Caldecott Medal Winners: 1970s Caldecott Winners

1979 Caldecott Medal Winner
Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

1978 Caldecott Medal Winner
Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.

1977 Caldecott Medal Winner
Explains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

1976 Caldecott Medal Winner
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

1975 Caldecott Medal Winner
An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

1974 Caldecott Medal Winner
The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.

1973 Medal Winner
While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.

1972 Caldecott Medal Winner
After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.

1971 Caldecott Medal Winner
Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.

1970 Caldecott Medal Winner
One rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. But when a lion frightens him on his way home, Sylvester makes a wish that brings unexpected results. How Sylvester is eventually reunited with his loving family and restored to his own donkey self makes a story that is beautifully tender and perfectly joyful.