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

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