Re: July 2025: Oldest living writers/illustrators!

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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1992 Newbery Medalist: “Shiloh”)
Ralph Herrmanns (German author: “Why New York?” 1982)
Barbara B. Murphy (“Ace Hits the Big Time,” 1981)
Mary Frank (British-born artist: “The Enchanted, an Incredible Tale” by
Elizabeth Coatsworth, 1968)
Claire Mowat (Canadian YA author of “The Girl From Away” trilogy, 1990s)
Josephine Poole (British author: “Joan of Arc,” 1998)
Nancy E. Burkert (illustrator: “James & the Giant Peach”)
Mary Blount Christian (“Sebastian: Super Sleuth” series, 1974-1994)
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Lakota writer: “First Americans” series,
1990s)
Malcolm Whyte (preschool nature writer & Cartoon Art Museum founder)
Kathleen Dunne (illustrator of the “Mr. Noisy” series, 1990s)
Walter D. Yoder (painter/writer: “The Big New Mexico Activity Book,”
1993)
Arlene Alda (photographer/writer: "Just Kids from the Bronx," 2015)
Diane Dillon (Illustrator: "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" - &
1996 HCAA finalist)
Penelope Lively (UK author & 1974 Carnegie Medalist: "The Ghost of
Thomas Kempe")
Annette Macarthur-Onslow (Australian writer/illustrator: "Uhu," 1969)
Eveline Hasler (Swiss novelist & 1988 HCAA finalist)
Sonia O. Lisker (illustrator: "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume)
Elisabeth Mace (British SF/fantasy writer, 1970s-1980s)
Margery Bernstein ("The Summer Maker: An Ojibway Indian Myth," 1977)
Diana Gregory (YA romance novelist & writer of "There's a Caterpillar in
my Lemonade," 1985)
George B. Schaller (German-born zoologist)
David E. Newton (writer of dozens of science books)
David Cox (Australian writer/illustrator: "Tin Lizzie and Little Nell,"
1982)
Arnica Esterl (Dutch reteller of Grimm & Andersen fairytales)
Fibben Hald (Swedish illustrator & HCAA finalist: 1978, 1980, 1994,
2002)
Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesian-born Dutch illustrator & HCAA finalist:
1972, 1988, 2008, 2018, 2024)
Kenneth Longtemps (illustrator: "Greek Myths & Legends," 1967)
Terry Berger ("How Does it Feel When Your Parents Get Divorced," 1977)
Joyce Slayton Mitchell ("Crashed, Smashed, & Mashed: A Trip to Junkyard
Heaven," 2001)
Isaac Millman (French writer/illustrator of recent "Moses" series)
Sharlene Nelson (nonfiction writer: "Jedediah Smith," 2004)
Nancy Whitelaw (YA biographer: "Charles de Gaulle," 1991)
John Lawrence (British painter/illustrator: "His Dark Materials" by
Philip Pullman, ed. 2003)
Gerry Contreras (Pratt Institute professor & illustrator: "The Haunted
House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales," ed. Schwarcz & Crume, 1970)
Rita T. Kohn ("Woodland Adventures" series, 1995)
Bernard Lodge (UK designer & Kate Greenaway finalist: "Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Spy," 1976)
Phyllis J. Perry (science writer)
Richard Wormser (nonfiction writer: "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow,"
1999)
Glennette Tilley Turner ("An Apple for Harriet Tubman," 2006)
Sylvia Louise Engdahl (1971 Newbery Honoree: "Enchantress from the
Stars")
Gloria Montero (Australian-born Spanish writer: "The Summer the Whales
Sang," 1985)