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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 • Lois Lowry • Paula Fox • Matt de la Peña • Kwame Alexander • Harold Keith • Jacqueline Woodson • Marguerite Henry • Rachel Field • Joseph Krumgold • Ruth Sawyer • Hendrik Willem Van Loon • Meindert De Jong • Elizabeth Coatsworth • Esther Forbes • Elizabeth Enright

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