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The following list contains the names of those authors and illustrators whose works for children and young adults are collected comprehensively by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. While not every work may be owned currently, attempts are made to purchase new works as they are published, or older works as they become available through the out-of-print market. (Names that contain * were added between 1999 and 2017. Names that contain + were added in 2017.)
A
Aesop * 620 BC-564 BC
Aiken, Joan 1924-2004
Alexander, Lloyd 1924-2007
Alexie, Sherman + 1966-
Avi * 1937-
Ayars, James 1898-1986
B
Babbitt, Natalie *. 1932-2016
Bang, Molly * 1943-
Bawden, Nina 1925-2012
Behn, Harry 1898-1973
Belting, Natalia 1915-1997
Bennett, James * 1942?-
Blume, Judy 1938-
Bontemps, Arna * 1902-1973
Brooks, Gwendolyn * 1917-2000
Brown, Marcia 1918-2015
Brown, Margaret Wise * 1910-1952
Bryan, Ashley * 1923-2022
Burch, Robert 1925-2007
Burton, Virginia Lee 1909-1968
Byars, Betsy 1928-2020
C
Carle, Eric 1929-2021
Caudill, Rebecca 1899-1985
Christopher, John. 1922-2012
Ciardi, John 1916-1986
Clark, Ann Nolan 1896-1995
Cleary, Beverly 1916-2021
Cleaver, Bill 1920-1981
Cleaver, Vera 1919-
Cole, Brock * 1938-
Cooney, Barbara 1917-2000
Cormier, Robert * 1925-2000
Creswell, Helen 1934-2005
Crutcher, Chris * 1946-
Curley, Daniel 1918-1988
Curtis, Christopher Paul 1953-
D
d’Aulaire, Edgar 1898-1986
d’Aulaire, Ingri 1904-1980
De Jong, Meindert 1906-1991
dePaola, Tomie 1934-2020
Dickinson, Peter 1927-2015
Dillon, Diane 1933-
Dillon, Leo 1933-2012
Dorris, Michael * 1945-1997
Dr. Seuss/Theo Le Sieg * 1904-1991
Duvoisin, Roger 1900-1980
E
Emberley, Ed 1931-
Enright, Elizabeth * 1907-1968
Erdrich, Louise + 1954-
Estes, Eleanor * 1906-1988
F
Farmer, Penelope 1939-
Feelings, Tom * 1933-2003
Fisher, Aileen 1906-2002
Fitzhugh, Louise * 1928-1974
Fox, Paula 1923-2017
Freedman, Russell * 1929-2018
Fritz, Jean * 1915-2017
G
Gag, Wanda * 1893-1946
Garfield, Leon 1921-1996
Garner, Alan 1934-
Gordon, Sol 1923-2008
Graham, Lorenz * 1902- 1989
H
Haley, Gail E. 1939-
Hamilton, Virginia 1936-2002
Harrington, Janice + 1956-
Hearne, Betsy * 1942-
Hogrogian, Nonny 1932-
Hughes, Langston * 1901-1967
Hughes, Ted * 1930-1998
Hunter, Mollie 1922-2012
Hyman, Trina Schart * 1939-2004
I
J
Jackson, Jesse * 1908-1983
K
Keats, Ezra Jack 1916-1983
Kerr, M.E. * 1927-2022
Konigsburg, E.L. 1930-2013
L
Le Guin, Ursula 1929-2018
Lent, Blair 1930-2009
Lester, Julius * 1939-2018
Lionni, Leo 1910-1999
Lively, Penelope 1933-
Livingston, Myra Cohn 1926-1996
Lobel, Arnold 1933-1987
Lovelace, Maud Hart * 1892-1980
Lowry, Lois * 1937-
M
Macaulay, David * 1946-
Mayne, William 1928-2010
McCord, David 1897-1997
McClosky, Robert 1914-2003
Means, Florence Crannell * 1891-1980
Merriam, Eve 1916-1992
Mikolaycak, Charles 1937-1993
Myers, Walter Dean + 1937-2014
N
Ness, Evaline. 1911-1986
Norton, Mary * 1903-1992
O
O’Dell, Scott 1898-1989
Opie, Iona * 1923-2017
Opie, Peter * 1918-1982
P
Paterson, Katherine 1932-
Pearce, Ann Philippa 1920-2006
Peyton, K.M. 1929-
Potter, Beatrix * 1866-1943
Q
R
Rollins, Charlemae * 1897-1979
Rosales, Melodye 1956?-
Rosen, Sidney 1916- 2005
S
Say, Allen + 1937-
Scieszka, Jon * 1954-
Sendak, Maurice 1928-2012
Shulevitz, Uri 1935-
Silverstein, Shel 1930-1999
Singer, Isaac Bashevis * 1902-1991
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 1927-2014
Soto, Gary + 1952-
Southall, Ivan 1921-2008
Speare, Elizabeth * 1908-1994
Spier, Peter 1927-2017
Starbird, Kaye 1916-1993
Steig, William 1907-2003
Steptoe, John * 1950-1989
Sutcliff, Rosemary 1920-1992
T
Taylor, Mildred * 1943-
U
V
Van Allsburg, Chris 1949-
W
Walsh, Jill Paton 1937-2020
Ward, Lynd 1905-1985
White, E.B. * 1899-1985
Williams, Vera * 1927-2015
Woodson, Jacqueline * 1963-
Worth, Valerie * 1933-1994
Wrightson, Patricia 1921-2010
X
Y
Z
Zelinsky, Paul * 1953-
Zemach, Margot 1931-1989
