Children's Book Festival

The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion

Awarding The Southern Miss Medallion is the highlight of the Children’s Book Festival. This year’s recipient is Pat Mora. The medallion is awarded annually for outstanding contributions in the field of children’s literature.

Silver medallions are cast for the recipient, for the president of The University of Southern Mississippi, for members of the medallion selection committee, and for the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection’s permanent display. In addition, bronze medallions are cast and are available for purchase during the festival.

Southern Miss Medallion
Last Year's medallion awarded to Eve Bunting

Recipients of The Southern Miss Medallion

1969 Lois Lenski 1970 Ernest H. Shepard 1971 Roger Duvoisin 1972 Marcia Brown 1973 Lynd Ward 1974 Taro Yashima 1975 Barbara Cooney 1976 Scott O’Dell 1977 Adrienne Adams 1978 Madeleine L’Engle 1979 Leonard Everett Fisher 1980 Ezra Jack Keats 1981 Maurice Sendak 1982 Beverly Cleary 1983 Katherine Paterson 1984 Peter Spier 1985 Arnold Lobel 1986 Jean Craighead George 1987 Paula Fox 1988 Jean Fritz		1989 Lee Bennett Hopkins 1990 Charlotte Zolotow 1991 Richard Peck 1992 James Marshall 1993 Quentin Blake 1994 Ashley Bryan 1995 Tomie de Paola 1996 Patricia MacLachlan 1997 Eric Carle 1998 Elaine Konigsburg 1999 Russell Freedman 2000 David Macaulay 2001 Virginia Hamilton 2002 Rosemary Wells 2003 Lois Lowry 2004 Jerry Pinkney 2005 Kevin Henkes 2006 Walter Dean Myers 2007 Eve Bunting 2008 Pat Mora

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