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Sites With Many Authors and Illustrators
ACHUKA. News, reviews, interviews, and author profiles of British authors
and poets. Interviews with authors/illustrators like Anthony Browne are a
special treat.
http://www.achuka.co.uk/index2.html
Authors and Illustrators. An extensive list of links to author/illustrator
information. http://www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/cl.authors.html
Authors & Illustrators (Simon & Schuster). If it's information on an author
or illustrator that you require, this site has just what you need.
http://www.simonsays.com/kids/mtb/index.cfm
Authors & Illustrators (Penguin Putnam). The publisher's site includes a
page with author biographies and a schedule of author appearances in
schools, libraries, and bookstores.
http://www.penguinputnam.com/yreaders/index.htm
Birthdates of Children's Authors. This site is a list of author and
illustrator birthdays.
gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/11/.subjects/Education/.childlit/.authors/.birthdates
Centro para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles y Juveniles en Espanol. (Center
for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents) A large site
on books written in Spanish for children.
http://public.csusm.edu/campus_centers/csb/espanol/
Children's Literature Web Guide: Authors. Information about children's
authors and illustrators, and their books.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages. Many readers are curious
about the creators of the books they like. The more than 500 links to
author/illustrator sites included here will help to satisfy that curiosity.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/author.html
Jonathan Allen. British author/illustrator of such books as Dragon Dramatics
and Two By Two By Two. This site offers a cat picture each week.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~jba/
Avi's Home Page. Avi, author of such stories as The True Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle, Nothing But the Truth, and The Fighting Ground, answers
questions and talks about his books.
http://www.avi-writer.com/
Haemi Balgassi. She is the author of Peacebound Trains and Tao's Sonata.
http://home.sprynet.com/~balgassi/homepage.htm
John Bellairs. Bellairs is the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls
and The Curse of the Blue Figurine. http://www.compleatbellairs.com
Ludwig Bemelmans. Enjoy the fun of getting to know the creator and his books
about Madeline. http://www.martinburks.com/allison/madeline.html
Enid Blyton. Visit and learn about the author of the Famous Five, Secret
Seven, Malory Towers, and St Clares series. http://www.blyton.com/index.htm
Jan Brett's Home Page. You'll find everything from trolls to armadillos on
this author/illustrator's page. She has created The Mitten, That Hat,
Armadillo Rodeo, The Trouble with Trolls, and Berlioz the Bear.
http://www.janbrett.com/
Joseph Bruchac. Abenaki Indian storyteller and writer of tales such as
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back and A Boy Called Slow.
http://nativeauthors.com/search/bio/biobruchac.html
Official Eric Carle Web Site. For fans of the famous author/illustrator and
his books such as The Very Hungry Catepillar, Do You Want To Be My Friend,
and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me. http://www.eric-carle.com/
Lewis Carroll Collection. For lovers of the author of Alice in Wonderland.
http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/carroll.html
Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden, Portland, Oregon. There are sculptures of
Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ribsy in a park only a few blocks from the
real Klickitat Street! http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/cleary.html
Karen Pederson's Beverly Cleary Home Page. A fun page by a big fan of this
famous author who wrote Henry Huggins, Ramona the Pest, and Dear Mr.
Henshaw.
http://www.teleport.com/~krp/cleary.html
Vicky Cobb's Kids' Science Page. A great site to work with the author of so
many science books such as Science Experiments You Can Eat, Why Doesn't the
Earth Fall Up? and This Place Is Cold. http://www.vickicobb.com/
The Roald Dahl Home Page. This is a treasure house of information about the
author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach,
Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox http://www.roalddahl.org/index2.htm
Virginia Hamilton. A wonderful author who wrote The House of Dies Drear and
The People Could Fly. She also won the Newbery Award for M.C. Higgins the
Great and was awarded the Newbery Honor for The Planet of Junior Brown and
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. http://www.virginiahamilton.com
Deborah Hopkinson. Author of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt and Birdie's
Lighthouse.
http://people.whitman.edu/~hopkinda/
Official Brian Jacques Home Page. If you're a fan of the Redwall books,
here's the site for you! It includes information on the author of Redwall,
Mattimeo and The Long Patrol. http://www.redwall.org/dave/jacques.html
The Paul Jennings File. Try out Jennings' Gizmo! Visit all of the portions
of this Australian writer's site. He wrote Unreal! and Sink the Gizmo.
http://people.enternet.com.au/~jennings/
Jane Kurtz. Welcome to the site of the author of Fire on the Mountain and
Pulling the Lion's Tale. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5232/index.html
Astrid Lindgren. Visit and learn about the author of the Pippi Longstocking
adventures. http://www.interlog.com/~wings/jane/a_lindgren/a_lindgren.html
The Mary E. Lyons Den. Learn about the author who wrote Sorrow's Kitchen and
Letters from a Slave Girl. http://www.comet.net/writersc/lyonsden/
Suse MacDonald. Learn about the author/illustrator of the Caldecott Honor
book Alphabatics.
http://www.create4kids.com/
Ann McGovern. Look at actual photos showing the author swimming with sharks
and sitting on a camel. She is the author of many books including Lady in
the Box and If You Grew Up in Colonial Times.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/mcgovern.html
Robin McKinley. The official site for this fantasy author who wrote Blue
Sword and Beauty and won the Newbery for The Hero and the Crown.
http://ofb.net/~damien/mckinley/
Learning About Jim Murphy. This site should answer your questions about the
author of The Great Fire and A Young Patriot as well as offer some special
insights into his work. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/murphy.html
Katherine Paterson Web Site. The official site called Terabithia that
explores the work of the author of Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly
Hopkins, Lyddie, and Jacob Have I Loved. http://www.terabithia.com/
Dav Pilkey. Great fun wondering through this site created by author and
illustrator Dav Pilkey who wrote The Paperboy, Kat Kong, and Dogzilla.
http://www.pilkey.com/
Gary Paulsen. Here is the author of Hatchet, Dogsong, The Crossing, The
Winter Room, and other great reads.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/paulsen.html
Patricia Polacco. Information on the author/illustrator of Pink and Say, The
Keeping Quilt, and The Bee Tree.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/polacco.html
Carolyn Purdy. A charming site by the author of Mrs. Merriwether's Musical Cat.
http://www.snowcrest.net/kidpower/carol.html
Robert Quackenbush. This site presents the author, his books, school visits,
and workshops. His books include Henry Babysits, Sherlock Chick and the
Giant Egg Mystery, and the Miss Mallard Mystery Series.
http://www.rquackenbush.com/
Maurice Sendak: A Western Canon, Jr. He's been called "the Picasso of
children's books" and "one of the most powerful men in the United States."
Here is a great deal of information about Sendak, the author/illustrator of
Where the Wild Things Are. http://homearts.com/depts/relat/sendakf1.htm
Janet Stevens. She is the illustrator of To Market, To Market and Gates of
the Wind, and she wrote and illustrated From Pictures to Words (A Book About
Making a Book).
http://www.janetstevens.com/
Colin Thompson. Australian author/illustrator of wonderful stories like
Tower to the Sun.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~colinet/
Megan Whalen Turner. Includes reviews and analysis of this author's Newbery
Honor winning book The Thief.
http://home.att.net/~mwturner/
Learning about Laurence Yep. He is the author of many novels set in both
China and the United States such as Child of the Owl, Dragonwings,
Sweetwater, and Dragon's Gate.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/yep.html |
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