Wilder Award Trivia

Tomie's former editor, Margaret Frith, sent Tomie a congratulatory note regarding the Wilder Award, and mentioned that Tomie was the 18th recipient, and the 7th author/illustrator.

1954 Laura Ingalls Wilder
1960 Clara Ingram Judson
1965 Ruth Sawyer
1970 E.B. White
1975 Beverly Cleary
1980 Theodor S. Geisel
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
2007 James Marshall
2009 Ashley Bryan
2011 Tomie dePaola