Front Row: David Costello, Diane deGroat, Linda Graves, Shelly Rotner, Peg Davol, Amy Gordon, Yoshi. Second Row: Jeanne Birdsall, Mordicai Gerstein. Third Row: David Milgrim, Jane Yolen, Ruth Sanderson, Corinne Demas, Kathy Brown, Jane Dyer, Barry Moser, Angela DiTerlizzi, Leslea Newman, Barbara Diamond Goldin. Back Row: Kate Feiffer, Bob Marstall, Tony DiTerlizzi, Rich Michelson, Scott Fischer, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mo Willems, Rebecca Guay

Rich with Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Jeanne Juster, Rich Michelson, Jerry and Gloria Pinkney

Nick Clark, curator of the Eric Carle Museum

Jeanne Birdsall with Rich Michelson

Scott Fischer and Tony DiTerlizzi

Mo Willems

Norton Juster accepting his award from Reader to Reader

Rich with Rubin Pfeffer, Simon & Schuster's Senior Vice President & Publisher

Illustrators (counter clockwise from the left):Ruth Sanderson, Diane deGroat, Kathy Brown, Jane Dyer, Mordicai Gerstein, Barry Moser, Rebecca Guay, Mo Willems, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Scott Fischer, Rich Michelson, Tony DiTerlizzi

Jeanne Birdsall, Mo and Cheryl Willems

A joyful Norton Juster at the end of the evening.

Kate Feiffer and Rich

Jane Yolen, Eileen and Paul Mariani, Rich and Jane Dyer

Diane deGroat

Alice Schertle and Susan Pearson

Susannah Richards and Rebecca Guay

Jennifer and Rich Michelson

Angela DiTerlizzi, Gallery Assistant Dorothy Jackson, and Manager Paul Gulla