Bookmarks
Every year starting in 1985, bookmarks have been made for handing out in honor of the Children's Literature Festival. Each one features the signature of every author who attended that year. All the available bookmarks which have been preserved in Pickler Memorial Library's Special Collections are on display below.
Beside every image, every author's signature is listed in the order it appears on the bookmark. Some signatures have illustrations beside them, which are included beside the transcription of the author's name.
The construction of a bookmark can be seen in this first example. Authors sign a slip of paper, and the heading and logo are attached with tape to be copied for printing en masse.
Second Annual (1985)
- Lynn Hall
- Harold Keith
- Carol Kendall
- Jan Greenberg
- Stella Pevsner
- Robert Burch
Third Annual (1986)
- N.M. Bodecker
- Dean Hughes
- Myra Cohn Livingston
- Julia Cunningham
- Barbara Cocoran
- Rose Estes
- James Lincoln Collier
Fourth Annual (1987)
- Betsy Haynes
- Robert C. Lee
- Mary Francis Shura
- Jane Resh Thomas
- William Sleator
- Patricia Calvert
- Ed Emberley (bunny face)
- Peter Parnall (eyes with a wavering mouth)
Fifth Annual (1988)
- Willo Davis Roberts
- Arnold Adoff
- Hadley Irwin
- Robert Burch
- Jamie Gilson
- Theodore Taylor
- Jose Aruego (happy alligator with heart)
Sixth Annual (1989)
- Clyde Robert Bulla
- Vicki Grove
- Vicki Cobb
- Dean Hughes
- Barbara Robinson
- Kristi Holl (cat smiley)
- Joan Drescher
- Mary Downing Hahn
Seventh Annual (1990)
- Phyllis Naylor
- Mary Francis Shura
- Jan Greenberg
- William Sleator
- Raboo Rodgers
- Karen H. Prather
- Ouida Sebestyen
- Jim Aylesworth (smiley)
Eighth Annual (1991)
- Dan Hunter
- Sandy Asher
- Stella Pevsner
- Ivy Ruckman
- Lisa Campbell Ernst
- Carol Gorman
- Susan Milord
- X.J. Kennedy
Ninth Annual (1992)
- Vicki Grove
- Doris Buchanan Smith
- Shirely Holt
- Betsy Haynes
- Bill Brittain
- Pamela F. Service
- Robert Burch
- Lisa Eisenberg
Tenth Annual (1993)
- Jerry Warshaw
- Paul Pitts
- Ben Mikaelsen
- Bruce Clements
- Barbara Esbensen
- G. Clifton Wisler
- Carol Kendall
- John Bibee
Eleventh Annual (1994)
- David Small
- Jane L. Conly
- Doreen Rappaport
- Bruce Coville
- Constance Hiser
- Kristi Holl
- Ivy Ruckman
- George Shannon
Twelfth Annual (1995)
- Penni R. Griffin
- Jamie Gilson
- Diane DeGroat (artichoke smiley)
- Margery Facklam
- Mary Jane Auch
- Dean Hughes
- Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna
- Bruce Lansky
- Gayle Ross
Fourteenth Annual (1997)
- Ellen Howard
- Carol Fenner
- David J.A. Sims
- Brenda Seabrooke
- Stephanie S. Tolan
- P.J. Petersell
- G. Clifton Wisler
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Kathy Darling
- Tara Darling
(dog in a hat holding a book in its hand illustration most likely belongs to David Sims)
Fifteenth Annual (1998)
- Bill Brittain
- Richard Alan Young
- Judy Dockery Young
- Ben Mikaelsen
- Jennifer Armstrong
- Kalli Dakos
- Claudia Mills
- Arthur Geisert
- Cheryl Harness (dog)
- Lensey Namioka
- George Shannon
Sixteenth Annual (1999)
- William Sleator
- Sharon Dennis Wyeth
- Laurie Lawlor
- Darleen Bailey Beard (smiley)
- Joe Hayes
- Penny Colman
- Clyde Robert Bulla
- Shonto Begay (smiley with hair)
- Suzy Kline
- E.B. Lewis (tree in grass)
Seventeenth Annual (2000)
- Ron Roy
- J. Patrick Lewis
- Andrew Clements
- Anna Myers
- Paul Robert Walker
- Elvira (heart)
- Sally Warner
- Gregory Maguire
- Donna Jo Napoli
- Chris Raschka (cat)
- A. Shelf Medearis + Sam (ghost)
Eighteenth Annual (2001)
- Jim Aylesworth (smiley)
- Gail C. Levine
- Mary Stanton
- Joan B. Graham.
- Robert D. San Souci
- Betsy Duffey
- Mary Casanova
- June Rae Wood
- Gary L. Blackwood
- Kimberly Willis Holt
- Floyd Cooper
Nineteenth Annual (2002)
- Ray Bial
- Jan Greenberg
- Jane Kurtz
- Carol Gorman
- Lisa Campbell Ernst
- David Patneaude
- Claudia Mills
- Sneed B. Collard III
- Laurie Lawlor
- Roland Smith
Twentieth Annual (2003)
- Lynn E. McElfresh
- Gladys Coggswell
- Peni R. Griffin
- Cheryl Harness
- William Anderson
- Dorinda Nicholson
- Arthur Geisert
- Stephanie S. Tolan
- Vicki Grove
- Kristi Holl
Twenty-Second Annual (2009)
- Mike Thaler
- Suzanne Beaky
- Joan Carris
- Cheryl Harness
- David Patneaude
- Barbara Robinson
- Shane Evans
- Amy MacDonald
- J.B. Cheaney
- David Harrison
Twenty-Third Annual (2010)
- Ben Mikaelsen
- Gloria Skurzynski
- Brad Sneed
- Michael P. Spradlin
- Mary Amato
- Jane Kurtz
- Lucia Gonzalez
- Isabel Campoy
- Cynthia Lord
- Jill Esbaum
- Carol Gorman
- Alma Flor Ada
Twenty-Fourth Annual (2011)
- Francisco Alarcon
- Lynne Jonell
- A. LaFaye
- Carmen Bernier-Grand
- Laurie Lawlor
- Janet Lee Carey
- Anna Myers
- Darleen Bailey Beard
- N.A. Nelson
- Dianne Gray (smile)
- Ard Hoyt (dog)
Twenty-Fifth Annual (2012)
- Lulu Delacre ("¡Lee!" Spanish for "read")
- Tracy Barrett
- Mary Downing Hahn
- Suzanne Morgan Williams
- Eric Berlin
- Kirby Larson
- Kate Klise
- Kurtis Scaletta
- Rosanne Parry
- Henry Cole (heart and waving rat with heart)
- Cheryl Harness
Twenty-Sixth Annual (2013)
- Barbara McClintock (name within the speech bubble of a dancing elephant holding a top hat and cane)
- Stuart Gibbs
- Carmen Deedy
- Matthew Kirby
- Judy Young
- M. Cody
- Sheila O'Connor
- Kimberly Newton Fusco
- Deborah Hopkinson
- Marlene Targ Brill
Twenty-Seventh Annual (2014)
- Amy Timberlake
- Kelly Halls
- Lisa Campbell Ernst (wolf)
- Leslie Bulion
- Katherine Hannigan (heart)
- Ginny Rorby
- Sara Pennypacker
- Linda Urban
- Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Kenn Nesbitt (print name in parentheses)
- Jacqueline West
Twenty-Eighth Annual (2015)
- Wendy Anderson Halperin (floral design, heart, and pencil)
- L. McMann
- Jody Feldman
- John David Anderson
- J.A. White
- Laurel Snyder
- Allan Wolf
- Joanne Rocklin
- Jane Kurtz
- Claire Caterer
- Helen Frost
Thirty-Second Annual (2019)
- Jerry Craft (happy face)
- Janet Fox
- Donna Gephart (heart)
- Christine Taylor-Butler
- Tracey Baptiste (heart)
- Wendy Shang
- Geoff Rodkey
- Hena Khan
- Tae Keller
- Elana K. Arnold
- Don Tate (flexing arm with "Be strong!")