Authors

We have provided links to these sites because they have information that may be of interest to you.
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Louisa May Alcott Text
The author of Little Women and many more books

Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of acclaimed novels Speak, Fever 1793, and more

Avi
Author of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Nothing But the Truth, The Fighting Ground, and more

L. Frank Baum--The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website
Compiled by a fan, this site is full of information about Oz and links to other Oz websites

John Bellairs
Author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, The Curse of the Blue Figurine, and other fantasy novels, with information about Brad Strickland who has continued Bellairs' series.

Jan Brett’s Home Page
Author/illustrator of The Mitten, The Hat, Armadillo Rodeo, Trouble with Trolls, and much more;  has lots of coloring pages and activities you can print out

Official Eric Carle Web Site
Author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Quiet Cricket and many more picture books

Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden, Portland, Oregon
See sculptures of Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy in a park near the neighborhood that Cleary’s stories are based upon

Roald Dahl--The Official Roald Dahl Website
Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and many more favorite books

Nikki Grimes Website
The Coretta Scott King Award winning poet and author

Virginia Hamilton
Author of The House of Dies Drear, The People Could Fly, Bluish and more

Redwall Abbey:  The Official Redwall Web Site
Everything you need to know about Brian Jacques and the "Redwall" series

Mary E. Lyons
Author of Sorrow’s Kitchen, Letters from a Slave Girl and more

Carolyn Meyer's Website
Author of Mary, Bloody Mary, White Lilacs, Drummers of Jericho and more

Learning About Jim Murphy
Author of The Great Fire, Blizzard!, and many of the "Dear America" and "My Name is America" series books

Kristine O’Connell George’s Website
The author of Old Elm Speaks and other books of poetry

Katherine Paterson Web Site
Author of Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie, and Jacob Have I Loved.

Dav Pilkey
Author/illustrator of Captain Underpants, Dogzilla, Kat Kong and much more; includes a hilarious graphic novel autobiography

Jack Prelutsky
Information about the poet and some of his poems from Scholastic.com

Robert Quackenbush
Author of the "Miss Mallard Mystery" series and much more

J.K. Rowling
Author of the "Harry Potter" series

Darren Shan
Author of the Cirque du Freak series

Janet Stevens
A very prolific illustrator who also the adapts many folk and fairy tales, such as Coyote Steals the Blanket

J.R.R. Tolkien--National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings
Information about Tolkien and his famous series of books

Mark Twain and His Times
Author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and much more

Janet Wong’s Website
The author of Night Garden and other books of poetry and prose

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