The following is a list of the top 100 most productive illustrator's in the Children's Picturebook Price Guide, in terms of number of books. Incredibly, there are over 9500 books in the Price Guide with artwork from these 100 illustrators! Obviously, each illustrator on the list is an accomplished artist, whose books appeal to a very wide audience over a number of generations.
Some of our favorite illustrators are in the top 100 most productive illustrators, including several who have not garnered a Caldecott Award to date, yet whose books are very collectible. The following is a list of eight illustrators who are generally underappreciated by the book collecting market, yet whose books are very collectible: Mercer Mayer; Tomie dePaola; Cyndy Szekeres; David McPhail; Steven Kellogg; Lynn Munsinger; Kay Chorao, and Michael Hague.
A bibiographic listing for each illustrator can be found in the Children's Picturebook Price Guide, which includes the book's title, year of publication, market value, author, and publisher. The bibliography for each illustrator should be considered nearly complete. Eventually, as the publication matures, the intention is to have complete bibliographies for each illustrator we cover (the price guide includes books from over 700 illustrators). However, at this time we are not making claim that the numbers in the table represent the total number of books for each respective illustrator. They have had published at least this many books.
The current price guide database is nearly complete for each illustrator. At this time we are certain our research, extensive as it is, has not uncovered every single book by each illustrator covered in the Children's Picturebook Price Guide. We would welcome price guide additions and corrections from purchasers of the book--please email revisions@1stedition.net.
Books in Price Guide
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Illustrator
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Books
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1.
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Kurt Wiese
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280
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2.
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Mercer Mayer
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250
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3.
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Paul Galdone
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249
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4.
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Tomie dePaola
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234
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5.
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Stan & Jan Berenstain
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215
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6.
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Marc Brown
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172
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7.
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Emily Arnold McCully
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161
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8.
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Robert M. Quackenbush
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148
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9.
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Leonard Everett Fisher
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145
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10.
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Victor G. Ambrus
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137
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11.
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Lillian Hoban
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135
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12.
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Anne F. Rockwell
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133
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13.
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Tony Ross
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129
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14.
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James Stevenson
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125
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15.
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Cyndy Szekeres
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124
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16.
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Leonard Weisgard
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123
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17.
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Quentin Blake
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120
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18.
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Barry Moser
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119
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19.
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Roger Duvoisin
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118
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20.
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Richard Scarry
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118
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21.
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Ted Lewin
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116
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22.
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Michael Foreman
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115
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23.
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Trina Schart Hyman
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114
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24.
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Ronald Himler
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112
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25.
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(Aliki Brandenburg) Aliki
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109
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26.
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Edward Gorey
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109
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27.
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David McPhail
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108
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28.
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Steven Kellogg
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105
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29.
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Doug Cushman
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104
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30.
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Lois Lenski
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103
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31.
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Marc Simont
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102
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32.
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Diane De Groat
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101
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33.
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Lynd Ward
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101
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34.
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Jim Arnosky
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100
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35.
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Shirley Hughes
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100
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36.
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Edward Ardizzone
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99
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37.
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Glen Rounds
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98
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38.
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G. Brian Karas
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97
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39.
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Lynn Munsinger
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95
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40.
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Marylin Hafner
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94
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41.
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Erik Blegvad
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91
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42.
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James Marshall
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90
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43.
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Rosemary Wells
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87
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44.
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Arnold Lobel
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86
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45.
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Chris Demarest
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85
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46.
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Demi
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85
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47.
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Kay Chorao
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83
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48.
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Maurice Sendak
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82
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49.
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Lucy Cousins
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81
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50.
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Michael Hague
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80
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Books in Price Guide
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Illustrator
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Books
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51.
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Clement Hurd
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80
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52.
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Joan Walsh Anglund
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78
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53.
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Bruce Degen
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77
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54.
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Ed Young
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77
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55.
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Brian Wildsmith
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75
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56.
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Eric Carle
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74
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57.
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Gail Owens
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74
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58.
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Ted Rand
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74
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59.
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Dan Andreasen
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73
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60.
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Betsy Lewin
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72
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61.
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Louis Slobodkin
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72
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62.
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Berta & Elmer Hader
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71
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63.
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Eric Hill
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71
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64.
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Ezra Jack Keats
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71
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65.
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Robert Kraus
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71
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66.
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Jerry Pinkney
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71
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67.
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Catherine Stock
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71
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68.
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Harold Berson
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70
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69.
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William P�ne Du Bois
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69
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70.
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Robin James
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69
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71.
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Garth Williams
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69
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72.
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Donald Carrick
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68
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73.
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Toni Goffe
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68
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74.
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Emma L. Brock
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67
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75.
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Laurent de Brunhoff
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67
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76.
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Barbara Cooney
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67
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77.
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Dick Gackenbach
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67
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78.
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John Wallner
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67
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79.
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Pauline Baynes
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66
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80.
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Syd Hoff
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66
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81.
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Helen Oxenbury
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66
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82.
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Peter Parnall
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66
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83.
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Wendy Watson
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66
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84.
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Ruth Sanderson
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65
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85.
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Leonard Shortall
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65
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86.
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Jan Pienkowski
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64
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87.
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Tasha Tudor
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64
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88.
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Lisl Weil
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63
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89.
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Dorothy Bayley (Morse)
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62
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90.
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Ed Emberley
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62
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91.
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Stephen Gammell
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62
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92.
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Colin Hawkins
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62
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93.
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Nonny Hogrogian
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62
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94.
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Margot Tomes
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61
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95.
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Jos� Aruego (w/Ariane Dewey)
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60
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96.
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John Burningham
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60
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97.
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Feodor Rojankovsky
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60
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98.
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Victoria Chess
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59
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99.
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Mick Inkpen
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59
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100.
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Maud & Miska Petersham
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59
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