Photography Credits
- Gary Aagaard Tom Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- Alma Flor Ada Courtesy Alma Flor Ada
- David A. Adler Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Sally Hobart Alexander Courtesy Sally Hobart Alexander
- Thomas B. Allen Courtesy Thomas B. Allen
- George Ancona Courtesy Leo Hsu
- Maya Angelou AP Wide World/Chuck Burton
- Jose Aruego Tom Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- Avi Eric Bakke/Mercury Pictures
- Robert D. Ballard AP/Wide World/Lennox McLendon
- Rocco Baviera Jose Crespo
- Kevin Beilfuss Courtesy Kevin Beilfuss
- Joel Benjamin Mark Gardener Photography
- Nneka Bennett Courtesy Nneka Bennett
- Nic Bishop Courtesy Nic Bishop
- Robert J. Blake Jean Conowen/Courtesy Penguin Putnam
- Phil Boatwright Courtesy Phil Boatwright
- Rob Bolster Richard Benjamin/Mercury Pictures
- Felicia Bond Andrew Yates/Mercury Pictures
- Susan Boulais Courtesy Mitchell Lane Publishers
- Joseph Bruchac Mike Greenlar/Mercury Pictures
- Annette Cable Courtesy Annette Cable
- Ann Cameron Houghton Mifflin Company
- Laurie Carlson Courtesy DK Publishing
- Nancy Carpenter Courtesy Nancy Carpenter
- Robert Casilla Tom Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- Joe Cepeda Michael Justice/Mercury Pictures
- Sook Nyul Choi Jesse Nemerofsky/Mercury Pictures
- Beverly Cleary Alan McEwen, 1999
- Raul Colón Courtesy Raul Colón
- Floyd Cooper Velma Cooper/Courtesy Penguin Putnam
- Joy Cowley © Terry Coles
- Pat Cummings Courtesy Pat Cummings
- Kees de Kiefte Self-portrait by Kees de Kiefte
- Tomie dePaola © Suki Coughlin
- Lisa Desimini Courtesy Lisa Desimini
- Ariane Dewey Tom Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- David Diaz Courtesy David Diaz/Chris Wimpey Studio
- Karen Dugan Courtesy Karen Dugan
- Vivi Escrivá Courtesy Vivi Escrivá
- Doris Ettlinger Jim Rimi photography
- Warren Faidley AP/Wide World/Lennox McLendon
- Bill Farnsworth Courtesy Bill Farnsworth
- Valerie Flournoy Courtesy Valerie Flournoy
- Michael Foreman © Ron Sutherland
- Jean Fritz Tom Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- Stephanie Garcia Courtesy Stephanie Garcia
- Jean Craighead George Courtesy Jean Craighead George
- Lindsay Barrett George Mickey Kauffman/Courtesy William Morrow
- J. Lynett Gillette Courtesy Penguin Putnam Inc.
- Mirra Ginsburg Courtesy Mirra Ginsburg
- Scott Goto Courtesy Scott Goto
- Jan Greenberg Courtesy Jan Greenburg
- Eloise Greenfield Courtesy Eloise Greenfield
- Elizabeth Hathon © Elizabeth Hathon
- Juanita Havill Houghton Mifflin Company
- Kevin Hawkes Courtesy Harcourt Brace
- Barbara Shook Hazen Tom Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- Douglas Henderson © Douglas Henderson
- Maggie Rugg Herold Courtesy William Morrow
- Amy Hest Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Ron Himler Tom Spitz/Mercury Pictures
- Michio Hoshino Courtesy Michio Hoshino
- Leonard Jenkins Courtesy Leonard Jenkins
- Angela Johnson Courtesy Grolier Inc./Orchard Books
- Kathryn Jones Courtesy Kathryn Jones
- Sandra Jordan Courtesy DK Publishing
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee © Gilbert lundt; TempSport/CORBIS
- Robert Kalan Courtesy William Morrow
- Peg Kehret Courtesy Jeff Reinking/Mercury Pictures
- Helen Ketteman Courtesy Helen Ketteman
- E. L. Konigsburg Courtesy Macmillan
- Deborah Kovacs Jesse Nemerofsky/Mercury Pictures
- Stephen Kramer Christine Kramer
- Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Michael Justice/Mercury Pictures
- Kathryn Lasky Courtesy Harcourt Brace
- Dom Lee Courtesy Dom Lee
- Paul Lee Michael Justice/Mercury Pictures
- Julius Lester Courtesy Julius Lester
- Melinda Levine Kenneth Rice Photography
- Wendy C. Lewison Courtesy Wendy C. Lewison
- Arnold Lobel © Van Williams
- William Low Courtesy Henry Holt & Co.
- Patricia MacLachlan John MacLachlan
- Kate Madin Courtesy Kate Madin
- Elizabeth Mann Courtesy Mikaya Press
- Ed Martinez Mike Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Michael McCurdy Courtesy Michael McCurdy
- Patricia and Fred McKissack John Rehg/Mercury Pictures
- Scott McKowen Lorraine Parow/Mercury Pictures
- Bruce McMillan Benner McGee, © Bruce McMillan
- David McPhail © Sharron McElmeel
- Holly Meade © Bill Ranson Photography
- Angela Shelf Medearis Andrew Yates/Mercury Pictures
- Isaac Millman Toni Iannuzzi/Mercury Pictures
- Wendell Minor Courtesy Wendell Minor. Photo: Charlie Craighead © 2001
- Rhonda Mitchell Kathy Lentz/Courtesy Grolier Inc./Orchard Books
- Ken Mochizuki Jeff Reinking/Mercury Pictures
- Pat Mora Courtesy Random House
- Evelyn Clarke Mott Courtesy Evelyn Clarke Mott
- Edward Myers Courtesy Ed Myers
- Walter Dean Myers Courtesy Walter Dean Myers
- Lensey Namioka Courtesy Little, Brown and Company
- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Katherine Lambert Photography
- Jerdine Nolen Dennis Crews/Mercury Pictures
- Susan Miho Nunes Courtesy Susan Miho Nunes
- Shulamith Levey Oppenheim Courtesy Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
- José Ortega Lorraine Parow/Mercury Pictures
- Argentina Palacios Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Jan Parr John Zich/Mercury Pictures
- Gary Paulsen Craig Virden
- Dav Pilkey Courtesy Grolier Inc./Orchard Books
- Brian Pinkney Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Jerry Pinkney Miles Pinkney
- Patricia Polacco Lawrence Migdale
- Elise Primavera Barry Korbman/Mercury Pictures
- Peggy Rathmann Brooke Forsythe
- Wilson Rawls Portrait by Joel Spector
- Mike Reed Courtesy Mike Reed
- Lynn Reiser Courtesy William Morrow
- Melodye Benson Rosales Courtesy Melodye Benson Rosales
- Susan L. Roth Courtesy Penguin Putnam
- Cynthia Rylant Courtesy Simon & Schuster
- Gail Sakurai Mike Williams/Mercury Pictures
- Sheila White Samton Courtesy Sheila White Samton
- Robert D. San Souci Dennis Gray/Mercury Pictures
- William Saroyan Courtesy Harcourt Brace
- Allen Say Houghton Mifflin Company
- Jan Epton Seale Paul Buck/Mercury Pictures
- Ellen B. Senisi Mike Greenlar/Mercury Pictures
- Seymour Simon Courtesy Seymour Simon
- Chris K. Soentpiet Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- David Soman Courtesy David Soman
- Gary Soto Thor Swift/Mercury Pictures
- Joel Spector Portrait by Joel Spector
- Sandra Speidel Thor Swift/Mercury Pictures
- Diane Stanley Courtesy Diane Stanley
- Rebecca Stefoff Courtesy Marshall Cavendish
- Michael Steirnagle Michael Justice/Mercury Pictures
- Suçie Stevenson Courtesy Simon & Schuster
- Joan Sweeney John Zich/Mercury Pictures
- Carmen Tafolla Courtesy Carmen Tafolla
- Shelley Tanaka Mike Greenlar/Mercury Pictures
- Harriet Peck Taylor Eric Bakke/Mercury Pictures
- Theodore Taylor Courtesy Theodore Taylor
- Mark Teague Michael Greenlar/Mercury Pictures
- Alan Tiegreen M. W. Thomas
- Leyla Torres John Crispin/Mercury Pictures
- Ann Turner Tom Crispin/Mercury Pictures
- Rosario Valderrama Courtesy Rosario Valderamma
- Chris Van Allsburg Scott Goodwin Photography
- Jean Van Leeuwen Photo by David Gavril/Courtesy Van Leeuwen
- Sarah Vázquez John Redmond
- Eric Velasquez Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Mildred Pitts Walter Eric Bakke/Mercury Pictures
- John Ward Courtesy William Morrow
- Andrea Warren Roy Inman/Mercury Pictures
- E. B. White CORBIS/Bettmann
- Terry Widener Paul Buck/Mercury Pictures
- Laura Ingalls Wilder CORBIS/Bettmann
- Natasha Wing Courtesy Natasha Wing
- Alan Witschonke Courtesy Makaya Press
- Rob Wood Courtesy Rob Wood
- Jacqueline Woodson Courtesy Bantam Doubleday Dell
- Susi Trautmann Wunsch Michael Tamborrino/Mercury Pictures
- Wong Herbert Yee Courtesy Wong Herbert Yee
- Jane Yolen © Jason Stemple
- Song Nan Zhang Courtesy Song Nan Zhang & Pan Asian Publications