Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video
Year Title Producers Studios Comments
2017 Drum Dream Girl : How One Girl 's Courage Changed Music Ryan Swenar Dreamscape Media A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpré Award winner
2016 That Is NOT a Good Idea ! Pete List Weston Woods Studios Goose goes on a stroll with Fox
2015 Me ... Jane Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Ellard Weston Woods Studios
2014 Bink & Gollie : Two for One Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Ellard Weston Woods Studios
2013 Anna , Emma and the Condor Katja Torneman Anna and Emma work with the endangered California condor
2012 Children Make Terrible Pets Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Ellard Weston Woods Studios
2011 The Curious Garden Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Ellard Weston Woods Studios
2010 Do n't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Paul R. Gagne Mo Willems Weston Woods Studios The video is the story of a pigeon who wants to drive a bus
2009 March On ! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Weston Woods Studios The video is Dr. Christine King Farris memory of the historic march on Washington
2008 Jump In ! : Freestyle Edition Kevin Lafferty John Davis Amy Palmer Robertson Danielle Sterling The Disney Channel This video tells the story of a young boxer who finds a passion for jumping rope
2007 Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems Weston Woods Studios This video is based on the Caldecott Honor picture book
2006 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Michael Sporn Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Michael Sporn Animation , Inc. Weston Woods Studios This video is based on the Caldecott Medal picture book about the acrobat who walked a tight rope between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City
2005 The Dot Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Peter H. Reynolds Karen Bresnahan Gary Goldberger Jonathan Meath Weston Woods Studios FableVision This video is based on the picture book by Peter H. Reynolds in which a girl draws a dot and discovers the artist within
2004 Giggle , Giggle , Quack Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Weston Woods Studios This video is based on the picture book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
2003 So You Want to Be President ? Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Weston Woods Studios This video is based on the Caldecott Medal book by Judith St. George and David Small
2002 My Louisiana Sky Dante Di Loreto Anthony Edwards Willard Carroll Tom Wilhite Weston Woods Studios Hyperion Studio This video is about a girl coming to terms with her mentally challenged parents
2001 Antarctic Antics Paul R. Gagne Weston Woods Studios This video is based on the book by Judy Sierra
2000 Miss Nelson Has a Field Day Paul R. Gagne Weston Woods Studios This video is based on the book by Harry Allard
1999 The First Christmas Frank Moynihan Xyzoo Animation This video uses clay animation and traditional Christmas music , colloquial dialogue and humor to tell the well-known story of the birth of Jesus
1998 Willa : An American Snow White Tom Davenport Davenport Films This video is based on the classic Grimm Tale reset in Virginia in 1915
Recipients
The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video was named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It honors the producer of the most outstanding video production for children. The Medal is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), through a Carnegie endowment. In the past 19 years (1991-2009), 19 titles have been honored with the award.