Crockett Johnson (1906–1975)

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1. Dr. Seuss

   Author of Green Eggs and Ham, One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, If I Ran the Zoo

2. Crockett Johnson

   Author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Barnaby, Mr. O'Malley, Wizard of Wall Street

3. Margaret Wise Brown

   Author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, Big Red Barn

4. Leo Lionni

   Author of Frederick, A Color of His Own, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

5. Robert McCloskey

   Author of Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder

6. Laura Numeroff

   Author of If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers

7. Don Freeman

   Author of Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, Dandelion

8. Walt Kelly

   Author of Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue Eyed Years With Pogo, The Incompleat Pogo, Pogo's Bats and the Belles Free

9. Virginia Lee Burton

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

10. Bill Martin, Jr.

    Author of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

11. Ezra Jack Keats

    Author of The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie

12. Marjorie Flack

    Author of The Story About Ping, Ask Mr. Bear, Angus and the Cat

13. Ludwig Bemelmans

    Author of Madeline, Madeline in London, Madeline and the Gypsies

14. Maurice Sendak

    Author of Where the Wild Things Are, Higglety pigglety pop! : or, There must be more to life, Nutshell Library

15. Lois Ehlert

    Author of Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z, Growing Vegetable Soup

16. Jonathan London

    Author of Froggy Gets Dressed, Froggy Learns to Swim, Froggy's First Kiss

17. H. A. Rey

    Author of Curious George, Curious George Rides a Bike, Curious George Gets a Medal

18. Jules Feiffer

    Author of The Great Comic Book of Heroes, Sick, Sick, Sick, Marriage is an Invasion of Privacy, and Other Dangerous Views

19. William Steig

    Author of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Amos & Boris, The lonely ones

20. Eric Carle

    Author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Rooster's Off to See the World, The Very Lonely Firefly