Caldecott Medal Awards 1990s

1999
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

1998
A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

1997
A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.

1996
The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckley safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.

1995
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.

1994
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

1993
Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.

1992
Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.

1991
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story?

1990
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.