Penguin Books Author Bios (http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/appear/bios.htm) - organized A-Z for easy searching.
Author Study Homepage (http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml) - organized alphabetically, easy to use.
Bookworm ( http://www.kidsreads.com) - Designed for kids 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 info., a wishlist, books listed by reading level, and a search feature.
Librarian's Resources Authors Links (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6166/library.html#authors) - Lists many favorites.
Aliki (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/aliki.htm)
Authors and Illustrators on the Web (http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html) - The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.
Boy's/Children's Series books (http://members.aol.com/biblioholc/bseries.html) - Information about Danny Dunn, Encyclopedia Brown, Hardy Boys,The Three Investigators, Secret Seven, Boxcar Children and Tom Swift.
Girl's Series Books (http://members.aol.com/biblioholc/gseries.html) - Information about the Nancy Drew series, Trixie Belden, the American Girls series, and others.
American Girl (http://www.americangirl.com/homepage2.html)
The Read In (http://www.readin.org) An internet talkfest with famous authors.
Rupert Bear (http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~afm/rupert/followers.html) - A discussion of the long-lived British character from illustrated books.
Debra Hopkinson (http://people.whitman.edu/~hopkinda/)
Nancy Drew Site (http://www.nancydrew.com/kids/)
Official Redwall site (http://redwall.org)
Author Biographies (http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Biographies.html) - Part of the Internet public library. Contains biographical information, a photo and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)with answers from that author or illustrator:
Birthdates of Authors (gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/11/.subjects/Education/.childlit/.authors/.birthdates) - available by author or by date.
Children's and Young Adults' Authors and Illustrators (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm)Find oodles of information on authors and illustrators on this website created by Inez L. Ramsey, Professor Emeritus in Library Science, James Madison University.
Jan Brett's Homepage (http://www.janbrett.com/) - A lot of information and activities.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/featuredtitles.htm)
Randolph Caldecott (http://macserver.stjohns.k12.fl.us/others/rc.html) - a biogrpahy provided by The Randolph Caldecott Society of America
Eric Carle (http://www.eric-carle.com/) - This is the original Eric Carle Site.
Nancy Carlson (http://www.nancycarlson.com)
Beverly Cleary (http://www.teleport.com/~krp/cleary.html) - The Beverly Cleary Home Page was designed to be a comprehensive source of information about the award-winning children's author and her books.
Leo and Diane Dillon (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/dillon.htm)
Tomie DePaola (http://www.tomie.com) - Welcome to a web site "devoted" to Tomie dePaola.
Seussville (http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/) - 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.
Madeline L'Engle (http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~eithlan/lengle.html) - an official website. Lists other links to information about her at the bottom of the page.
Katherine Paterson (http://www.terabithia.com/) - her official website.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (http://www.microweb.com/lsnyder/) - Biography about the author with three Newbery Honor Books and more.
Mark Twain (http://marktwain.miningco.com/) - Links to information about Mark Twain.
Laura Ingalls Wilder (http://vvv.com/~jenslegg/) - This is the first home page devoted to Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books, and is the most comprehensive.
Laura Ingalls Wilder (http://www.pinc.com/~jenslegg/activity.htm)
Maurice Sendak (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/sendak.htm) - A biography about the well-known author.
Jim Aylesworth (http://www.ayles.com/) - 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.
Index to Children's Book Authors & Illustrators (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramsey/biochildhome.htm) - Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center's index to author and illustrator Internet sites. The ISLMC is a meta-site designed to foster easy access to curriculum related sites for teachers, school librarians, parents and students.
Internet Public Library Youth Division: the Author Page (http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/) - Contains a Question and Answer section, Author Biographies, and Author Links.
Pure Poetry: A Talk with Jack Prelutsky (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/categories/children/april-01-1998-prelutsky-interview/002-2526399-6197254) - April is National Poetry Month, the perfect time for a talk with Jack Prelutsky, one of the premier children's poets of our time. Don't miss this engaging discussion of poetry, Pavarotti, and long-tongued flightless birds... along with a few tips for budding wordsmiths.
Jon Scieszka (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/scieszka.htm)
Marilee's List of Picturebook Authors and Illustrators Links (http://www.ameritech.net/users/macler/authors.html) - Links to many popular authors and illustrators.
Children's Books (http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/children.htm) - Look here for the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Links to Authors and Illustrators.
The Author Corner (http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/authco/) - A place to meet authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books. Written and appropriate for students in grades 2-10.
Scholastic (http://www.scholastic.com/) - links to all the popular scholastic series-Goosebumps, Animorphs, Baby-Sitters Club, Clifford, Dear America, I Spy, Magic Schoolbus, etc. as well as other scholastic authors.
The Big Pages of Teacher Resource Sites (http://www.mts.net/~jgreenco/teacher.html#Language) - Sites include literature, book reports, poetry, authors, illustrators, etc.
On-Lion for Kids (http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/) -The New York Public Library site for kids. Includes recommended reading; people and places; science and technology; magazines; Authors, Books and Characters; Sports; Arts and Crafts; New York, New York!; Holidays and Celebrations; For Parents and Teachers; Events for Children; and Search the Internet.
American Library Association (http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/)
Caldecott Awards (http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html)
Newbery Awards (http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html)
Just for Kids Who Love Books (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/1333/kids.htm)
Reading Rainbow (http://www.pbs.org/readingrainbow/)
Berenstain Bears (http://www.berenstainbears.com)
Marc Brown PBS site, (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/)
Marc Brown Random House site (http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur)
Robert Munsch (http://www.robertmunsch.com/)
Patricia Polacco (http://www.patriciapolacco.com)
Aubrey and Don Wood (http://www.audreywood.com/)
Peter Rabbit (http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk)
Raffi (http:www.raffiautobiography.com)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (http://www.westegg.com/exupery/)
