Web Sites About Authors and Illustrators

Authors and Illustrators Who Visit Schools
http://www.teleport.com/~authilus/
This site features authors who present school programs to children focusing on writing/illustrating. Here you can learn more about each author and find out their contact information.

Children's Book Authors Who Visit Schools
http://www.snowcrest.net/kidpower/authors2.html
This site lists links to Web sites of authors/illustrators who visit schools.

Author Biography and Autobiography
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/authorbios.html
Here you'll find a list of author biographies and autobiographies.

Lloyd Alexander
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/2235_biography.html
Newbery Medal winner for The High King; Newbery Honor Book award for The Black Cauldron

Genre: Modern fantasy, adventure, fables, picture book
Grade: 4-8

Hans Christian Andersen
http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/Andersen/
This site contains a complete list in chronological order of Andersen's 168 stories, with links to printable pages of individual tales.

Author of The Ugly Duckling, The Brave Tin Soldier, and The Swineherd

Genre: Fairy tales
Grade: K-8

Natalie Babbitt
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/babbitt.html
Author of Tuck Everlasting and The Search for Delicious

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

Molly Bang
http://wasv5001.bbnplanet.com/decordova/exhibit/stories/bang.html
Caldecott Honor Book Award winner for The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher and Ten, Nine, Eight

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Joseph Bruchac
http://www.penguinputnam.com/cgi-bin/to_catalog.cgi?authorid=504&category=yreader
http://www.childrenslit.com/f_bruchac.html
Author of The Great Ball Game, Gluskabe and the Four Wishes, and A Boy Named Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull

Genre: Native American legends, historical fiction, biography
Grade: K-3; 4-8; young adult

Eve Bunting
http://www.bookpage.com/9705bp/childrens/evebunting.html
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/ebunting.html
Author of the Caldecott Medal winner Smoky Night; author of The Wednesday Surprise and Dandelions

Genre: Picture book, family, coming-of-age, historical fiction
Grade: K-4

Janell Cannon
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/jcannon.html
Author of Stellaluna and Verdi

Genre: Picture book, animals
Grade: K-3

Lynne Cherry
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/lcherry.html
Author of The Great Kapok Tree And A River Ran Wild

Genre: Picture book, environment
Grade: K-3

Matt Christopher
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Christopher.html
Author of Dirt Bike Racer, Skateboard Tough, and Challenge at Second Base

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction, sports
Grade: 3-7

Barbara Cooney
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/2718_biography.html
Caldecott Medal winner for Ox-Cart Man and Chanticleer and the Fox

Genre: Picture book, historical fiction
Grade: K-3

Caroline Cooney
http://www.norfolk.ne.us/cooney.htm
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/cooney5.html
Author of The Face on the Milk Carton, Whatever Happened to Janie?, and Driver's Ed

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction, mystery
Grade: Young adult

Floyd Cooper
http://www.penguinputnam.com/cgi-bin/to_catalog.cgi?authorid=246&category=yreader
Illustrator of Grandpa's Face, and Daddy, Daddy, Be There; author/illustrator of Coming Home and Mandela

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3

Robert Cormier
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Cormier.html
Author of I Am the Cheese, The Chocolate War, and Other Bells for Us to Ring

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Grade: 4-6; young adult

Karen Cushman
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/cushman/question.html
Here you'll find an online interview of Karen Cushman with questions submitted by students, teachers, and fans.

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/cushman.html
In addition to the author's biography, this page contains critiques of her books as well as a list of other novels set in Medieval Times to supplement a literature program focusing on her books.

Newbery Medal winner for The Midwife's Apprentice and Newbery Honor Book Award for Catherine, Called Birdy

Genre: Historical fiction
Grade: 4-6

Roald Dahl
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/rdahl.html
Paula Danziger
http://www.childrenslit.com/f_danziger.html

Author of the Amber Brown series

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Grade: 2-4

Hans deBeer
http://208.240.91.202/Bios/DeBeerBio2.html
Author and illustrator of the Little Polar Bear books

Genre: Picture book, animals
Grade: K-3

Bruce Degen
http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/author/index.htm#degen
Illustrator of The Magic School Bus series; author and illustrator of Jamberry and Sailaway Home

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-5

Leo and Diane Dillon
http://www.best.com/~libros/dillon/index.html
Caldecott Medal winners for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears and Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions

Genre: Picture book
Grade: K-3; 4-8

Lois Ehlert
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/lehlert.html
Caldecott Honor Book award winner for Color Zoo; author and illustrator of Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On, Color Farm, and Mole's Hill

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

Paul Fleischman
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/aime/journal/intervu
Newbery Medal book for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two; Newbery Honor Book award for Graven Images

Genre: Poetry, historical fiction, nonfiction, contemporary realistic fiction

Sid Fleischman
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/flei.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/fleiss.html
This site contains links to lesson plans based on Sid Fleischman's books, Jim Ugly and By the Great Horn Spoon.

Newbery Medal winner for The Whipping Boy

Genre: Modern fantasy
Grade: 4-6

Denise Fleming
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/dfleming.html
Caldecott Honor Book award for In the Small, Small Pond; author and illustrator of In the Tall, Tall Grass and Barnyard Banter

Genre: Picture book
Grade: Baby - preschool, K-3

Mem Fox
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/mfox.html
Paula Fox
http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~orono/collaborative/monkey.html
(lesson) This page describes a lesson plan based on Paula Fox's book, Monkey Island.

http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/pfox.html
Newbery Medal winner for The Slave Dancer; Newbery Honor Book for One-Eyed Cat

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

Russell Freedman
http://www.bhs.edu/wmc/aal/freedman.html
Created by a fan, this site has links to lesson plans based on The Wright Brothers and An Indian Winter.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/linc/linctg.html
Based on Russell Freedman's book Lincoln: A Photobiography, this page describes five online activities for fifth-through eighth grade students, which focus on President Lincoln and the Civil War. This unit was developed by a teacher in the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project.

Newbery Medal winner for Lincoln: A Photobiography; Newbery Honor Book Award for The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane and Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery

Genre: Nonfiction, biography
Grade: 4-8

Jean Fritz
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/309_biography.html
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Cant_Behave.html
This page describes an economics and geography lesson based on Jean Fritz's book, Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?

Newbery Honor Book award winner for Homesick: My Own Story; author of The Cabin Faced West, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? and You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

Genre: Biography, historical fiction, autobiography
Grade: 3-6

Patricia Reilly Giff
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/giff.html
Newbery Honor Book Award for Lily's Crossing; Author of Kids of the Polk Street School series and Polka Dot Private Eye series

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction, mystery, historical fiction
Grade: 1-3, 4-6

Eloise Greenfield
http://wildes.home.mindspring.com/Once.Upon.A.Lap/int/greenfield%2Celoise.html http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/poetry/things.html
Here you'll find poems written by first grade students inspired by "Things" from Honey, I Love.

Author of Honey, I Love and Other Poems, Sister, and Mary McLeod Bethune

Genre: Poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, biography
Grade: K-5

Michael Hague
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/mhague.html
Illustrator of The Velveteen Rabbit, The Book of Dragons, and East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Genre: Picture book, fairy tales
Grade: K-8

Jim Haskins
http://www.childrenslit.com/f_haskins.html
Author of The Black Stars series, Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad, and I Have a Dream: The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Genre: Nonfiction, biography
Grade: Young adult, 4-8

Yumi Heo
http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/1197feat.html
Author and illustrator of The Green Frog and Father's Rubber Shoes; illustrator of The Rabbit's Escape and The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks: A Masai Tale

Genre: Picture book, folktales, Korean folktales, Korean-American experience
Grade: K-3

Eric Hill
http://www.penguinputnam.com/catalog/yreader/authors/136_biography.html
Author and illustrator of the Spot series

Genre: Picture book
Grade: Baby to Preschool; K-1

S. E. Hinton
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/sehi.html
Author of The Outsiders, That Was Then This Is Now, and Rumble Fish

Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Grade: Young adult

Langston Hughes
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/langhu/langhutg.html
Developed by teachers in the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, this page describes six online activities that supplement a unit on Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance.

http://www.si.edu/tsa/disctheater/sweet/tss03.htm
Poet during the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes works can be found in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems and I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by Black Americans.

Genre: Poetry
Grade: 4 and up

Pat Hutchins
http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/hutchins.html
http://www.titch.net/
This site is all about Pat Hutchins' beloved character, Titch, featuring a story especially written and illustrated for the site, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the British TV series, Titch.

http://a41064.west.asu.edu/students/dcorley/97-598/Hutch.html
Here's an example of a student's author study on Pat Hutchins and her work.

Author and illustrator of the Titch series, The Doorbell Rang, and Rosie's Walk

Genre: Picture book
Grade: Preschool-3