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

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