Authors and Illustrators

Aardema, Verna
http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=534&column_type=author
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, Traveling to Tondo, The Story Hat...

Adoff, Arnold
http://www.arnoldadoff.com/
I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans, Love Letters, The Basket Counts...

Aiken, Joan
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/aiken.htm
Black Hearts in Battersea, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Supernatural Stories...

Alcott, Louisa May
http://www.louisamayalcott.org/louisamaytext.html
Little Women, Little Men...

Alexander, Lloyd
http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/alexanderlloyd/index.html
The High King, The Book of Three, The Fortune-Tellers, The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen...

Aliki
http://www.harperchildrens.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=11719
Digging Up Dinosaurs, Feelings, How a Book is Made, My Five Senses...

Andersen, Hans Christian
http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/index_e.html
The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, The Emperor's New Clothes,The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen...

Anno, Mitsumasa
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/manno.html
Anno's Alphabet, Anno's Journey, Anno's Math Games...

Arnold, Tedd
http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold/
Green Wilma, Parts, Inside a House That is Haunted, Five Ugly Monsters...

Avi
http://www.avi-writer.com/
Nothing But The Truth, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Wolf Rider, Poppy, Beyond the Western Sea...

Avi: NYPL Author Chat!
http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2003/chats/avi.cfm
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Avi held July 30th, 2003.

Bang, Molly
http://www.mollybang.com/index.html
Ten, Nine, Eight, The Paper Crane, Wiley and the Hairy Man...

Banks, Lynne Reid
http://www.lynnereidbanks.com/
The Indian in the Cupboard, The Return of the Indian, The Secret of the Indian...

Barrie, J.M.
http://www.online-literature.com/barrie/
Peter Pan...

Baum, L. Frank
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/
The Wizard of Oz exhibit at the Library of Congress.

Bellairs, John
http://www.compleatbellairs.com/
The House With a Clock in its Walls, The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring, The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt, The Dark Secret of Weatherend...

Belpré, Pura
http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/belpre.html
(in Spanish) Perez y Martina; Un Cuento Folkloìrico Puertorriqueno, Santiago, Oteì; Un Cuento Folkloìrico Puertorriqueño...

Bemelmans, Ludwig
http://www.madeline.com/author.htm
Madeline, Madeline and the Bad Hat, Madeline in London, Madeline's Rescue...

Blake, Quentin
http://www.quentinblake.com/
Illustrator of many books written by Roald Dahl, Mrs. Armitage and the Big Wave...

Blume, Judy
http://www.judyblume.com/index.html
Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Are you there, God? It's Me, Margaret, Blubber, Freckle Juice, Iggie's house, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great...

Blume, Judy : NYPL Author Chat!
http://teenlink.nypl.org/blume_txt.html
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Judy Blume held November 19th, 2002.

Brett, Jan
http://www.janbrett.com/
The Mitten, The Hat, Berlioz the Bear, Comet's Nine Lives...

Brown, Marc
http://pbskids.org/arthur/grownups/marc_brown/
The "Arthur" books and videos...

Brown, Marc : Video Clips
http://www.readingrockets.org/transcript.php?ID=83
Watch video clips of an interview with Marc Brown.

Brown, Marcia
http://www.albany.edu/feature/marcia_brown/index.html
Stone Soup, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Shadow, Cinderella...

Brown, Margaret Wise
http://www.harperchildrens.com/features/mwb.htm
Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, A Child's Good Night Book...

Browne, Anthony
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/friends/browne.htm
Willy the Wizard, Willy the Dreamer, Willy's Pictures, Gorilla...

Bruchac, Joseph
http://www.josephbruchac.com/
The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story, The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story, Children of the Longhouse...

Burnett, Frances Hodgson
http://www.online-literature.com/burnett/
The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess...

Burton, Virginia Lee
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/biohome.shtml#
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Little House, Katy and the Big Snow, Choo Choo...

Byars, Betsy
http://www.betsybyars.com/
The Summer of the Swans, The Pinballs, The 18th Emergency, Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance, The Golly Sisters Go West...

Caldecott, Randolph
http://www.rcsamerica.com/rc.html
The House That Jack Built, Sing a Song for Sixpence, John Gilpin...The Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration is named for him.

Cameron, Ann
http://www.childrensbestbooks.com/
The Stories Julian Tells, Julian, Dream Doctor, Julian, Secret Agent, Colibri...

Carle, Eric
http://www.eric-carle.com/
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Busy Spider, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, The Mixed-Up Chameleon...

Carle, Eric: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=85
Watch video of an interview with Eric Carle.

Children's Literature Web Guide: Authors and Illustrators
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Lots of links to author and illustrator pages.

Christopher, Matt
http://www.mattchristopher.com/
The Catcher's Mask, Skateboard Tough, Dirt Bike Racer, Miracle at the Plate...

Cleary, Beverly
http://www.beverlycleary.com/
Ramona the Brave, Socks, Ribsy, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Muggie Maggie, Henry Huggins, The Mouse and the Motorcycle...

Clements, Andrew: NYPL Author Chat!
http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2004/chats/clements.html
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Andrew Clements held August 3, 2004.

Cole, Joanna
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/authors/
The "Magic School Bus" series, The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes, Hungry, Hungry Sharks...

Cole, Joanna: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=54
Watch video clips of interviews with Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen creators of the "Magic School Bus" series.

Cooney, Barbara
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Cooney.html
Miss Rumphius, Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story From Brooklyn, The Ox-Cart Man, Eleanor...

Cooper, Susan
http://www.thelostland.com/biography.htm
The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch, The Boggart, The Grey King, King of Shadows...

Coville, Bruce
http://www.brucecoville.com/
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, The Skull of Truth, The Ghost in the Third Row, Jennifer Murdley's Toad...

Creech, Sharon
http://www.sharoncreech.com/
Walk Two Moons, The Wanderer, Love That Dog, Ruby Holler, Absolutely Normal Chaos...

Crews, Donald
http://www.harperchildrens.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=16149
Freight Train, School Bus, Harbor, Parade, Truck, Ten Black Dots, Bigmama's

Cushman, Doug
http://www.doug-cushman.com/
Aunt Eater's Mystery Halloween, Inspector Hopper...

Dahl, Roald
http://www.roalddahl.com
James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, The Twits, The BFG...

Danziger, Paula
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/paula/
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? Remember Me to Harold Square, There's a Bat in Bunk Five...

Day, Alexandra
http://www.gooddogcarl.com/
Carl's Christmas, Carl Goes Shopping, Follow Carl!, Frank and Ernest Play Ball...

Demi
http://www.yourlibrary.ws/childrens_webpage/e-author92001.htm
The Empty Pot, Liang and the Magic Paintbrush, The Stonecutter, Muhammad, Buddha Stories, Gandhi...

dePaola, Tomie
http://www.tomie.com/
Strega Nona, Big Anthony, "Charlie Needs a Cloak", The Legend of Indian Paintbrush, Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs...

dePaola, Tomie: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=269
Watch video clips of an interview with Tomie dePaola.

Dillon, Leo & Diane
http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/04/Dillons.html
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, Rap A Tap Tap, Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions...

Dixon, Franklin W.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1038791
The "Hardy Boys" mystery series.

Falconer, Ian
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?userid=z0s13mbT1W&cid=968049#essay
Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Counts...

Fisher, Leonard Everett
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/lefisher.html
Galileo, The Oregon Trail, The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, The Great Wall of China...

Fleischman, Paul
http://www.paulfleischman.net/
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices, Seedfolks, Whirligig...

Fleischman, Sid
http://www.sidfleischman.com/
The Whipping Boy, Here Comes McBroom, Jim Ugly, The 13th Floor, Chancy and the Grand Rascal...

Fleming, Denise
http://denisefleming.com/
Count!, Lunch, Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, Alphabet Under Construction, Barnyard Banter, In the Small, Small Pond...

Fox, Mem
http://www.memfox.net/
Boo to a Goose, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Hattie and the Fox, Koala Lou, Sleepy Bears...

Fritz, Jean
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/jfritz.html
The Cabin Faced West, Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?, The Double Life of Pocahontas, Homesick, My Own Story, Shh! We're Writing the Constitution...

Gantos, Jack
http://www.jackgantos.com/
Rotten Ralph, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Jack on the Tracks: Four seasons of Fifth Grade, Heads or tails: Stories From the Sixth Grade...

George, Jean Craighead
http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/
My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, How to Talk to Your Dog, The Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets...

George, Jean Craighead: NYPL Author Chat!
http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2004/chats/george.html
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Jean Craighead George held August 17, 2004. http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2004/chats/george.html

Gibbons, Gail
http://www.gailgibbons.com/
The Art Box, My Soccer Book, Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries, Halloween, Prehistoric Animals, The Post Office Book, Sharks...

Gibbons, Gail: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=497
Watch video clips of an interview with Gail Gibbons.

Giff, Patricia Reilly
http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_pgiff.html#Biography
"Polk Street School" series, "Polka Dot Private Eye" series, Lily's Crossing, Nory Ryan's Song, Next Stop, New York City!, All the Way Home...

Hamilton, Virginia
http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, M.C. Higgins, The Great, The House of Dies Drear, Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush...

Henkes, Kevin
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/henkes/
Owen, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum, Wemberly Worried, Olive's Ocean, Chester's Way...

Hill, Eric
http://www.penguinputnam.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000015103,00.html
Spot's First Walk, Where's Spot?, Spot's Birthday Party, Spot Can Count, Spot's Big Book of Words...

Hoban, Tana
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/auth_ill/grk/tana_hoban.html
Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?: An Adventure in Color, 26 Letters and 99 Cents, I Read Signs, 1, 2, 3...

Hopkins, Lee Bennett
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/lbhopkins.html
Sports! Sports! Sports!: A Poetry Collection, Yummy! Eating Through a Day: Poems, A Pet for Me: Poems, Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry...

Hurwitz, Johanna
http://www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=14706
Baseball Fever, Busybody Nora, Aldo Applesauce, The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, Class President...

Hyman, Trina Schart
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Hyman.html
Little Red Riding Hood, The Sleeping Beauty, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Saint George and the Dragon...

Irvine, Joan
http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/
How to Make Pop-Ups, How to Make Super Pop-Ups, Build it with Boxes...

Jacques, Brian
http://www.redwall.org/
Redwall, The Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree, Triss, Martin the Warrior...

Jansson, Tove
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/tjansson.htm
Finn Family Moomintroll, Moominpappa at Sea, Moominsummer Madness, Tales From Moominvalley...

Jennings, Paul
http://www.pauljennings.com
Uncovered! Weird Weird Stories, Unbearable! More Bizarre Stories, Undone! More Mad Endings...

Johnson, Crockett
http://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/purple/
Harold and the Purple Crayon, A Picture for Harold's Room, The Carrot Seed...

Jones, Diana Wynne
http://www.dianawynnejones.com/dwjflash.htm
Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Air, Mixed Magics, Archer's Goon, A Tale of Time City...

Joyce, William
http://www.harperchildrens.com/williamjoyce/homepage.htm
Bently & Egg, Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, George Shrinks, Rolie Polie Olie...

Joyce, William: Video Clip
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=31
Watch a video clip of an interview with William Joyce.

Kalman, Maira
http://www.mairakalman.com/children%27sbooksa.html
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, Next stop, Grand Central, Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman, Hey Willy, See the Pyramids...

Keats, Ezra Jack
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/keats/main.html
Peter's Chair, The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Pet Show, Jennie's Hat, Apt. 3...The Ezra Jack Keats Archive at the de Grummond Collection.

Keats, Ezra Jack
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/
The official site of the Keats Foundation.

Keene, Carolyn
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-drew-author.asp
The "Nancy Drew" mystery series.

Kellogg, Steven
http://www.stevenkellogg.com/
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, The Mysterious Tadpole, Pinkerton, Behave!, Is Your Mama a Llama?, Library Lil, Paul Bunyan...

Kidsreads.com: Authors
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/authors.asp
Loads of author biographies and interviews.

Kimmel, Eric A.
http://www.ericakimmel.com/
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, Anansi Goes Fishing, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, The Three Princes, Sword of the Samurai...

Kipling, Rudyard
http://www.kipling.org.uk/
The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The Beginning of the Armadillos, The Elephant's Child...

Knight, Hilary
http://www.eloisewebsite.com/
Eloise, Kay Thompson's Eloise Takes a Bawth, Hilary Knight's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle...

L'Engle, Madeleine
http://www.madeleinelengle.com/
A Wrinkle in Time, A Ring of Endless Light, A Wind in the Door, The Arm of the Starfish, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Troubling a Star...

Lenski, Lois
http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ressubj/speccol/lenski/Welcome.html
Strawberry Girl, Cowboy Small, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Farm, The Little Sailboat, I Like Winter, Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison...

Levine, Gail Carson
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/levine/
Ella Enchanted, Dave at Night, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, The Wish, The Princess Test...

Lewin, Betsy
http://www.betsylewin.com/
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Giggle, Giggle, Quack, Cat Count, Chubbo's Pool, Gorilla Walk...

Lewin, Ted
http://www.tedlewin.com/
Market!, Fair!, Big Jimmy's Kum Kau Chinese Take Out, Gorilla Walk, Elephant Quest, Peppe the Lamplighter...

Lewis, C. S.
http://www.narnia.com/
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Horse and His Boy, The Silver Chair, Prince Caspian...

Lionni, Leo
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionni/author.html
Swimmy, Frederick, Inch by Inch, Little Blue and Little Yellow, A Color of His Own...

Literature Resource Center
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=230
NYPL Library Card required for home access. Highly Recommended. Extensive author listings. Features information on literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. Includes the following databases: Contemporary Authors (100,000+ authors), Full Text Journals, Scribner Writers Series, Twayne's Authors, and more.

Lobel, Anita
http://www.anitalobel.com/
On Market Street, Alison's Zinnia, Potatoes, Potatoes, One Lighthouse, One Moon...

Lobel, Arnold
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/alobel.html
Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad are Friends, Days with Frog and Toad, Mouse Tales, Fables, Grasshopper on the Road, Uncle Elephant...

London, Jonathan
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/12.24.97/books-9752.html
Froggy Gets Dressed, Froggy's First Kiss, Froggy Plays Soccer, Froggy Learns to Swim, Froggy's Halloween, Shawn and Keeper Show-and-Tell...

Lowry, Lois
http://www.loislowry.com/
The Giver, Number the Stars, Anastasia Krupnik, Anastasia At Your Service, Attaboy, Sam!, Gathering Blue, Gooney Bird Greene...

MacLachlan, Patricia
http://www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=12425
Sarah, Plain and Tall, Caleb's Story, Arthur, for the Very First Time, Baby, The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, Journey, Three Names, Unclaimed Treasures...

MacLachlan, Patricia : Audio Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=69
Listen to audio clips of an interview with Patricia MacLachlan.

Marshall, James
http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/marshallbio.html
George and Martha, Miss Nelson is Missing!, The Stupids Step Out, The Three Little Pigs, The Cut-Ups, Fox on Stage, Rats on the Roof, Space Case...

Martin, Ann M.
http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/index.htm
The "Baby-Sitters Club" series, "California Diaries" series, The Doll People, A Corner of the Universe, P.S. Longer Letter Later, Snail Mail No More...

Martin, Ann M. : NYPL Author Chat!
http://www.nypl.org/chat/AnnMMartin.html
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Ann M. Martin, held July 6, 2004.

Martin, Bill Jr.
http://www.billmartinjr.com/
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, A Beasty Story, Barn Dance!, Knots on a Counting Rope, Old Devil Wind...

Martin, Bill Jr. : Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=119
Watch video clips of an interview with Bill Martin Jr.

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
http://www.jacquelinebriggsmartin.com/
Snowflake Bentley, Grandmother Bryant's Pocket...

McKissack, Patricia and Frederick: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=240
Watch video clips of an interview with Patricia and Frederick McKissack.

Milne, A. A.
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-milne-aa.asp
Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, The Magic Hill...

Mora, Pat
http://www.patmora.com
Tomas and the Library Lady, A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Ines, Una Biblioteca para Juana: El Mundo de Sor Juana Ines, Listen to the Desert = Oye al Desierto...

Mora, Pat: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=459
Watch video clips of an interview with Pat Mora.

Munro, Roxie
http://www.penguinputnam.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000023445,00.html
The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries, The Inside-Outside Book of New York City, Christmastime in New York City, Doors, Crocodiles, Camels & Dugout Canoes: Eight Adventurous Episodes

Munsch, Robert
http://www.robertmunsch.com/
50 Below Zero, The Paper Bag Princess, Stephanie's Ponytail, Get Out of Bed!, More pies!, Aaron's Hair...

Murphy, Jim
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/jim_murphy.html
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, The Great Fire, Inside the Alamo, Gone a-Whaling, Blizzard...

Myers, Walter Dean
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/wdmyers.html
Motown and Didi, The Mouse Rap, Scorpions, Harlem: A Poem, Amistad : A Long Road to Freedom, Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly, Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam, Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff...

Myers, Walter Dean : NYPL Author Chat!
http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2004/chats/myers.html
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Walter Dean Myers, held July 29, 2004. http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2004/chats/myers.html

Myers, Walter Dean : Video Clip
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=207
Watch a video clip of an interview with Walter Dean Myers.

Naidoo, Beverley
http://www.beverleynaidoo.com/index2.html
Journey to Jo'burg, Chain of Fire, The Other Side of Truth, Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope...

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-naylor-phyllis-reynolds.asp
Shiloh, Shiloh Season, The Agony of Alice, Outrageously Alice, Beetles, Lightly Toasted, The Witch's Eye, The Boys Start the War...

Newbery, John
http://www.iupui.edu/~engwft/newbery.htm
The Newbery Medal for American children's literature is named for this 18th century British book publisher.

Nixon, Joan Lowery
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/
Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories, Gus & Gertie and the Missing Pearl, The Making of a Writer...

NoveList K-8
http://search.epnet.com/cpidlogin.asp?custid=nypl&profile=novelists&ip=yes
NYPL Library Card required for home access. Find fiction titles for students in grades K-8. Teachers can use thousands of subject headings to find titles on any instructional topic for every grade level. Students can use favorite authors or titles to find more books that they will enjoy reading. Includes full-text reviews from trusted sources such as School Library Journal and Booklist.

Numeroff, Laura
http://www.lauranumeroff.com/
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, What Mommies Do Best...

Osborne, Mary Pope
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/author.html
The "Magic Tree House" series, New York's Bravest, American Tall Tales, Favorite Norse Myths, Kate and the Beanstalk, The Brave Little Seamstress...

Osborne, Mary Pope: NYPL Author Chat!
http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2003/chats/osborne.cfm
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Mary Pope Osborne held August 6th, 2003.

Oxenbury, Helen
http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ylg/ylr/helen.html
We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Farmer Duck, Clap Hands, Say Goodnight, All Fall Down, I Touch, Tickle, Tickle...

Parish, Peggy
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-amelia-author.asp
Amelia Bedelia, Amelia Bedelia Helps Out, Come Back, Amelia Bedelia, Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping, Dinosaur Time...

Park, Barbara
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
The "Junie B. Jones" series, The Kid in the Red Jacket, Mick Harte was Here, Psssst! It's Me--The Bogeyman, Almost Starring Skinnybones...

Park, Linda Sue
http://www.lspark.com
A Single Shard, When My Name was Keoko, Seesaw Girl, The Kite Fighters, The Firekeeper's Son...

Paterson, Katherine
http://www.terabithia.com/
Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob have I loved, Lyddie, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Park's Quest, The Same Stuff as Stars, The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, Marvin One Too Many, Marvin's best Christmas Present Ever...

Paterson, Katherine: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=351
Watch video clips of an interview with Katherine Paterson.

Paulsen, Gary
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Brian's Return, Dogsong, Harris and Me, The Monument, Nightjohn, The River, The Voyage of the Frog, The Winter Room...

Peck, Richard
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/rpeck.html
A Long Way From Chicago, A Year Down Yonder, Ghosts I Have Been, Lost in Cyberspace, Fair Weather, The Great Interactive Dream Machine...

Peck, Robert Newton
http://my.athenet.net/~blahnik/rnpeck/about.htm
Soup, Soup 1776, Soup's drum, Soup for President, Soup in love, A Day No Pigs Would Die...

Pilkey, Dav
http://www.pilkey.com/
The "Captain Underpants" series, The "Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot" series, Dog Breath, The Paperboy, The Hallo-Wiener, Dragon's Fat Cat, Dragon's Merry Christmas...

Pinkney, Brian, Jerry & Miles: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/transcript.php?ID=37
Watch video clips of interviews with the Pinkneys.

Pinkwater, Daniel
http://www.pinkwater.com/indexh.html
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, Lizard Music, At the Hotel Larry, Fat Camp Commandos, Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears, Ned Feldman, Space Pirate...

Polacco, Patricia
http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
Pink and Say, The Keeping Quilt, Thank You, Mr. Falker, Luba and the Wren, Oh, Look!, Mrs. Katz and Tush, Thunder Cake...

Polacco, Patricia: Video Clip
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=209
Watch a video clip of an interview with Patricia Polacco.

Prelutsky, Jack
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_meet.htm
For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone, The Dragons are Singing Tonight, Monday's Troll, The Gargoyle on the Roof: Poems, Awful Ogre's Awful Day, Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast: Dinosaur Poems...

Quackenbush, Robert
http://www.rquackenbush.com/
I Did it with My Hatchet: A Story of George Washington, James Madison & Dolley Madison and Their Times, Once Upon a Time!: A Story of the Brothers Grimm Quick, Annie, Give Me a Catchy line!: A Story of Samuel F.B. Morse...

Ransome, Arthur
http://www.arthur-ransome.org/ar/
The "Swallows and Amazons" series, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship; A Russian Tale...

Rathmann, Peggy
http://www.peggyrathmann.com/
Good Night, Gorilla, Officer Buckle and Gloria, 10 Minutes till bedtime, The Day the Babies Crawled Away...

Reading Rockets: Author Interviews
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorinterviews.php
Read, watch and listen to interviews with some of the world's top children's authors.

Reading Zone at IPL Kidspace
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/rzn0000/
Your favorite authors and books from the Internet Public Library.

Rey, H.A. and Margaret
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/curiousaboutgeorge.shtml#authors
The "Curious George" books, Find the Constellations, Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World, Katy No-Pocket...

Roberts, Willo Davis
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/wdroberts.html
The View From the Cherry Tree, Hostage, The Girl with the Silver Eyes, Jo and the Bandit...

Rowling, J.K.
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/
The "Harry Potter" site at Scholastic, the American publisher of the series.

Rowling, J.K.
http://www.jkrowling.com/
J.K. Rowling's official site.

Rowling, J.K.
http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/wizard/default.asp
The "Harry Potter" site at Bloomsbury, the British publisher of the series.

Rowling, J.K.
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/
The "Harry Potter" movies at Warner Brothers.

Rylant, Cynthia
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rylant-cynthia.asp
The "Mr. Putter and Tabby" books, the "Henry and Mudge" books, the "Poppleton" books, the "High-Rise Private Eyes" books, Missing May, A Fine White Dust...

Sabuda, Robert
http://www.robertsabuda.com/
Cookie Count [A Tasty Pop-Up], The 12 Days of Christmas: A Pop-Up Celebration, The Christmas Alphabet, Tutankhamen's Gift...

Sachar, Louis
http://www.louissachar.com/
Holes, the "Marvin Redpost" books, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom...

San Souci, Robert D.
http://www.rsansouci.com/
Sukey and the Mermaid, Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales, The Faithful Friend, The talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, The Hired Hand: an African-American Folktale, N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims...

Say, Allen
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/allensay/
Grandfather's Journey, The Bicycle Man, Tea With Milk, Tree of Cranes, How My Parents Learned to Eat...

Scieszka, Jon : NYPL Author Chat!
http://kids.nypl.org/reading/SczieszkaChat.cfm
Read the Transcript from NYPL's Author Chat with Jon Scieszka held April, 1998.

Scieszka, Jon : Audio Clip
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=75
Listen to an audio clip of an interview with Jon Scieszka

Sendak, Maurice
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/sendak_m.html
Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Little Bear, Chicken Soup With Rice, Nutcracker, No Fighting, No Biting!, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, Pierre, The Sign on Rosie's Door...

Seuss, Dr.
http://www.seussville.com/
The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, Horton Hatches the Egg, And To Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Hop on Pop, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins...

Shannon, David
http://www.bookpage.com/9909bp/david_shannon.html
No, David!, David Goes to School, David Gets in Trouble, Duck on a Bike, The Rain Came Down, A Bad Case of Stripes...

Shannon, David : Video Clips
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=326
Watch video clips of an interview with David Shannon

Sharmat, Marjorie
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-nate-author.asp
The "Nate the Great" books, Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport, Maggie Marmelstein for President, Getting Something on Maggie Marmelstein...

Silverstein, Shel
http://shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems & Drawings of Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, The Giving Tree, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?...

Simon, Seymour
http://www.seymoursimon.com/
The Heart: Our Circulatory System, Lightning, Destination: Jupiter, the "Einstein Anderson" series, Crocodiles & Alligators, Animals Nobody Loves, The Paper Airplane Book...

Simont, Marc
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/marc_simont.html
The "Nate the Great" series, The Stray Dog, The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, Many Moons, A Tree is Nice...

Sis, Peter
http://www.petersis.com
Dinosaur!, Ballerina!, Komodo!, Madlenka's Dog, The Dragons are Singing Tonight, The Whipping Boy, Trucks, Trucks, Trucks...

Sis, Peter: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=305
Watch video clips of an interview with Peter Sis.

Smith, Jessie Wilcox
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/waterbabies/
The Water-Babies online exhibit at the Library of Congress.

Smith, Lane
http://www.kidsreads.com/features/2002-smith.asp
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, the "Time Warp Trio" series, The Stinky Cheese Man, Spooky ABC, The Big Pets, Glasses, Who Needs 'Em?, The Happy Hocky Family!...

Snicket, Lemony
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/
The "Series of Unfortunate Events" books, Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography...

Sobol, Donald J.
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-brown-author.asp
The "Encyclopedia Brown" mystery series...

Spinelli, Jerry
http://www.jerryspinelli.com/
Maniac Magee, The Library Card, Crash, Wringer, Loser, There's a Girl in My Hammerlock, Knots in My Yo-Yo String: the Autobiography of a Kid...

Steig, William
http://www.williamsteig.com/
Shrek, Doctor De Soto, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Pete's a Pizza, CDB!, The Amazing Bone, Abel's Island, Brave Irene...

Stevens, Janet
http://www.janetstevens.com/
Tops and Bottoms, Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!, And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon, Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, Anansi Goes Fishing, Coyote Steals the Blanket: a Ute Tale...

Stine, R. L.
http://www.thenightmareroom.com/
The "Goosebumps" books, Nightmare Hour...

Stine, R.L.
http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/books/stine/index.htm
The Scholastic site.

Stine, R.L.
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-stine-rl.asp
The Kidsreads.com site.

Taback, Simms
http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Simms-Taback
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, This is the House that Jack Built, Buggy Riddles, Who Said Moo?...

Taylor, Mildred D.
http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/taylor_mildred/
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Road to Memphis, The Land, The Friendship, The Gold Cadillac, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, Mississippi Bridge, The Well, Song of the Trees...

Teague, Mark
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/authors/teague/
The "Poppleton" books, the "First Graders from Mars" series, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, The Lost and Found, One Halloween Night, Pigsty, How I Spent My Summer Vacation...

Thomas, Joyce Carol
http://www.joycecarolthomas.com/
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea: Poems Gingerbread Days: Poems, I Have Heard of a Land, You are my Perfect Baby, Crowning Glory...

Thompson, Kay
http://www.eloisewebsite.com/kay_thompson.htm
Eloise, Kay Thompson's Eloise Takes a Bawth...

Tolkien, J.R.R
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/
"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, The Hobbit, The Father Christmas Letters, Bilbo's Last Song...

Van Allsburg, Chris
http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/
The Polar Express, Jumanji, The Z was Zapped, Ben's dream, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Sweetest Fig...

Van Allsburg, Chris: Video Clip
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=64
Watch a video clip of an interview with Chris Van Allsburg.

Voigt, Cynthia
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=109
Dicey's Song, Homecoming, Jackaroo, A Solitary Blue, The Rosie Stories, Building Blocks, Come a Stranger...

Waber, Bernard
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/waber/
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Lovable Lyle, The House on East 88th Street, Ira Sleeps Over...

Waldman, Neil
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/neil_waldman.html
They Came from the Bronx: How the Buffalo Were Saved from Extinction, The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story, Masada, The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion, America the Beautiful...

Weisgard, Leonard
http://www.leonardweisgard.com/
The Little Island, Night and Day

Wells, Rosemary
http://www.rosemarywells.com
Bunny Cakes, Noisy Nora, Yoko, Timothy Goes to School, Max's Chocolate Chicken, Max and Ruby in Pandora's Box, McDuff Comes Home, Here Comes Mother Goose...

Wells, Rosemary: Video Clips
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=55
Watch video clips of an interview with Rosemary Wells.

White, E.B.
http://www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=10499
Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, Trumpet of the Swan...

Wiesner, David
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/wiesner/
Tuesday, Sector 7, The Three Pigs, Hurricane, Free Fall, June 29, 1999...

Willems, Mo
http://www.mowillems.com/
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Time to Pee!, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog...

Williams, Vera B.
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-williams-vera.asp
Amber Was Brave, Essie was Smart: The Story of Amber and Essie, "More More More," Said the Baby, Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea, Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe, Cherries and Cherry Pits...

Wood, Audrey
http://www.audreywood.com/
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, The Napping House, Heckedy Peg, Silly Sally, Piggies, Alphabet Mystery...

Yaccarino, Dan
http://www.danyaccarino.com/
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon, An Octopus Followed me Home, Trashy Town, Unlovable, Little White Dog, If I Had a Robot...

Yep, Laurence: Video Clip
http://readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=368
Watch video clips of an interview with Laurence Yep.

Yolen, Jane
http://www.janeyolen.com/
The "Commander Toad" books, Off we Go!, How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, The Bagpiper's Ghost, Dragon's Blood, The Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, Sleeping Ugly, Water Music, Poems for Children...

Zelinsky, Paul O.
http://www.paulozelinsky.com/
Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Swamp Angel Hansel and Gretel, The Wheels on the Bus...

Zindel, Paul
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Zindel.html
The Pigman, The Pigman's Legacy, The Pigman & Me, Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!...

Zolotow, Charlotte
http://www.charlottezolotow.com/
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, Seasons: A Book of Poems, The Old Dog, My Friend John...