An Autobiography |
#237 | Color Zoo |
#238 | Black and White |
#239 | “More More More” Said the Baby |
#240 | Tuesday |
#241 | Tar Beach |
#242 | Mirette on the High Wire |
#243 | Working Cotton |
#244 | Raven: A Trickster Tale From the Pacific Northwest |
#245 | Owen |
#246 | Smoky Night |
#247 | Swamp Angel |
#248 | Time Flies |
#249 | Alphabet City |
#250 | The Faithful Friend |
#251 | The Graphic Alphabet |
#252 | The Paperboy |
#253 | Starry Messenger |
#254 | Rapunzel |
#255 | Harlem |
#256 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
#257 | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra |
#258 | No, David! |
#259 | Snow |
#260 | Tibet Through the Red Box |
#261 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
#262 | A Child’s Calendar |
#263 | Sector 7 |
#264 | When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry |
#265 | The Ugly Duckling |
#266 | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type |
#267 | The Three Pigs |
#268 | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins |
#269 | Martin’s Big Words |
#270 | My Friend Rabbit |
#271 | Hondo & Fabian |
#272 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
#273 | The Red Book |
#274 | Coming on Home Soon |
#275 | Knuffle Bunny |
#276 | The Hello Goodbye Window |
#277 | Rosa |
#278 | Zen Shorts |
#279 | Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride |
#280 | Song of the Water Boatman: And Other Pond Poems |
#281 | Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet |
#282 | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom |
#283 | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain |
#284 | Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity |
#285 | A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever |
#286 | How I Learned Geography |
#287 | A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams |
#288 | All the World |
#289 | Red Sings the Treetops |
#290 | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave |
#291 | Interrupting Chicken |
#292 | A Ball for Daisy |
#293 | Blackout |
#294 | Grandpa Green |
#295 | Me…Jane |
#296 | This Is Not My Hat |
#297 | Creepy Carrots |
#298 | Extra Yarn |
#299 | Green |
#300 | One Cool Friend |
#301 | The Rooster Crows |
#302 | White Snow Bright Snow |
#303 | In the Night Kitchen |
#304 | A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard (1982) |
#305 | Ten, Nine, Eight |
#306 | Yo? Yes! |
#307 | Olivia |
#308 | The Stray Dog |
#309 | Ella Sarah Gets Dressed |
#310 | Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! |
#311 | A Sick Day For. Amos McGee |