Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, the Caldecott Medal 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. In addition to the Caldecott Medal, the committee typically awards Caldecott Honors to other books worthy of attention.

This year the Medal was given to Chooch Helped by Rebecca Lee Kunz and Andrea L. Roger.

Caldecott Honors went to Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo, My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales and C.G. Esperanza, Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang, and Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda and Yuko Shimizu.