Elementary Author's Websites

Bibliography Web Sites of Elementary Authors

The Author Corner
A place to meet authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books. Appropriate for students in grades 2 - 10.

Author Biographies
Part of the Internet Public Library. Contains biographical information, a photo and frequently asked questions (FAQ's) with answers from that author or illustrator.

Author Trivia Quiz
An online trivia quiz that is self checking.

Bookworm
Designed for students from 6-12 years old. Includes a reading club that you can join and win prizes for reading books, a free newsletter, cool stuff, authors information, a wish list, books listed by reading level, and a search feature.

Bridge School Library Authors and Illustrators
An alphabetical listing of author and illustrator links.

Children's and Young Adults' authors and Illustrators
Find lots of information an authors and illustrators on this website created by Inez L. Ramsey, Professor Emeritus in Library Science, James Madison University.

Index to Children's Book Authors & Illustrators
Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center's index to author and illustrator Internet sites.

On-Lion for Kids
The New York Public Library site for kids.

Penguin Books Author Bios
Organized A-Z for easy searching.

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Individual Author Sites

AVI
Written by an 8th grade student.

Jim Aylesworth
Welcome to my home page! For those of you who don't know me, I am the author of over twenty picture books for children.

Jan Brett
Author and illustrator Jan Brett's homepage is filled with lots of information and activities related to her children's books.

Marc Brown
The PBS site

Marc Brown
The Random House publishers site.

Eric Carle
This is the original Eric Carle Site.

Nancy Carlson
The author and illustrator has designed her homepage with lots of information and activities for children who love to read.

Beverly Cleary
The Beverly Cleary Homepage was designed to be a comprehensive source of information about the award-winning children's author and her books.

Tomie DePaola
Welcome to a web site "devoted" to the author and illustrator.

Leo and Diane Dillon
A resource file of this author/illustrator team.

Virginia Hamilton
Her personal homepage.

Ezra Jack Keats
Information about the author and illustrator's many books.

Madeline L'Engle
An official web site that lists other links at the bottom of the page.

Robert Munsch
A fun site with lots of information and things to do related to the author's many books.

Katherine Paterson
The author's official web site.

Patricia Polacco
Her homepage with biographical information as well as information about her many books.

David Pilkey
Meet the award winning author and find out about his many books.

Beatrix Potter
The official and definitive site about the author of the Peter Rabbit books.

Raffi

J. K. Rowling
Interviews and much more with the author of the Harry Potter books.

Jon Scieszka
Information about the popular author.

Maurice Sendak
A biography about the well known author.

Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace.

Seymour Simon
Find out about the author of over 200 highly acclaimed science books.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Biography about the author with three Newbery Honor Books and more.

Chris Van Allsburg
A page devoted to information about his books, with links to other sites.

Laura Ingalls Wilder
This is the first homepage devoted to the author of the "Little House" book and is the most comprehensive.

David Wisniewski
Learn about shadow puppet theater and the art of paper cutting from this award winning author/illustrator's web page.

Aubrey and Don Wood
Enter the Club House and have lots of fun with the author/illustrators Aubrey and Don Wood.

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Book Characters and Series Books

American Girl
Lots of information and things to do with the characters of the American Girl books.

Berenstain Bears
Enter the world of the bear family.

Boy's/Children's Series books
Information about Danny Dunn, Encyclopedia Brown, Hardy Boys, The Three Investigators, Secret Seven, Boxcar Children and Tom Swift.

Curious George
Have fun with your favorite monkey who is always getting into trouble.

Girl's Series Books
Information about the Nancy Drew series, Trizie Belden, the American Girls series, and others.

Harry Potter
Lots of information about the Harry Potter books plus activities, games and much more.

Nancy Drew
Learn about the girl detective and others on this mystery series homepage.

Peter Rabbit
Takes a while to load but the wait is well worth it. Site takes you inside the world of Beatrix Potter with sound, animation and video.

Winnie-the Pooh
Have fun with Pooh and his friends on this Winnie-the-Pooh homepage.
 

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