Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was first given to its namesake in 1954. The award, a bronze medal, honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
Year of Award |
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award |
| 2007 | James Marshall |
| 2005 | Laurence Yep |
| 2003 | Eric Carle |
| 2001 | Milton Meltzer |
| 1998 | Russell Freedman |
| 1995 | Virginia Hamilton |
| 1992 | Marcia Brown |
| 1989 | Elizabeth George Speare |
| 1986 | Jean Fritz |
| 1983 | Maurice Sendak |
| 1980 | Theodor S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss) |
| 1975 | Beverly Cleary |
| 1970 | E. B. White |
| 1965 | Ruth Sawyer |
| 1960 | Clara Ingram Judson |
1954 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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