Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

Information about Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is a prize awarded by the American Library Association to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature. The bronze medal prize is named after its first winner, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Originally, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal was awarded every five years. From 1980 to 2001 it was awarded every three years. Since 2001 it has been awarded every two years.

Past winners of the prize were:

The American Library Association (ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with approximately 64,600 members.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder

Born: January 7 1867
near Pepin, Wisconsin
Died: January 10 1957 (aged 90)
Mansfield, Missouri
Occupation: Novelist
Nationality: American
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Clara Ingram Judson (1879-1960) was an American author who wrote over 70 books for children. She was born on May 4, 1879, in Logansport, Indiana, and married James McIntosh Judson in 1901. Her first children's book was Flower Fairies, published in 1915.
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Ruth Sawyer was the professional name of Ruth Sawyer Durand (August 5, 1880 - June 3, 1970), an American writer of children's books. She was born in Boston and raised in New York City. She studied folklore and storytelling at Columbia University, where she got a B.S. in 1904.
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Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899, Mount Vernon, New York – October 1, 1985, North Brooklin, Maine) was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist.
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Beverly Cleary (b. April 12 1916, McMinnville, Oregon) is the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice ("Beezus") Quimby, her sister Ramona, and Ralph S. Mouse.
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Theodor Seuss Geisel^{[pronunciation needed]}
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Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII
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Maurice Sendak

Born: May 10 1928 (age 79)
Brooklyn, New York
Occupation: artist, illustrator, writer
Nationality: American
Writing period: 1947 - 2006
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1983 1984 1985 - 1986 - 1987 1988 1989

Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI
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Jean Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer. She was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived for the next thirteen years, where, to ease the loneliness of being an only child, kept a journal.
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Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX
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Elizabeth George Speare (November 21, 1908 – November 15, 1994) was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels, including two Newbery Medals.
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Year 1992 (MCMXCII
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Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York) is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. Until 2007 she was the only three time winner of the Caldecott Medal, the winner of 1977 Regina Medal, a six-time recipent of the
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Year 1995 (MCMXCV
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Virginia Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was a prolific children's author. She wrote over 35 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal [1] .
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Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII
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Russell Freedman (born 1929 in San Francisco) is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work .
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