Ray Bial
Photographer/author Bial has created critically acclaimed photo-essays for children, including
Ghost Towns of the American West and
The Underground Railroad.
Tenement is due out this summer.
Linda Crotta Brennan
Author of the books
Marshmallow Kisses and
Flannel Kisses, both illustrated by Mari Takabayashi.
Jan Brett
Brett's magnificent paintings glorify her simple but engaging stories in
Scary, Scary Halloween.
Don Brown
Author/illustrator of
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa, a Horn Book Honor Selection.
Virginia Lee Burton
Author and illustrator of some of the most beloved and enduring books ever written for children, including
The Little House (winner of the 1942 Caldecott Medal) and
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
John Clapp
Clapp's illustrations offer young readers a vivid slice of history in
Right Here on This Spot.
Catherine Clinton Compiler of
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African-American History and author of
The Black Soldier 1492 to the Present.
Sneed B. Collard
Author of many books about animals and nature, including
Making Animal Babies,
Animal Dads, and
Leaving Home.
James M. Deem Author of the 1999 Parents' Choice Award winner,
Bodies from the Bog, and other books for young readers.
Garret Freymann-Weyr
Author of acclaimed young adult novel
When I Was Older and the riveting
My Heartbeat, a five-star novel.
Dianne Gray
Author of
Holding Up the Earth, a beautifully portrayed young adult novel about a child of adoption.
Sheila Greenwald
Author/illustrator of
Mariah Delany's Author-of-the-Month Club and
The Mariah Delany Lending Library Disaster.
Carol Otis Hurst
Author of
Through the Lock and
In Plain Sight.
Jennifer Jacobson
Author of
Winnie (Dancing) on Her Own, an early chapter book that explores friendships and individuality.
Lisa Jahn-Clough
Lisa Jahn-Clough is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children, including
Alicia Has a Bad Day and
My Friend and I. Her first novel, titled
Country Girl, City Girl will be released this fall.
D. B. Johnson
Inspired by Henry David Thoreau's
Walden,
Henry Builds a Cabin follows the award-winning
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg for another adventure in the life of Henry the bear.
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock is the author of many fine children's books.
From Dawn Till Dusk is her first for Houghton Mifflin.
Helen Lester
Author of the Tacky the Penguin books and the award-winning
Hooway for Wodney Wat and
Score One for the Sloths.
Lois Lowry
Best-selling and award-winning author of books for young readers, including the Newbery Medal winners
Number the Stars and
The Giver.
Mary Lyons
Lyons is the author of fifteen books for young readers.
Knockabeg: A Famine Tale is her most recent book.
David Macaulay
Since his first book,
Cathedral, Caldecott Medal Winner Macaulay has created many best-selling books.
Angelo is his latest picture book.
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Author of
Snowflake Bentley, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Medal, and
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish.
Michael McCurdy
Award-winning author/illustrator of many American history books, including
Giants in the Land and
An Algonquian Year.
Alice McGill
McGill is an internationally renowned storyteller and the author of numerous acclaimed books, including
In the Hollow of Your Hand.
Here We Go Round is her latest novel.
Patricia McMahon
Author of
Dancing Wheels and
One Belfast Boy.
Bruce McMillan
Author/photographer of
Days of the Ducklings, McMillan has traveled from Antarctica to Iceland to bring the wonders of nature to his young audience.
Lynn Munsinger
Illustrator of
Score One for the Sloths,
Hooway for Wodney Wat, and the Tacky the Penguin books.
Joi Nobisso
Author of the children's book
John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire, illustrated by Ted Rose.
Jerrie Oughton
Author of the award-winning young adult novel,
Music from a Place Called Half Moon.
H. A. Rey and Margret Rey
Creators of the Curious George books.
Allen Say
Caldecott Medal–winning author/illustrator of
Grandfather's Journey and the renowned picture books
Tea with Milk,
Emma's Rug,
Allison,
El Chino, and
Tree of Cranes.
Home of the Brave is his latest picture book.
April Sayre
Sayre's
If You Should Hear a Honey Guide won the John Burroughs Medal and was a 1995 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
Maureen Taylor
Genealogy expert and author of
Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Learn more about J.R.R. Tolkien, "Author of the Century."
Chris Van Allsburg
"Master of the mysterious" Chris Van Allsburg is the creative genius behind the Caldecott Medal–winners and international bestsellers
The Polar Express and
Jumanji, both of which have been made into major motion pictures, as well as the Caldecott Honor Book
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. The
New York Times bestseller
Zathura will be a major motion picture in the Fall of 2005!
Bernard Waber
Bernard Waber has written and illustrated many beloved books for children, including the Lyle Crocodile books and most recently
Courage.
Wong Herbert Yee
Yee's
Fireman Small won the 1997 Parents' Choice Award and began a series of exciting Fireman Small adventures.
