Children's Literature Legacy Award
The Children's Literature Legacy Award is given by the American Association for Children's Library Service to authors and illustrators who have made a major contribution to children's literature (“The Children's Literature Legacy Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a significant and lasting contribution to children's literature through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children's lives and experiences ”). Until June 2018, the name of the award was Laura Ingalls Wilder Award .
Award winners
- 1954 Laura Ingalls Wilder (removed from the list of winners in 2018)
- 1960 Clara Ingram Judson
- 1965 Ruth Sawyer
- 1970 Elwyn Brooks White
- 1975 Beverly Cleary
- 1980 Dr. Seuss
- 1983 Maurice Sendak
- 1986 Jean Fritz
- 1989 Elizabeth George Speare
- 1992 Marcia Brown
- 1995 Virginia Hamilton
- 1998 Russell Freedman
- 2001 Milton Meltzer
- 2003 Eric Carle
- 2005 Laurence Yep
- 2007 James Marshall
- 2009 Ashley Bryan
- 2011 Tomie dePaola
- 2013 Katherine Paterson
- 2015 Donald Crews
- 2016 Jerry Pinkney
- 2017 Nikki Grimes
- 2018 Jacqueline Woodson
- 2019 Walter Dean Myers (posthumous)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laura Ingalls Wilder's name removed from book award over racism concerns , theguardian.com, June 24, 2018, accessed June 25, 2018
- ↑ US organization recognizes Laura Ingalls Wilder Prize , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on June 25, 2018