Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

Honors an author or illustrator whose books are published in the U.S. and have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. The award was given every five years between 1960 and 1980; it is now given every three years.

1998 - Russell Freedman

1995 - Virginia Hamilton

1992 - Marcia Brown

1989 - Elizabeth George Speare

1986 - Jean Fritz

1983 - Maurice Sendak

1980 - Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)

1975 - Beverly Cleary

1970 - E.B. White

1965 - Ruth Sawyer

1960 - Clara Ingram Judson

1954 - Laura Ingalls Wilder