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The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is a prize awarded by the American Library Association to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature. The bronze medal prize is named after its first winner, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Originally, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal was awarded every five years. From 1980 to 2001 it was awarded every three years. Since 2001 it has been awarded every two years.

Past winners of the prize were:

1954 — Laura Ingalls Wilder
1960 — Clara Ingram Judson
1965 — Ruth Sawyer
1970 — E. B. White
1975 — Beverly Cleary
1980 — Dr. Seuss
1983 — Maurice Sendak
1986 — Jean Fritz
1989 — Elizabeth George Speare
1992 — Marcia Brown
1995 — Virginia Hamilton
1998 — Russell Freedman
2001 — Milton Meltzer
2003 — Eric Carle
2005 — Laurence Yep

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