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    • Distance Learning Help
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  • Book Care
  • Caldecott Awards
  • Children's Books That Teach Character and Social Issues
  • Citing Sources
  • Coding Sites
  • Copyright Free
  • Digital Citizenship
  • Famous Realistic Fiction Authors
  • Games that Teach
  • Great Book Lists
  • Great Book Trailers for 4-5
  • Historical Book Trailers
  • Internet Safety
  • Jan Brett
  • Power of Reading
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Mrs. Gwinn's Book Nook

Author Biographies

Here are some websites for famous children's authors and illustrators.  Click on them to learn more about them.

Arnold, Tedd 
Here is a biography on Tedd Arnold.
Brett, Jan #1 
Here is Wikipedia's biography on Jan Brett.
Brett, Jan. #2 
Here is Jan Brett's official website biography.
Brett, Jan #3 
Here is a good biography on Jan Brett from a library!
Brown, Marc #1 
This is an interview with Marc.
Brown, Marc #2 
This page gives facts about Marc's life.
Bunting, Eve #1 
Here is Wikipedia's biography on Eve Bunting.
Bunting, Eve #2 
Here is a biography of Eve Bunting with a review on her books.
Carle, Eric #1 
Here is a short autobiography about Eric Carle.
Carle, Eric #2 
Here is Wikipedia's biography on Carle.
Carle, Eric #3 
An interview with Eric tells why he writes so much about nature.
Crews, Donald #1 
This is Wikipedia's biography on Donald.
Crews, Donald #2 
Here is a second webpage on Donald Crew.
DePaola, Tomie #1 
This is Tomie's own autobiography page.
DePaola, Tomie #2 
This is a list of Tomie's books.
Gutman, Dan #1 
Here is the Wikipedia page on Dan Gutman.
Gutman, Dan #2 
This is Dan's "autobiography."
Henkes, Kevin #1 
Here is a short biography on Kevin Henkes.
Henkes, Kevin #2 
Here is the Scholastic biography on Mr. Henkes.
Keats, Ezra Jack #1 
Here is the biography from Ezra's foundation.
Keats, Ezra Jack #2 
Here is Wikipedia's biography on Ezra Jack Keats.
Kline, Suzy #1 
This is Suzy Kline's biography.
Kline, Suzy #2 
This is a lot of information on Suzy Kline. Maybe more than you need!
Lansky, Bruce #1 
Here is a partially true autobiography. See if you can find the "fibs" about him.
Munsch, Robert #1 
This is Wikipedia's biography on Robert Munsch.
Munsch, Robert #2 
This is the official Robert Munsch biography. Check out his home page, too. It is very neat!
Osborne, Mary Pope #1 
This is Wikipedia's webpage on Mary Pope Osborne.
Osborne, Mary Pope #2 
This is Mary Pope Osborne's website. It has a list of her books.
Palatini, Margie #1 
This is a website that gives basic information about Margie's life.
Palatini, Margie #2 
This is Margie's biography on her really cool website. A list of her books is also included.
Park, Barbara #1 
This is the Wikipedia biography on Barbara Park.
Park, Barbara #2 
This is information about Barbara Park.
Pilkey, Dav 
This is an interview with Dav Pilkey about his writings and his life.
Polacco, Patricia #1 
This is her biography on her website.
Polacco, Patricia #2 
This biography about Patricia is from Kid's Read.
Prelutsky, Jack #1 
This is a short biography on Jack Prelutsky.
Prelutsky, Jack #2 
This is an interview with Prelutsky on his life.
Prelutsky, Jack #3 
This is Jack's website. It is so neat!
Rowling, J. K. 
This is the Wikipedia site for Rowling's life story.
Roy, Ron #1 
This gives a biography from Ron Roy himself.
Roy, Ron #2 
This is a great website on Ron Roy.
Rylant, Cynthia 
This is the Wikipedia site for Cynthia Rylant
Sachar, Louis #1 
This is the Wikipedia page for Louis Sachar.
Sachar, Louis #2 
This is Louis Sachar's website.
Sendak, Maurice #1 
This is Wikipedia's webpage on Maurice Sendak.
Sendak, Maurice #2 
All about Mr. Sendak.
Seuss, Dr. #1 
Here is a biography about Dr. Seuss from the Read Across America program.
Seuss, Dr. #2 
Here is a second biography about Dr. Seuss.
Shannon, David 
This is a short biography on David Shannon.
Silverstein, Shel #1 
This is Wikipedia's site on Shel's life.
Silverstein, Shel #2 
This is Shel's own website. It is really cool!
Stilton, Geronimo #1 
This is very basic information on Geronimo Stilton. Geronimo Stilton is a pseudonym.
Stine, R. L. #1 
This is Wikipedia's biography on R. L. Stine.
Stine, R. L. #2 
This is Scholastic's biography on Stine, and it has some reflections from Stine himself.
Stine, R. L. #3 
This is the fictional biography of R. L. Stine.
White, E. B. #1 
This is Wikipedia's page for E. B. White.
White, E. B. #2 
Here is a shorter biography on E. B. White.
White, E. B. #3 
Here is yet another biography on E. B. White.
Willems, Mo #1 
This is the Wikipedia page for Mo Willems.
Carol Hurst's website about children's authors 
This is such a great site with a wealth of information for teachers and children.