Yes they can!

(and they did)Before they were famous...

#TCTELA16

Teri Lesesne

@ProfessorNana

Donalyn Miller

@donalynbooks

Karin Perry

@kperry

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Blasts from the Past:

Perfect for the Present

Richard Peck

Neal

Shusterman

John Green

Jacqueline Woodson

Jon Klassen

Mo Willems

Dan Santat

Maggie

Stiefvater

2008

Suzanne Collins

Holly Black

Scott

Westerfeld

Katherine

Applegate

Jane Yolen

Rick Yancey

Gordon Korman

Mary E.

Pearson

Steve Sheinkin

Margaret

Peterson

Haddix

Laurie Halse

Anderson

Meg Cabot

Markus Zusak

E. Lockhart

Firsts

Picture Book Wins Newbery (and 2nd Hispanic

winner)

Debut novel wins Morris AND Printz

First Hispanic to Win Caldecott

First African-American to Win Newbery

First GN to win Printz Award

Groundbreaking Graphic Novels

Delacorte Press Prize for Debut Novel

Christian Robinson

Meg Medina

Angela Johnson

John Steptoe

New Talent Award

Sharon Draper

Kekla Magoon

Jason Reynolds

Lee and Low New Voices

E. B. White Award

2015

Picture Books — "Sam and Dave Dig a Hole", by Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.) (Candlewick)

Middle Reader — "Brown Girl Dreaming", by Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books)

2014

Picture Books — "The Day the Crayons Quit", by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.) (Philomel)

Middle Reader — "Flora and Ulysses", by Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.) (Candlewick)

2013

Picture Books — Extra Yarn, by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen (iillus.) (Balzer + Bray)

Middle Reader — Wonder, by R.J. Palacio (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

2012

Picture Books — I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)

Middle Reader — (tie)

The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr (Putnam Juvenile)

Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis (Balzer + Bray)[1]

2011

Picture Books — Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown (Little, Brown)

Older Readers — The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger (Amulet Books)

2010

Picture Books — The Curious Garden by Peter Brown (Little, Brown)

Middle Reader Honor Awards - Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea[2] Older Readers — The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner

(Walker Books for Young Readers)

2009

Picture Books — A Visitor for Bear by Bonnie Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (Candlewick Press)

Older Readers — Masterpiece by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy (Henry Holt and Company)

2008

Picture Books — When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach (Atheneum Books)

Older Readers--The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Little, Brown)

2007

Picture Books--Houndsley and Catina by James Howe, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Candlewick Press)

Older Readers--Alabama Moon by Watt Key (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

2006

Picture Books--If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen (Penguin Putnam)

Older Readers--Each Little Bird That Sings by Debra Wiles (Harcourt)

2005

Single Award--Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown (Random House)

2004

Single Award--SkippyJon Jones by Judy Schachner (Penguin Putnam)

We Need Diverse Books

(aka The Walter Award)

#wndb

weneeddiversebooks.org

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