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Authors and Illustrators for Children (and Favorite
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General
- Authors and Books
- Biographies, booklists, and book activities for many popular authors from Scholastic.
- IPL Youth Division: The Author Page
- Biographical information and interviews with Avi, Matt Christopher, Karen Cushman, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Daniel Pinkwater, Jane Yolen, Natalie Babbitt, Robert Cormier, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, Patricia Polacco, and Charlotte Zolotow.
- Index to Children's Book Authors & Illustrators
- This index to author and illustrator Internet sites covers hundreds of names. The ISLMC is a meta-site designed to foster easy access to curriculum related sites for teachers, school librarians, parents and students.
- My Home Library
- Find dozens of bookplates that you can print out and use in your own books to mark them as yours. Also, ideas for cheap ways to find books of your own. Just click on a frog and start exploring!
- Teaching Books
- Find out about 800 children's authors at TeachingBooks.net, a portal to personal Web sites, biographical information, teacher's guides, video files of interviews, activities ideas, and more. Users must register to use this site, but currently most of it is free.
- Children's And Young Adult Authors' Birthdays by name and by date.
Individual Authors and Illustrators (Alphabetical by Last Name):
- Alma Flor Ada
- Judy Blume
- Jan Brett's Home Page
- All about Jan Brett and her books, with printable activities such as masks, colorings pages, etc.
- Official Eric Carle Web Site
- Answers to frequently asked questions about Eric Carle and his books, with a biography, lists of his works, and ideas for activities.
- Beverly Cleary
- Sharon Creech
- Roald Dahl
- Tomie dePaola
- A fan site dedicated to Tomie dePaola, with biography, list of books, and news.
- Gail Gibbons
- Children's book author and illustrator, Gail Gibbons, keeps you up to date on recent books, as well as archiving previous titles. With a teaching resources section.
- Virginia Hamilton
- Kevin Henkes
- Robert Munsch
- Linda Sue Park
- Learn about Korea and the 2001 Newbery Winner.
- Gary Paulsen
- The P-Zone
- Offical homepage for author Daniel Pinkwater.
- Dav Pilkey
- Patricia Polacco WWW Links
- Patricia Polacco.com
- Peggy Rathmann Official Home Page
- Learn all about award winner Peggy Rathmann's books, and read about her life.
- Meet J. K. Rowling
- Meet the author of Harry Potter: interviews from the publisher Scholastic..
- Pam Muñoz Ryan: Children's Author
- Maurice Sendak
- An interview with noted author-illustrator Maurice Sendak.
- Dr. Seuss's Seussville!
- Seymour Simon: Award-Winning Children's Science Author
- Lemony Snicket
- Who is the author with the weird name behind "A Series of Unfortunate Events"?
- The Official Gary Soto Website
- Janet Stevens Illustrations
- Information about the illustrator, plus drawing activities.
- The World of Chris Van Allsburg
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Don and Audrey Wood's online Clubhouse!
Favorite Characters
- Curious George
- Junie B. Jones
- LITTLE CRITTER Stories, Jokes, Puzzles and Games for Kids.
- Magic Tree House
- Harry Potter - Excellent Adventures
- Everything Harry: News, games, the movie, a pronunciation guide, and lots more.
- Harry Potter Lexicon
- A definitive source of Harry Potter information, with an index to all the books.
- Warner Brothers Harry Potter
- All the latest from Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and The Daily Prophet.