AUTHORS (people who make stories) and ILLUSTRATORS (people who make pictures)
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David Adler - author of the Cam Jansen series, and more
Louisa May Alcott - author of Little Women, and many others
Kathi Appelt - author of The Underneath, the Bubba and Beau books, and more
Tedd Arnold - author and illustrator of several books, including Green Wilma, the Huggly books, and the Fly Guy beginner reader series
Jim Arnosky - author and illustrator of the Crinkleroot books, and many more
Mike Artell - local Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author and illustrator of numerous books, including Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Frank Asch - author and illustrator of the Moonbear books, and many other picture books
Avi - Newbery award winning author of Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Things That Sometimes Happen, and a wide variety of other books
Jim Aylesworth - author of several picture books, including Shenandoah Noah, Old Black Fly, and The Tale of Tricky Fox
Molly Bang - author of Wiley and the Hairy Man, When Sophie Gets Angry, and many other picture books
Lynne Reid Banks - author of The Indian in the Cupboard, Harry the Poisonous Centipede, and other books
T.A. Barron - author of The Hero's Trail, The Lost Years of Merlin series, and others
John Bellairs - author of The House with a Clock in its Walls, The Dark Secret of Weatherend, The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, and lots of other spooky books
Tom Birdseye - author of Attack of the Mutant Underwear, Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!, and several other books
Quentin Blake - illustrator of books by Roald Dahl and many other authors; and author/illustrator of several books, including Cockatoos and Mrs. Armitage and the Big Wave
Harry Bliss - illustrator of several books, including Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin
Judy Blume - author of Freckle Juice, Iggie's House, and many other classic realistic fiction books
Jan Brett - author and illustrator of many books, including Gingerbread Baby, The Umbrella, and the Hedgie books. Her exceptional website has more than 4000 pages of free printable activities, coloring pages, and projects
Marc Brown - author and illustrator of the Arthur books, and many others
Margaret Wise Brown - author of many classic picture books, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
Thornton Burgess - author of more than one hundred books, including the Bedtime Story-Books
Betsy Byars - Newbery and Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of award winning author of many books, including the Bingo Brown series, Beans on the Roof, and My Brother, Ant
Eric Carle - author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Hello Red Fox, Mister Seahorse, and many other picture books
Nancy Carlson - author and illustrator of the Louanne Pig books, the Loudmouth George books, and many more
Matt Christopher - author of Johnny No Hit, The Great Quarterback Switch, and many other fiction and non-fiction books about sports
Beverly Cleary - author of many books, including the Ramona Quimby series, the Ralph S. Mouse series, the Henry Huggins series
Andrew Clements - author of Frindle, Big Al, Brave Norman, and many other books
Eoin Colfer - author of the Artemis Fowl series and more
Raul Colón - illustrator of many books, including Tomas and the Library Lady and Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
Bruce Coville - author of several books, including the Sixth Grade Alien series and the Rod Albright Alien Adventures.
Sharon Creech - author of Fishing in the Air, Love That Dog, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, and many others
Christopher Paul Curtis - Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winning author of many books, including Bud Not Buddy and Elijah of Buxton
Roald Dahl - author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, and many other favorites
Kate DiCamillo - Newbery award winning author of The Tale of Despereaux, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and more
Tony DiTerlizzi - author and illustrator of The Spiderwick Chronicles and other books
Crescent Dragonwagon - author of several books, including Half a Moon and One Whole Star, and Alligator Arrived with Apples
Ed Emberley - Caldecott award winning illustrator of Drummer Hoff (written by his wife Barbara Emberley) and many others, and author/illustrator of many books, including several about drawing
Jules Feiffer - author and illlustrator of I Lost My Bear, Bark George, and more
Paul Fleischman - Newbery award and Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of many books, including Joyful Noise and Weslandia
Sid Fleischman - Newbery award winning author of The Whipping Boy, the McBroom books, the Bloodhound Gang books, and many others
Candace Fleming - Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of Gator Gumbo: A Spicy Hot Tale, The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary, and more
Denise Fleming - author and illustrator of The Cow Who Clucked, Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, Alphabet Under Construction, and numerous other picture books
Mem Fox - author of Koala Lou, Where is the Green Sheep?, Time for Bed, and more
Alona Frankel - author and illustrator of many books, including the indispensible Once Upon a Potty books
Cornelia Funke - author of the Inkheart books, The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, and many others
Neil Gaiman - Newbery and Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and others
Jack Gantos - author of the Joey Pigza books, the Rotten Ralph books, and more
Jean Craighead George - Newbery Award winning author of Julie of the Wolves, My Side of the Mountain, and several other books
Charles Ghigna - author of many books, including Mice are Nice, One Hundred Shoes, and See the Yak Yak
Gail Gibbons - author and illustrator of numerous excellent nonfiction books for children
Nikki Giovanni - poet and author of The Genie in the Jar, Rosa, and many other books.
Edward Gorey - illustrator of many books, including John Bellairs' spooky mysteries, Florence Parry Heide's Treehorn books, and Peter F. Neumeyer's Donald Has a Difficulty. Author/illustrator of Amphigorey and several other books.
Nikki Grimes - Coretta Scott King award winning author of several books, including the Danitra Brown books, Welcome Precious, and Talkin' About Bessie.
Dan Gutman - author of The Homework Machine, the My Weird School series, several books about baseball, and more.
Bruce Hale - author of the Chet Gecko mystery series
Virginia Hamilton - Newbery award winning author of M.C. Higgins the Great, the Dies Drear books, The People Could Fly, and many other books
Kevin Henkes - Caldecott award winning illustrator and author of Kitten's First Full Moon, Wemberly Worried, Olive's Ocean, and many other books
Anna Grossnickle Hines - author and illustrator of many picture books, including When the Goblins Came Knocking, Rumble Thumble Boom!, and Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti.
Kimberly Willis Holt - author of My Louisiana Sky, Mister and Me, the Piper Reed series, and many other picture books and novels
Anthony Horowitz -
Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of the Alex Rider series and The Power of Five series
Brian Jacques - author of the epic Redwall series, and several other books.
G. Brian Karas - illustrator of many books, including My Crayons Talk (by Patricia Hubbard), The High-Rise Private Eyes series (by Cynthia Rylant); author and illustrator of several books, including The Windy Day.
Ezra Jack Keats - author and illustrator of Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, and many other picture books.
Elisa Kleven - author and illustrator of Ernst, The Puddle Pail, and several other books.
Stephen Krensky - author of the Lionel beginning reader series and much more
Kathleen Krull - author of many books, including M is for Music, The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss, and It's My Earth, Too: How I Can Help the Earth Stay Alive.
Laura McGee Kvasnosky - author and illustrator of the Zelda and Ivy books and others.
Madeleine L'Engle - Newbery award winning author of the Wrinkle in Time quintet and other books
Gail Carson Levine - author of Ella Enchanted, Dave at Night, Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, and many others
Betsy Lewin - illustrator of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, Duck for President (both written by Doreen Cronin) and many others
Ted Lewin - illustrator of several books, including One Green Apple (by Eve Bunting), Peppe the Lamplighter (by Elisa Bartone), and Faithful Elephants (by Yukio Tsuchiya)
E.B. Lewis - illustrator of the Little Cliff books (by Clifton L. Taulbert), Circle Unbroken (by Margot Theis Raven), The Other Side (by Jacqueline Woodson), and many other books
Lois Lowry - Newbery award winning author of Number the Stars, The Giver, the Anastasia Krupnik books, and many more
Rafe Martin - author of several books, including Will's Mammoth, The Shark God, and The Rough-Face Girl.
Jean Marzollo - author of I Am Snow, Soccer Sam, several of the I Spy books, and many more.
Bruce McMillan - author and photo-illustrator of Play Day: A Book of Terse Verse, Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw, Growing Colors, and many other books.
Pat Mora - author of many books, including Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, The Race of Toad and Deer, and Tomás and the Library Lady
Bernard Most - author and illustrator of The Cow That Went Oink, Zoodles, If the Dinosaurs Came Back, and many other books
Robert Munsch - author of many books, including Love You Forever, The Boy in the Drawer, and I Have to Go!
Lesléa Newman - author of many books, including The Best Cat in the World, Hachiko Waits, and Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!
Jenny Nimmo - author of the Charlie Bone books, The Snow Spider, and other books
Garth Nix - author of many books, including the Old Kingdom series and the Keys to the Kingdom series
Laura Numeroff - author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies/Daddies Do Best, and many other picture books
Scott O'Dell - Newbery award winning author of Island of the Blue Dolphins, Zia, The Black Pearl, and many others
Kevin O'Malley - Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author/illustrator of Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, Lucky Leaf, and other books
Mary Pope Osborne - author of the Magic Tree House series, the Tales from the Odyssey series, the Spider Kane series, and many other books
Linda Sue Park - Newbery award winning author of A Single Shard, Mung-Mung: A Foldout Book of Animal Sounds, Archer's Quest, and many other books
Katherine Paterson - Newbery award winning author of Bridge to Terabithia, The Smallest Cow in the World, Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight, and many other books
Dav Pilkey - an "Extra Crunchy Website o' Fun" from the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants books, the Ricky Ricotta books, Dogzilla, and many others
Daniel Pinkwater - author of I Was a Second Grade Werewolf, Aunt Lulu, Lizard Music, and many more
Patricia Polacco - author and illustrator of numerous books, including Rechenka's Eggs and Thunder Cake, and Meteor!
Beatrix Potter - author and illustrator of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, and many others
Jack Prelutsky - Children's Poet Laureate and author of many books of poetry, including A Pizza the Size of the Sun, Ride a Purple Pelican, and My Parents Think I'm Sleeping
Robert Quackenbush - author and illustrator of Batbaby, the Henry the Duck books, the Miss Mallard mysteries, and many other books.
Peggy Rathmann - Caldecott award winning illustrator and author of Officer Buckle and Gloria, 10 Minutes Till Bedtime, Good Night, Gorilla, and many more
Faith Ringgold - Coretta Scott King award winning illustrator, story-quilt-maker, and author of Tar Beach, Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky, Dinner at Aunt Connie's House, and others
Rick Riordan - Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of the Percy Jackson series, and more
Emily Rodda - author of the Deltora Quest books, the Rowan books, and many others
J. K. Rowling - Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of the Harry Potter series
Ron Roy - author of the A to Z mysteries, and more.
Pam Muñoz Ryan - author of many books, including When Marian Sang, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, and There Was No Snow on Christmas Eve.
Louis Sachar - author of Holes, the Marvin Redpost books, the Wayside School books, and many others.
Coleen Salley - renowned professor of children's literature and author of the Epossumondas books.
Jon Scieszka - author of The Stinky Cheese Man, Math Curse, the Time Warp Trio series, and many other books.
J. Otto Seibold - author and illustrator of Olive, the Other Reindeer, Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride, and Gluey: A Snail Tale.
Dr. Seuss - author and illustrator of many books, including The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Judy Sierra - author of Wild About Books, Counting Crocodiles, The Elephant's Wrestling Match, and many other books.
Shel Silverstein - author and illustrator of The Giving Tree, Runny Babbit, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and many other books.
Seymour Simon - author of many non-fiction science books, including books about outer space, our planet, the human body, animals, and other subjects.
Peter Sis - author and illustrator of An Ocean World, Rainbow Rhino, Tibet: Through the Red Box, and many other books.
Esphyr Slobodkina - author and illustrator of many books, including Caps for Sale; illustrator of The Little Fireman (by Margaret Wise Brown) and many other books.
Lemony Snicket - fictitious author of the Series of Unfortunate Events.
Jerry Spinelli - Newbery award winning author of Maniac Magee, Fourth Grade Rats, The Bathwater Gang, and many other books.
William Steig - Caldecott award winning illustrator and author of Shrek, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, and many other picture books.
Janet Stevens - illustrator of a many books, including Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, Tops and Bottoms, and To Market, To Market.
Mike Thaler - author of the From the Black Lagoon books, Owly, In the Middle of the Puddle, and many other books.
Leslie Tryon - author and illustrator of the Albert Duck books and others.
Sarah Weeks - Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award winning author of So B. It, Oggie Cooder, and more
Rosemary Wells - author and illustrator of the Max & Ruby books, the Yoko & Friends books, and many others.
Colin West - author and illustrator of many books, including "Pardon?" Said the Giraffe and Have You Seen the Crocodile?
Walter Wick - photo-illustrator of many books, including the I Spy and Can You See What I See? books.Laura Ingalls Wilder - author of the Little House on the Prairie books.
Hans Wilhelm - author and illustrator of I'll Always Love You, the Tyrone the Horrible series, and many others.
Elizabeth Winthrop - author of many books, including Dumpy La Rue, Tough Eddie, and The Castle in the Attic.
Ashley Wolff - author and illustrator of A Year of Birds and others; illustrator of the Miss Bindergarten books (by Joseph Slate) and others.
Audrey Wood - author of many books, including Ten Little Fish, The Napping House, and Silly Sally.
Jane Yolen - author of many books, including The Ballad of the Pirate Queens, the How Do Dinosaurs? books, and the Piggins books.
Charlotte Zolotow - author of The Sleepy Book, William's Doll, The Bunny Who Found Easter, and many other picture books.
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