Lois Ehlert List
Published on 6 Nov 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Lois Ehlert
Lois Ehlert is both a writer and an illustrator. She says, “The art technique I use most is called collage - cutout pieces of paper, fabric, or objects glued to a backing. I work in a studio in my home. I’ve always thought it’s important to have a special area just for making art. Anyone of any age can make such a space, even if it’s just a little corner in a room. When you go to this area it means you are ready to create something.”
Her birthday is November 9th!
To learn more about Lois Ehlert visit Lois Ehlert’s Biography
Top Ten Most Popular Lois Ehlert Books in the Children’s Room
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Eric A. Kimmel List
Published on 30 Oct 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Eric A. Kimmel
Eric A. Kimmel says that he wanted to be a writer from the time he was a kindergartner. Besides being a writer, he has worked as a teacher and a librarian. He says “his first love is sharing stories from different countries and cultures.” He was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal for his book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.
His birthday is October 30th!
Learn more about him at Eric A. Kimmel’s Homepage
Top Ten Most Popular Eric A. Kimmel Books in the Children’s Room
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Steven Kellogg List
Published on 23 Oct 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Steven Kellogg
Steven Kellogg is both an author and an illustrator. He knew he wanted to tell stories from the time he was in preschool. He has written and/or illustrated about ninety books. One of his best-loved characters is Pinkerton, a Great Dane. His newest book is called If You Decide to Go to the Moon, written by Faith McNulty.
His birthday is October 26th!
To learn more about Steven Kellogg, and to view a photo of the real Pinkerton, visit his website.
Author Steven Kellogg’s Homepage
Here are two lists for Mr. Kellogg. He is the author and illustrator of books in the first list. The second list contains books illustrated by Mr. Kellogg but written by someone else.
Top Ten Most Popular Books in the Children’s Room Written by Steven Kellogg
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Russell Freedman List
Published on 16 Oct 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Russell Freedman
“Russell Freedman is a nonfiction writer who prefers to be called a “factual author.” Freedman chooses only topics that he is interested in and wants to learn more about.” He was awarded the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography.
His birthday is October 11th!
Learn more about Russell Freedman at Authors and Illustrators
Top Ten Most Popular Russell Freedman Books in the Children’s Room
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Johanna Hurwitz List
Published on 9 Oct 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Johanna Hurwitz
“Johanna Hurwitz is the author of over five dozen books for young readers. When she was a child she liked to tell stories to her younger brother. But she became a school librarian after college and did not write her first book until her own children were in school. “That’s why, when children ask her how long it takes to write a book, she replies that her first, Busybody Nora, took her whole life.”
Her birthday is October 9th!
Learn more about Johanna Hurwitz at Authors Among Us
Top Ten Most Popular Johanna Hurwitz Books in the Children’s Room
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Robert Lawson List
Published on 2 Oct 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Robert Lawson
Robert Lawson was both an author and an illustrator. He was the first person to receive both the Newbery Medal (Rabbit Hill, 1945) and Caldecott Medal (They Were Strong and Good, 1940). The books he illustrated include The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater.
The anniversary of his birth is October 4th!
Learn more about Robert Lawson at Robert Lawson’s Biography
Most Popular Robert Lawson Books in the Children’s Room
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Paul Goble List
Published on 25 Sep 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Paul Goble
His birthday is September 27th!
“His illustrations accurately depict Native American clothing, customs and surroundings in brilliant color and detail. He researches ancient stories and retells them for his young audience in a manner sympathetic to Native American ways. He has always said that he particularly writes and paints to encourage Indian children to be proud of their culture.” He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. His book, The Gift of the Sacred Dog, is a Reading Rainbow selection.
Click here to learn more about him.
Top Ten Most Popular Paul Goble Books in the Children’s Room
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Roald Dahl List
Published on 11 Sep 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Roald Dahl
His Birthday is September 13th! This is Roald Dahl Day in the U.K.!
This “gloriumptious new Roald Dahl Day website is NOW ONLINE and is jam-packed with news, activities and downloadable materials so that everyone can join in with the nationwide Roald Dahl Day party!”
Top Ten Most Popular Roald Dahl Books in the Children’s Room
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James Haskins List
Published on 7 Sep 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
James Haskins
“Professor James Haskins (d. 2005) was the author of more than 100 books for adults and young people. In 1994, he was presented the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for a body of work in nonfiction for young people. ”
Prof. Haskins writes, “I was born in Dentopolis, Alabama and spent my childhood in a household with lots of children, a household where I felt a great need for privacy. One of the places I found privacy was in books. I could be anywhere at all, but if I was reading it book I was by in myself. Sometimes it was hard for me to get books. In the 1950s, when I was a child, the South was rigidly segregated. The Demopolis Public library was for whites; a black child could not go there. My mother arranged for a white friend to get books from the library for me. Many years later, I returned to Demopolis and gave some of the books I had written to the library I could never enter as a child. Some years after that, I was invited to give an important speech in that same library.”
The anniversary of his birth is September 19th.
More information about James Haskins
Top Ten Most Popular James Haskins Books in the Children’s Room
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Jack Prelutsky List
Published on 4 Sep 2006, filed under Featured Authors.
Jack Prelutsky
His birthday is September 8th!
Jack Prelutsky says, “There was a time when I couldn’t stand poetry! In grade school, I had a teacher who left me with the impression that poetry was the literary equivalent of liver. I was told that it was good for me, but I wasn’t convinced. When I was a young man, I discovered poetry again and it changed my life. ” He found out that he was a “natural poet.” See if you’re a natural poet.
Click here to learn more about Jack Prelutsky and to create and publish your own poem.
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
Top Ten Most Popular Jack Prelutsky Books in the Children’s Room
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