Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
“Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was first given to its namesake in 1954. The award, a bronze medal, 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.”
| Year | Author / Illustrator | |
| 2007 | James Marshall | |
| 2005 | Laurence Yep | |
| 2003 | Eric Carle | |
| 2001 | Milton Meltzer | |
| 1998 | Russell Freedman | |
| 1995 | Virginia Hamilton | |
| 1992 | Marcia Brown | |
| 1989 | Elizabeth George Speare | |
| 1986 | Jean Fritz | |
| 1983 | Maurice Sendak | |
| 1980 | Theodor S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss) | |
| 1975 | Beverly Cleary | |
| 1970 | E. B. White | |
| 1965 | Ruth Sawyer | |
| 1960 | Clara Ingram Judson | |
| 1954 | Laura Ingalls Wilder | |
