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Notable Honorees

Neil Gaiman • Kate DiCamillo • Christopher Paul Curtis • Hugh Lofting • Beverly Cleary • William Pène du Bois • Madeleine L’Engle • Carol Ryrie Brink • Jacqueline Woodson • Matt de la Peña • Lois Lowry • Kwame Alexander • Paula Fox • Harold Keith • Marguerite Henry • Joseph Krumgold • Ruth Sawyer • Meindert De Jong • Rachel Field • Esther Forbes • Hendrik Willem Van Loon • Elizabeth Coatsworth • Elizabeth Enright

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