Web Sites About Authors and Illustrators

Susan Jeffers
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/sjeffers.html
Illustrator of Wild Robin, The Snow Queen, Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening, and Hiawatha

Genre: Fairy tales, folktales
Grade: K-4

Tony Johnston
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/257_biography.html
Author of The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote, The Ghost of Nicolas Greebe, and Amber on the Mountain

Genre: Picture book, folktale
Grade: K-4

William Joyce
http://www.harperchildrens.com/williamjoyce/homepage.htm
Author and illustrator of Santa Calls, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Keiko Kasza
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/582_biography.html
Author and illustrator of A Mother for Choco, The Wolf's Chicken Stew, and The Rat and the Tiger

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Steven Kellogg
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/skellogg.html
Author and illustrator of Pinkerton, Behave!, Chicken Little, and Island of the Skog; illustrator of Is Your Mama a Llama? and Engelbert, the Elephant

Genre: Picture book, folktales
Grade: K-3

Dick King-Smith
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_dki.html
Author of Babe, The Gallant Pig, All Pigs Are Beautiful, and Harriet's Hare

Genre: Modern fantasy, picture book
Grade: K-3, 4-6

E. L. Konigsburg
http://www.ala.org/alsc/konigs.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/koni.html
Newbery Award winner for The View from Saturday and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Newbery Honor Book award winner for Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Grade: 4-6

Madeleine L'Engle
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/leng.html
http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~cburleso/wrinkle.htm

Julius Lester
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/2838_biography.html
Newbery Honor Book award winner for To Be a Slave; author of Caldecott Honor Book, John Henry

Genre: Historical fiction, picture book, folktale
Grade: K-3, 4-6

Leo Lionni
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_lli.html
Caldecott Honor Book awards for Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse, and Swimmy

Genre: Picture book, animals
Grade: Preschool-3

Arnold Lobel
http://a41064.west.asu.edu/students/dcorley/97-598/Lobel.html
This page is an example of a Web-based author study created by a young student.

Caldecott Medal winner for Fables; Caldecott Honor Book Award for Frog and Toad Are Friends and Hildilid's Night

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Lois Lowry
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Lowry.html
http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/wf98/llowry.htm
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/lowry.html
Newbery Medal winner for The Giver and Number the Stars

Genre: Historical fiction, contemporary realistic fiction, humor
Grade: 3-5, 6-8

Patricia MacLachlan
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/macl.html
http://wildes.home.mindspring.com/Once.Upon.A.Lap/int/maclachlan,patricia.html

Newbery Medal winner for Sarah, Plain and Tall
Genre: Historical fiction, contemporary realistic fiction, picture book
Grade: K-3, 4-6

David Macaulay
http://wasv5001.bbnplanet.com/decordova/exhibit/stories/macaulay.html
Caldecott Medal winner for Black and White; Caldecott Honor Book awards for Castle and Cathedral

Genre: Picture book, nonfiction
Grade: K-3, 4-6

Margaret Mahy
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/mmahy.html
Author of The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Rattlebang Picnic, and The Haunting

Genre: Picture book, folktales, modern fantasy
Grade: Baby-Preschool, K-3, 4-6

Bill Martin, Jr.
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/bmartin.html
Author of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and The Ghost-Eyed Tree

Genre: Picture book, concept book
Grade: Baby-Preschool, K-3

Rafe Martin
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/198_biography.html
Author of The Rough-Face Girl, The Boy Who Lived with the Seals, and The Eagle's Gift

Genre: Picture book, fairytales
Grade: K-4

Robert McCloskey
http://www.homeroom.ca/books/authors/romcclosky.html
Caldecott Medal winner for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder; Caldecott Honor Books for Journey Cake, Ho!, One Morning in Maine, and Blueberries for Sal

Genre: Picture book
Grade: Baby to preschool, K-3, 4-6

Emily Arnold McCully
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/mccu.html (very brief)
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/369_biography.html

Caldecott Medal winner for Mirette on the High Wire

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Gerald McDermott
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/gmcdermott.html
This page focuses on several of Gerald McDermott's trickster tales, which are accompanied by cover illustrations.

Caldecott Medal winner for Arrow to the Sun; Caldecott Honor Book Awards for Anansi the Spider and Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest

Genre: Picture book, folktales
Grade: K-3

Patricia and Fred McKissack
http://www.searsportrait.com/storybook/guest_march.html
http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mckissack.html
Authors of African-American Inventors, Black Diamond, and Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts

Genre: Historical fiction, nonfiction, picture book
Grade: K-3, 4-6, young adult

Mercer Meyer
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mayer.htm
Author of There's a Nightmare in My Closet, Terrible Troll, and Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Walter Dean Myers
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/myer.html
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/myers.html
Newbery Honor Book awards for Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction, poetry, picture book
Grade: K-3, 4-6, young adult

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/nayl.html (audio clip)
Here you'll find an audio clip of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor talking about her book, Shiloh. A transcript of the clip is also included.

http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Naylor.html
Newbery Medal winner for Shiloh

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Grade: 4-6

Joan Lowery Nixon
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/nixo.html (audio clip)
In an audio clip, accompanied by a transcript, Joan Lowery Nixon discloses the background of some of her books, shares how she gets her ideas, and offers advice to young writers.

Author of The Other Side of Dark, A Candidate for Murder, and the Orphan Train Children series

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery
Grade: 4-6, young adult

Robert C. O'Brien
http://matrix.binary.net/camoon/rcob/main.html

Scott O'Dell
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/odel.html

Newbery Medal winner for Island of the Blue Dolphins; Newbery Honor Book awards for Sing Down the Moon, The Black Pearl, and The King's Fifth

Genre: Historical fiction
Grade: 4-6, young adult

Gary Paulsen
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/paul.html
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/paulsen.html

Jerry Pinkney
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/3027_biography.html
Caldecott Honor Book awards for John Henry, The Talking Eggs, and Mirandy and Brother Wind

Genre: Picture book, folktales
Grade: K-3

Daniel Pinkwater
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Pinkwater.html
Author of Fat Men from Space, Lizard Music, and Borgel

Genre: Modern fantasy
Grade: K-3, 4-6

Jack Prelutsky
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_jpr.html
http://www.poetry4kids.com/links.html#JackPrelutsky
Here you'll find a brief bio on Jack Prelutsky and links to four of his poems.

http://www.teachingk-8.com/archives/html/prelutsky.html From Teaching K-8 site, here's an article about Jack Prelutsky featuring poems from New Kid on the Block.

Author of New Kid on the Block, A Pizza the Size of the Sun, and Ride a Purple Pelican

Genre: Poetry
Grade: Preschool, K-3

Philip Pullman
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_ppu.html
This author profile provides discussion questions for The Golden Compass and a list of recommended books for further reading.

Author of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife

Genre: Fantasy
Grade: Young adult