I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of a studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a half-finished canvas, all shout of creation. What do writers have in comparison? Only the flat paper, the clacketing of the typewriter or the scrape of a pen across a yellow page. And then, when the finished piece is presented, there is a small wonder on the one hand, a manuscript smudged with erasures or crossed-out lines on the other. The impact of the painting is immediate, the manuscript must unfold slowly through time.

Helga Aichinger
  
BOY WHO HAD WINGS

Gill Ashby
  
DEAR MOTHER, DEAR DAUGHTER

Louise August
  
MILK & HONEY

Leslie Baker
  
ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
  HONKERS

Karen Barbour
  
A SIP OF AESOP

Doran Ben-Ami
  
HAUNTED HOUSE

Barbara Berger
  
BROTHERS OF THE WIND

Stefan Bernath
  
SPIDER JANE
  SPIDER JANE ON THE MOVE

Don Bolognese
  
IT ALL DEPENDS

Kathryn Brown
  
EENY MEENY MINEY MOLE

Nancy Sippel Carpenter
  
SING NOEL

Remy Charlip and Demtra Marsalis
  
THE SEEING STICK

Victoria Chess
  
KING LONGSHANKS

David Christiana
  GOOD GRISELLE

Chi Chung
  
HANDS

Ken Condon
  SKY SCRAPE/CITY SCAPE

Barbara Cooney
  
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO

Gabriel Amadeus Cooney
  
MILKWEED DAYS

Floyd Cooper
  MIZ BERLIN WALKS

Greg Couch
  
MOONBALL

Ruth Tietjen Councell
  OLD DAME COUNTERPANE
  ONCE UPON A BEDTIME
  WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON

Ray Cruz
  
WIZARD OF WASHINGTON SQUARE

Richard Cuffari
  
RING OUT: A BOOK OF BELLS

Doug Cushman
ANIMAL TRAIN

Catherine Deeter
  
ROBOT & REBECCA; THE CASE OF THE CODE-CARRYING KIDS

Bruce Degan
  COMMANDER TOAD IN SPACE
  COMMANDER & THE BIG BLACK HOLE
  COMMANDER TOAD & THE INTERGALACTIC SPY
  COMMANDER TOAD & THE SPACE PIRATES
  COMMANDER TOAD & THE DIS-ASTEROID
  COMMANDER TOAD &THE PLANET OF THE GRAPES
  COMMANDER TOAD & THE VOYAGE HOME
  DINOSAUR DANCES
  MOUSE'S BIRTHDAY

Demi
  
DRAGON NIGHT

Tomie dePaola
  THE GIANTS FARM
  THE GIANTS GO CAMPING
  HARK

Christopher Denise
  THE SEAMAN

Donna Diamond
  
TRANSFIGURED HART

Janes Y and Dyer

Janes Yolen and Dyer

Jane Dyer
  
BABY BEAR'S BEDTIME BOOK
  CHILD OF FAERIE
  THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN BOWER
  PICNIC WITH PIGGINS
  PIGGINS
  PIGGINS & THE ROYAL WEDDING
  
THREE BEARS HOLIDAY RHYME BOOK
  THREE BEARS RHYME BOOK

Kathleen Elgin
  
SEE THIS LITTLE LINE

Allen R. Epstein
  
HANNAH DREAMING

Allan Eitzen
  ALPHABESTIARY
  INWAY INVESTIGATORS

Lawrence Di Fiori
  
MICE ON ICE

Michael Forman
  
RAINBOW RIDER

Betty Fraser
  
SIMPLE GIFTS: THE STORY OF THE SHAKERS

Bernie Fuchs
  
RAISING YODER'S BARN

S. Saelig Gallagher
  
AMONG ANGELS

Barbara Garrison
  THE SULTAN'S PERFECT TREE

Gail Gibbons
   
ROUNDS ABOUT ROUNDS

Jean Gralley
  
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS

Rebecca Guay
  
THE BAREFOOT BOOK OF BALLET STORIES

Annie Gusman
  
WEATHER REPORT

Michael Hague
  DREAM WEAVER

Friso Henstra
  
LITTLE SPOTTED FISH

Jennifer Hewitson
  MOTHER EARTH/FATHER SKY

Rosekranz Hoffman
  JANE YOLEN'S MOTHER GOOSE SONG BOOK
  JANE YOLEN'S OLD MACDONALD SONG BOOK

Anne Hunter
  
NOCTURNE

Trina Schart Hyman
  
FAERIE FLAG
  
WIZARD'S HALL

Jack Kent
  
THE SIMPLE PRINCE

Ted Lewin
  BIRD WATCH
  THE ORIGINALS
  SEA WATCH

Patricia Ludlow
  
MEET THE MONSTERS

Stephen Mackey
  
THE FAIRIES' RING

Peter Madden
  
LONGEST NAME ON THE BLOCK

James Marshall
  HOW BEASTLY

Mercer Mayer
  BIRD OF TIME

Melissa Bay Mathis
  
GRANDAD BILL'S SONG

Lady McCrady
  
ROBOT & REBECCA: THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING OWSER

Emily Arnold McCully
  HOBO TOAD & THE MOTORCYCLE GANG

Myra Gibson McGee
  
ADVENTURES OF EEKA MOUSE

Charles Mikolaycak
   
THE LULLABY SONG BOOK
   TAM LIN

Lauren Mills
   ELFABET

Li Ming
   MERLIN & THE DRAGONS
   PEGASUS, THE FLYING HORSE

Laurel Molk
   
BENEATH THE GHOST MOON
   OFF WE GO

Cyd Moore
 
JANE YOLEN'S SONGS OF SUMMER

Francisco Mora
  
WILD HUNT

Barry Moser
  THE LADY & THE MERMAN

Alexi Natchev
  
TOO OLD FOR NAPS

Susannah Natti
  ACORN QUEST

Dennis Nolan
  
DOVE ISABEAU
  WINGS

Julia Noonan
  
THE MAGIC THREE OF SOLATIA

Jurg Obrist
  
ROBOT & REBECCA; THE CASE OF THE CODE-CARRYING KIDS

David Palladini
  
GIRL WHO CRIED FLOWERS
  THE HUNDREDTH DOVE
  MOON RIBBON

Nancy Winslow Parker
  NO BATH TONIGHT

Peter Parnall
  
FIRESIDE SONG BOOK OF BIRDS AND BEASTS

Winslow Pels
  
CAMELOT

Elise Primavera
  
BEST WITCHES

Georgia Pugh
  
BEFORE THE STORM

Robert Quackenbush
  
WIZARD ISLANDS

Laura Rader
  
THE MERMAID'S THREE WISDOMS

Anthony Rao
  
SHIRLICK HOLMES & THE CASE OF THE WANDERING WARDROBE

David Ray
  GREYLING

Laura Regan
  WELCOME TO THE GREEN HOUSE
  WELCOME TO THE ICE HOUSE
  WELCOME TO THE SEA OF SAND

Ed Renfro
  
GWINELLEN: THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT SLEEP

Ann Rockwell
  
MINSTREL & THE MOUNTAIN

Arnold Roth
  
ISABEL'S NOEL
  THE WITCH WHO WASN'T

Roger Roth
  
MARY CELESTE
  THE WOLF GIRLS
  ROANOKE, THE LOST COLONY

Glen Rounds
  
UNCLE LEMON'S SPRING

Ruth Sanderson
  
SLEEPING BEAUTY
  WHERE HAVE THE UNICORNS GONE?

John Schoenherr
Jane with John Schoenherr signing Owl Moon at the 1988 ALA Convention

John Schoenherr
  
OWL MOON

John Segal
  
LITTLE MOUSE AND ELEPHANT
  MUSICIANS OF BREMEN

David Shannon
  THE BALLAD OF THE PIRATE QUEENS
  ENCOUNTER
  SACRED PLACES


Greg Shed
 HARVEST HOME

Diane Stanley
  SLEEPING UGLY

William Stobbs
  
GREYLING

Jason Stemple

   COLOR ME A RHYME
  HORIZONS
  
HOUSE, HOUSE
  
LETTER FROM PHOENIX FARM
  
ONCE UPON ICE
  
SNOW, SNOW
  WATER MUSIC
  WILD WINGS

Janet Street
  
ANIMAL FARE
  RAINING CATS & DOGS

Mark Teague
  
HOW DOES A DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?

John Thompson
  
O JERUSALEM

Margot Tomes
  
THE LAPTIME SONG AND PLAY BOOK

Monica Vachula
  TEA WITH AN OLD DRAGON

Leonard Vosburgh
  
PIRATES IN PETTICOATS

John Wallner
  
RING OF EARTH

David Wiesner
  
THE BOY WHO SPOKE CHIMP
  
NEPTUNE RISING

David Wilgus
  
HERE THERE BE ANGELS
  HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
  HERE THERE BE GHOSTS
  HERE THERE BE UNICORNS
  HERE THERE BE WITCHES

Ed Young
  THE EMPEROR & THE KITE
  THE GIRL WHO LOVED THE WIND
  THE SEVENTH MANDARIN

Jane Breskin Zalben
  ALL IN THE WOODLAND EARLY
  AN INVITATION TO THE BUTTERFLY BALL