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Notable Honorees

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

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