Randolph Caldecott Award Winning and Honored Books

The Caldecott Medal, established in 1938, was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Learn more about this award at the Caldecott Medal Home Page.

Below are the Caldecott Medal winning and Honor books awarded to Black illustrators or illustrators of books featuring Black characters. In 2024, Vashti Harrison became the first Black woman to win a Caldecott Medal (read more  ▶).

One Book Received The Caldecott Award or Honor in 2007

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

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List Price: $18.99

Disney-Hyperion (Sep 28, 2006)

Picture Book, Fiction, Hardcover, 48 pages

• Caldecott Medal Winner/Honor (2007)
• Top African-American Children’s Book for 2006
• Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book (2007)

ISBN: 9780786851751Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide

Book Description:

This poetic book is a resounding tribute to Tubman s strength, humility, and devotion. With proper reverence, Weatherford and Nelson do justice to the woman who, long ago, earned over and over the name Moses.