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1. Don Freeman (Corduroy)
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2. Lois Lowry (Number The Stars, The Giver)
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3. Gary Paulsen (Hatchet)
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4. Theodor Seuss Geisel (Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat In The Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, etc.)
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5. Louis Sachar (Holes, Sideways Stories From Wayside School series)
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6. Beverly Cleary (Beezus and Ramona, The Mouse and The Motorcycle)
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7. Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
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8. Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee, Wringer)
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9. S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, That Was Then This Is Now)
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10. Roald Dahl (James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, etc.)
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11. Chris Van Allsburg (Jumanji, The Polar Express)
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12. Fred Gipson (Old Yeller)
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13. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Shiloh)
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14. Wilson Rawls (Where The Red Fern Grows)
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15. Virginia Lee Burton (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel)
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16. Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth)
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17. R.L. Stine (the Goosebumps series)
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18. Katherine Paterson (Bridge To Terabithia)
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19. Maurice Sendak (Where The Wild Things Are)
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20. Margaret and H.A. Rey (Curious George)
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21. Hans Christen Andersen (The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, etc.)
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22. Ann M. Martin (The Babysitters Club series)
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23. Judith Viorst (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
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24. Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight, Moon)
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25. Marc Brown (the Arthur series)
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26. Shel Silverstein (A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Where The Sidewalk Ends)
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