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A
by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz (1972)
by Sydney Taylor, illustrated by Helen John (1951)
by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel (1963)
by Shaun Tan (2007)
B
by Jules Feiffer (1999)
by Kate DiCamillo (2000)
by Rachel Isadora (1979)
by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (2010)
by Louise Erdrich (1999)
by Lloyd Alexander (1964)
by Mary Norton, illustrated by Beth Krush and Joe Krush (1953)
by Lucía M. González, illustrated by Lulu Delacre (1994)
by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban (1964)
by Katherine Paterson (1977)
by Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle (1967)
C
by Esphyr Slobodkina (1938)
by Dr. Seuss (1957)
by Laurie Halse Anderson (2008)
by Vera B. Williams (1982)
by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams (1952)
by Gary Soto, illustrated by Susan Guevara (1995)
by Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault; illustrated by Lois Ehlert (1989)
by Don Freeman (1976)
by H.A. Rey (1941)
D
by Ingri D’Aulaire and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire (1962)
by Mo Willems (2003)
E
by Pam Muñoz Ryan (2000)
F
by Donald Crews (1978)
by Arnold Lobel (1970)
by E.L. Konigsburg (1967)
G
by James Marshall (1972)
by Lois Lowry (1993)
by P.D. Eastman (1961)
by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (1947)
by Allen Say (1993)
by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (2008)
by Dr. Seuss (1960)
H
by Crockett Johnson (1955)
by Louise Fitzhugh (1964)
by J.K. Rowling (1998)
by Gary Paulsen (1989)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)
by Louis Sachar (1998)
I
by Brian Selznick (2007)
J
by Simms Taback (1999)
by Chris Van Allsburg (1981)
by Yuyi Morales (2003)
L
by Kevin Henkes (1996)
by Jerry Pinkney (2009)
by C.S. Lewis (1950)
by Virginia Lee Burton (1942)
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943)
by Jacqueline Woodson (2003)
by Ed Young (1989)
M
by Ludwig Bemelmans (1939)
by Robert McCloskey (1941)
by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake (1988)
by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (1994)
by Wanda Gág (1928)
by Harry Allard, illustrated by James Marshall (1977)
by Richard and Florence Atwater; illustrated by Robert Lawson (1938)
by Robert C. O’Brien (1971)
by John Steptoe (1987)
by Ruth Stiles Gannett, illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett (1948)
by Helen Recorvits, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska (2003)
O
by Ian Falconer (2000)
by Rita Williams-Garcia (2010)
P
by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (1985)
by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer (1961)
by Maurice Sendak (1962)
by Patricia Polacco (1994)
by Astrid Lindgren (1950)
R
by Beverly Cleary (1968)
by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan (2007)
by Mildred D. Taylor (1976)
by Paul O. Zelinsky (1986)
S
by Philip Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead (2010)
by Ezra Jack Keats (1962)
by Grace Lin (2012)
by Ann Cameron, illustrated by Ann Strugnell (1981)
by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson (1936)
by Tomie dePaola (1975)
by Leo Lionni (1963)
by William Steig (1969)
T
by Judy Blume (1972)
by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (1987)
by Faith Ringgold (1991)
by Molly Bang (1983)
by Tomie dePaola (1985)
by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith (1989)
by David Wiesner (1991)
V
by Eric Carle (1969)
W
by Christopher Paul Curtis (1995)
by Ellen Raskin (1978)
by Rebecca Stead (2009)
by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (2004)
by Maurice Sendak (1963)
by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (1975)
by A.A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1926)
by Madeleine L’Engle (1962)
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