Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968)

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1. Robert McCloskey

   Author of Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning in Maine, Lentil

2. Virginia Lee Burton

   Author of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Little House, Katy and the Big Snow

3. Margaret Wise Brown

   Author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, The Golden Egg Book

4. Ludwig Bemelmans

   Author of Madeline, Madeline's Rescue

5. Marjorie Flack

   Author of The Story About Ping, Ask Mr. Bear

6. Jan Brett

   Author of The Mitten, The Hat, Berlioz the Bear

7. Leo Lionni

   Author of Swimmy, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

8. William Steig

   Author of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, The Amazing Bone

9. Else Holmelund Minarik

   Author of Little Bear, A Kiss for Little Bear, Little Bear's Visit

10. Don Freeman

    Author of Corduroy, Dandelion

11. Esphyr Slobodkina

    Author of Caps for Sale

12. Munro Leaf

    Author of The Story of Ferdinand

13. Russell Hoban

    Author of Bread and Jam for Frances, Bedtime for Frances

14. Watty Piper

    Author of The Little Engine That Could

15. Ezra Jack Keats

    Author of The Snowy Day

16. Judith Viorst

    Author of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

17. H. A. Rey

    Author of Curious George, Find the Constellations

18. Wanda Gág

    Author of Millions of Cats

19. P. D. Eastman

    Author of Are You My Mother?

20. Arnold Lobel

    Author of Frog and Toad are Friends, On Market Street