- Quigley, Mary (1 book, 1 award)
- Rabe, Bernice (1 book, 1 award)
- Rankin, Laura (1 book, 1 award)
- Rankin, Louise (1 book, 1 award)
- Ransome, Arthur (1 book, 1 award)
- Rappaport, Doreen (2 books, 3 awards)
- Raschka, Chris (2 books, 2 awards)
- Raskin, Ellen (3 books, 4 awards)
- Rathmann, Peggy (1 book, 1 award)
- Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan (1 book, 1 award)
- Rayner, Catherine (1 book, 1 award)
- Reed, Philip (1 book, 1 award)
- Reich, Susanna (1 book, 1 award)
- Reid, Barbara (1 book, 1 award)
- Reiser, Lynn (1 book, 1 award)
- Reiss, Johanna (1 book, 1 award)
- Reynolds, Aaron (1 book, 1 award)
- Rhoads, Dorothy (1 book, 1 award)
- Riddell, Chris (2 books, 2 awards)
- Ringgold, Faith (1 book, 1 award)
- Robbins, Ruth (1 book, 1 award)
- Robinson, Mabel (2 books, 2 awards)
- Rocco, John (1 book, 1 award)
- Rockliff, Mara (1 book, 2 awards)
- Rocklin, Joanne (1 book, 1 award)
- Rodman, Mary Ann (1 book, 1 award)
- Rogers, Gregory (1 book, 1 award)
- Rogers, Stan (1 book, 1 award)
- Rohmann, Eric (2 books, 2 awards)
- Root, Phyllis (1 book, 1 award)
- Rose, Gerald (1 book, 1 award)
- Rosen, Michael (1 book, 1 award)
- Ross, Stewart (1 book, 1 award)
- Rostowski, Margaret (1 book, 1 award)
- Roth, Susan L. (2 books, 2 awards)
- Rourke, Constance (2 books, 2 awards)
- Rowell, Rainbow (1 book, 1 award)
- Roy, Jennifer (1 book, 1 award)
- Rumford, James (3 books, 3 awards)
- Rusch, Elizabeth (1 book, 1 award)
- Russell, Janet (1 book, 1 award)
- Russo, Marisabina (1 book, 1 award)
- Ryan, Cheli Duran (1 book, 1 award)
- Ryan, Pam Munoz (3 books, 3 awards)
- Rylant, Cynthia (7 books, 8 awards)