Tedd Arnold Read an interview with the award winning author and illustrator of the Huggly books. See what he is currently working on and a step by step description of how he illustrates his funny stories. http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold/
Read to find out if Avi is this popular author's real name! This site includes background information about the author as well as notes about many of his books. Teachers, be sure to click on the Gift for Teachers to learn how to get audio tapes of some of his stories on tape http://www.avi-writer.com/
Find out about this author/illustrator's latest projects and what inspired each of her beautiful books. You can email the author from the site, or send a postcard to a friend. The site has beautiful graphics and printouts. http://www.janbrett.com
Read Eric Carle's "occasional" newsletter and his answers to frequently asked questions to learn more about how he gets his ideas and goes about wrting a book. The site includes an exchange area for teachers to exchange ideas. http://www.eric-carle.com/
The Beverly Cleary Home Page was designed to be a comprehensive source of information about the award-winning children's author and her books. Read about her books and characters here. http://www.teleport.com/~krp/cleary.html
Although this site is primarily text, it has great information about this popular author. Be sure to check the section called The Making of a Keats Picture Book. http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/biography.html A project done by primary students at the Beal Early Childhood Center in MA. Includes biographical information, a list of books, teacher resources and child friendly directions for creating your own mouse like Lionni. http://www.ci.shrewsbury.ma.us/Sps/Schools/Beal/Curriculum/media/Lionni/leolionni.html
Read an autobiography of Robert Munsch, the author of "Love You Forever" and many other wonderful children's stories. You will also find a list of all of Robert Munsch's stories and background information about where he got his idea for the book. Samples of books and letters written to Robert Munsch are posted and you can email Robert Munsch yourself! http://www.robertmunsch.com/
Preview new books in the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne, submit an original book review, ask the author a question,or test your memory in the contest area. Site also includes teacher resources. http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/books/books.html
Email Patricia Polacco to ask questions or tell her what you think of her books from this site!!! You will also find background inforamation, a quarterly newsletter, pictures of where Patricia Polacco works and how she goes about writing a book, and pages you can print to color. Great information for young readers and writers! http://www.patriciapolacco.com/h.html
This page offers excellent information about Cynthia Rylant's life and how she became a writer. It includes a photo scrapbook and the opportunity to send her a personal email message. http://www.rylant.com/Welcome.htm
In addition to biographical information this site includes activities for students to do both on and off the computer in the Fun with Max and Ruby section and teacher and parent and parent resources in the For Parents and Teachers section.. http://www.rosemarywells.com/frames.html Sponsored by Houghton-Mifflin, this site includes information about several different authors. Each Author Spotlight includes book summaries, author articles and biographies, classroom connections Internet links,and an interview. http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/index.html
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