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2001 Wilder Medal | Winners 1954 - 2001
Milton Meltzer, best known for his works of historical non-fiction, is the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner. This award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. This award is named for its first recipient in 1954, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Milton Meltzer is the author of
Columbus and the World Around Him | Hardcover
Brother, Can you Spare a
Dime? The Great Depression 1929-1933 |
Out of Print
Ten Queens: Portraits of Women in Power | Hardcover
Dorthea Lange : A Photographer's Life | Paperback
Andrew Jackson and His America | Hardcover
All Times, All Peoples: A
World History of Slavery |
Out of Print
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust | Hardcover | Paperback
The Jewish Americans: A
History in Their Own Words, 1650-1950 |
Out of Print
Meltzer was an American Book Award finalist in 1981 for All Times, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery. Meltzer also won the 1976 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book for Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust and again in 1983 for The Jewish Americans: A History in Their Own Words, 1650-1950.
The Wilder Awards are named for its first recipient in 1954, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Between 1960 and 1980, the Wilder Award was given every five years. From 1980 to 2001, it was awarded every three years. Beginning in 2001, it has been awarded every two years.
2001: Milton Meltzer
1998: Russell Freedman; Newbery Medal 1988 for Lincoln: A Photobiography | Hardcover | Paperback
1995: Virginia Hamilton
Newbery Medal 1975 for M. C. Higgins, the Great | Hardcover | Paperback | Microsoft e-book | Adobe e-book
Coretta Scott King Award 1996: Her Stories African American Folk Tales Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton | Hardcover | Paperback
Coretta Scott King Award 1986: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton | Paperback
Coretta Scott King Award 1983: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton | Paperback
Hans Christian Andersen Medal 1992 "Awarded to an author and an illustrator, living at the time of the nomination, whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature
1992: Marcia Brown
Caldecott Medal 1983: Shadow | Hardcover | Paperback
Caldecott Medal 1962: Once a Mouse | Hardcover | Paperback
Caldecott Medal 1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | Hardcover | Paperback
1989: Elizabeth George Speare
Newbery Medal 1962: The Bronze Bow | Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassette
Newbery Medal 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassettes
1986: Jean Fritz
1983: Maurice Sendak , selected as the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer for 2003. The latest from Sendak magic pen is Lullabies and Night Songs | Hardcover
Maurice Sendak was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak DVD | VHS | Hardcover | Paperback The illustrations of Maurice Sendak won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970. The Art of Maurice Sendak | Hardcover Sendak has illustrated nearly 100 books.
1980: Theodor S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
1975: Beverly Cleary: Awarded the Young Readers Choice Award 5 Times
1980 for Ramona and Her Father | Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassette
1971 for Ramona the Pest | Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassette
1968 for The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassette
1960 for Henry and the Paper Route | Hardcover | Paperback
1957 for Henry and Ribsy | Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassette
Newbery Medal 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw | Hardcover | Paperback
1970: E. B. White
1965: Ruth Sawyer
Newbery Medal 1937 Roller Skates | Hardcover | Paperback
1960: Clara Ingram Judson
1954: Laura Ingalls Wilder Inaugural Award
Little House on the Prairie | DVD | Audio Cassette | Audio CD | Hardcover | Paperback
On the Banks of Plum Creek | Audio Cassette | Audio CD | Hardcover | Paperback
By the Shores of Silver Lake | Hardcover | Paperback
Little House, 9 Book Set | Boxed
Farmer Boy | Hardcover | Paperback
The Little House in the Big Woods | Audio Cassette | Audio CD | Hardcover | Paperback
Little House on the Prairie: The Christmas They Never Forgot | DVD
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