Look for your favorite author or discover a new one. You might find printable coloring pages, games, activities, lesson plans, and information about an author and his or her books. Enjoy!    

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      Local Authors

    Favorite Authors for Young Children

  Favorite Authors for Ages 8 and Up

   Author Interviews

Local Authors

Eleanor Bartlett and Kathy Pautler

Matt McElligot

Coleen Paratore

James Preller

We are very fortunate to have a well-known children's author literally in our own backyard. The Jigsaw Jones Mysteries are well loved by young readers. Visit James Preller on the web and discover what a wonderful author we have in our community.

Alexandra Siy

Favorite Authors for Young Children

David Adler

Frank Asch 

Have you read a Moonbear book by Frank Asch? He has also written many other wonderful children's books, including novels and nonfiction for kids. Learn more about his books and discover a fun game.

Jan Brett  

Come into The Mitten or The Hat.  Join the Christmas Trolls on a wintery adventure. This is a great page with lots of interactive games, coloring pages and information about her books.

Marc Brown: Arthur Series

Eric Carle

Find out all kinds of information about Eric Carle and his work.  There are lots of parent and teacher ideas for incorporating his books across the curriculum.

Lauren Child

Author of Charlie and Lola books.

Diane deGroat

Learn about the author and the many children's books she has written. There are many great printables to pair with Diane deGroat's holiday books. You'll find Gilbert and his friends. Have fun!

Marla Frazee

Kevin Henkes

Barbara Joosse

Junie B. Jones

Junie B. Jones has her own web page! If you like Junie B., here's a page of great fun. Junie B. has written you a letter, and there are lots of fun Junie B. Jones games and activities. Check it out!

Laurie Keller

Laura M^cgee Kvasnosky

Mercer Meyer

Join in the fun with Litter Critter as you discover many fun activities. You can learn about the author Mercer Meryer as well.

Robert Munsch

If you like Thomas' Snowsuit or The Paper Bag Princess, here's the author's web site. It includes a biography and stories to download of him reading parts of his books.  There is also a link to Munsch's poetry. Munsch encourages fans to send letters and pictures. A great activity if you are doing on author study!

Lynn Plourde

Seuss Ville  

From Green Eggs and Ham to Red Fish, Blue Fish and everything in between, this Dr. Seuss page is the best in Seuss fun.  Oh the Places You Will Go when you join the Cat in the Hat for plenty of Seuss adventures. 

Audrey Wood's Clubhouse 

This page is designed by the author herself.  There is lots of information about her books as well as printable coloring and game pages.

Jane Yolen

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Favorite Authors for Ages 8 and Up

Avi

Blue Balliett

Dave Barry

Judy Blume

Julie Bowe

Betsy Byars

Eoin Colfer

Beverly Cleary

Jump into the world of Ramona Quimby through the neighborhood map found on this site. Test your knowledge of Beverly Cleary's characters with trivia quizzes and have fun with the games.

Andrew Clements

Sharon Creech

Christopher Paul Curtis

Roald Dahl

Join the whimsical world of the author who created James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Teachers can download lesson plan ideas for free and kids can have fun playing games on the "Treats" link.

Kate DiCamillo

Jeanne DuPrau

Cornelia Funke

Patricia Reilly Giff

Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman is the author of the popular baseball card adventure series and many other engaging books for young readers. You'll find a short biography, book excerpts, and information about his many books when you visit his website.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Erin Hunter (Warrior series)

Enter the world of the Warriors, the immensely popular series which chronicles the adventures of the Warrior Cats and the Warrior Cat clans. Discover who the author Erin Hunter really is. You will be surprised!

Jacqueline Kelly

Author of 2010 Newbery Honor Award winning book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.

Jeff Kinney (Diary of a wimpy kid books)

Kathryn Lasky

Kathry Lasky has created a fantasy in which good and evil forces come center stage in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Read more about Kathryn Lasky and her popular series and play some fun owl games.

Grace Lin

Author of 2010 Newbery Honor Award winning book, Where the mountain meets the moon.

Cynthia Lord

Lois Lowry

Mike Lupica

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Find out about the Newbery winning author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor at KidsReads.com. Do you know which of her books won a Newbery award? Learn more about the many books and book series that she has written.

Barbara O'Connor

Mary Pope Osborne: Magic Tree House Series

Christopher Paolini

Katherine Paterson

Gary Paulsen

Rodman Philbrick

Author of 2010 Newbery Honor award winning book, The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg.

Daniel Pinkwater

Partricia Polacco

Patricia Polacco explores themes of family of friendship in her many picture books. Learn more about the author and her books, or try some fun stuff.

Rick Riordan

J. K. Rowling

Andy Runton (Owly comics)

Louis Sachar

Lemony Snicket

"ATTENTION:  Please run for your life!" So is the warning pasted on this site. It begins as does every book in the popular series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Find games on this site that are just as strange as the books, and enjoy an interview with the author.

Jerry Spinelli

Rebecca Stead

Author of 2010 Newbery Medal award winning book, When you reach me.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Tanya Lee Stone

Author of 2010 Robert F. Sibert Medal award winning book, Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream.

Linda Urban

Author Interviews

Reading Rockets Video Interviews

Have you ever wanted to sit down and talk to an author or find out what inspired your favorite author to write such great stories? At this link you can watch video interviews of some of the best children's book authors including Eric Carle, David Shannon, Patricia Polacco, Marc Brown and many more. It's all free - no subscription required! So start clicking and get inspired!

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