Author Study Page

As part of the MCPS Reading/Language Arts curriculum, students will study a variety of authors' works. Please use some of the following author web sites for information about specific authors.

Kindergarten | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | General

Kindergarten Authors

Donald Crews:

Meet the Artists: Donald Crews

Eric Hill:

Fun With Spot

Eric Hill Biography: Penguin Group

Tana Hoban:

Tana Hoban

Pat Hutchins:

Pat Hutchins Biography

Titch by Pat Hutchins

Rosemary Wells:

The World of Rosemary Wells

Charlotte Zolotow:

Charlotte's Home Page

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First Grade Authors

Marc Brown:

Marc Brown Studios

KidsRead.com: Arthur by Marc Brown

Eric Carle:

The Official Eric Carle Web Site

Lois Ehlert:

The Scoop: Lois Ehlert Biographical Sketch

Kevin Henkes:

Kevin Henkes

Ezra Jack Keats:

Ezra Jack Keats

Arnold Lobel:

Arnold Lobel: HarperCollins Books

Lobel, Arnold: Educational Paperback Association

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Second Grade Authors

Jan Brett:

Author Jan Brett's Home Page

Ann Cameron:

Houghton Mifflin Reading: Meet Ann Cameron

Tomie DePaola:

Welcome to Tomie

Gail Gibbons:

Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Gail Gibbons

James Marshall:

James Marshall: Penguin Group (USA) Authors

James Edward Marshall

Faith Ringgold:

Faith Ringgold

Maurice Sendak:

KidsRead.com: Maurice Sendak

Vera Williams:

KidsRead.com: Vera B. Williams

BookWire: Meet the Author: Vera B. Williams

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Third Grade Authors

Beverly Cleary:

Beverly Cleary

Joanna Cole:

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus

KidsRead.com: Joanna Cole

Barbara Cooney:

Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney: Penguin Group (USA) Authors

Nikki Giovanni:

Yolanda Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni

Leo Lionni:

Leo Lionni

Bill Peet:

Home Page for Bill Peet

Cynthia Rylant:

KidsRead.com: Cynthia Rylant

Houghton Mifflin Reading: Meet Cynthia Rylant

William Steig:

William Steig, Children's Book Author

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Fourth Grade Authors

Betty Bao Lord:

AILF: Immigrant Achievement Awards: Bette Bao Lord

Byrd Baylor:

Cinco Puntos Press: Byrd Baylor

Eve Bunting:

KidsRead.com: Eve Bunting

The Scoop: Eve Bunting Biographical Sketch

Lynne Cherry:

Lynne Cherry: Home

Eloise Greenfield:

Houghton Mifflin Reading: Meet Eloise Greenfield

African American Registry: Eloise Greenfield, A Voice for Children

Lee Bennett Hopkins:

CBC Magazine: Meet the Author/Illustrator: Lee Bennett Hopkins

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor:

Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.: Phyllis Reynold Naylor

KidsRead.com: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Patricia Polacco:

Patricia Polacco.com

Seymour Simon:

Seymour Simon

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Fifth Grade Authors

Betsy Byars:

Betsy Byars

Ralph Fletcher:

Ralph Fletcher

Jean Fritz:

KidsRead.com: Jean Fritz

CBC Magazine: Meet the Author/Illustrator: Jean Fritz

Virginia Hamilton:

Virginia Hamilton

Langston Hughes:

Poets.org: Poetry, Poems, Bios and More: Langston Hughes

The My Hero Project: Langston Hughes

Patricia Lauber:

Houghton Mifflin Reading: Meet Patricia Lauber

Yoshiko Uchida:

PH@school: Literature: Author Biographies: Yoshiko Uchida

Chris Van Allsburg:

Chris Van Allsburg

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More Author Web Resources

ALA: Great Web Sites: Authors and Illustrators

Children's Authors and Illustrators On the Web

Teaching Books.net