Munro Leaf (1905–1976)

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1. Virginia Lee Burton

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

2. Robert McCloskey

   Author of Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, Lentil

3. Ludwig Bemelmans

   Author of Madeline, Madeline's Rescue, Madeline in London

4. Margaret Wise Brown

   Author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, The Noisy Book

5. Russell Hoban

   Author of Bread and Jam for Frances, A Bargain for Frances, Bedtime for Frances

6. Marjorie Flack

   Author of The Story About Ping

7. William Steig

   Author of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Amazing Bone, Solomon the Rusty Nail

8. Jane Yolen

   Author of Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?, All Those Secrets of the World

9. Munro Leaf

   Author of The Story of Ferdinand, How to Behave and Why, Manners Can Be Fun

10. Esphyr Slobodkina

    Author of Caps for Sale

11. Crockett Johnson

    Author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Harold's Circus (Purple Crayon Books)

12. Don Freeman

    Author of Corduroy, Fly High, Fly Low

13. P. D. Eastman

    Author of Are You My Mother?, Sam and the Firefly, Snow

14. Leo Lionni

    Author of Swimmy, Fish Is Fish, It's Mine!

15. Ezra Jack Keats

    Author of The Snowy Day

16. Arnold Lobel

    Author of Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, Giant John

17. Else Holmelund Minarik

    Author of Little Bear, Little Bear's Visit, Adventures of Little Bear

18. Ruth Krauss

    Author of The Carrot Seed, A Hole Is to Dig, The Growing Story

19. Wanda Gág

    Author of Millions of Cats

20. Watty Piper

    Author of The Little Engine That Could