Popular Children’s

Book Characters,

Authors& Illustrators

Picture Books | Easy Readers |Chapter Books

Links to Other Author Lists | Comics

Picture Books

Arthur

 www.pbskids.org/arthur

The Berenstain Bears

http://www.berenstainbears.com/

Jan Brett

http://www.janbrett.com/

Eric Carle

http://www.eric-carle.com/

Clifford  

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/flash.htm

 The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/home.htm

 Tomie dePaola

www.tomie.com

Franklin the Turtle

http://www.franklintheturtle.com/

Kevin Henkes  

www.kevinhenkes.com     The mouse books ( Lilly, Wemberly...)

The Madeline books by Ludwig Bemelmans 

www.madeline.com

Laura Numeroff

www.lauranumeroff.com      If you give a mouse a cookie…

Dr. Seuss

www.Seussville.com

Spot the Dog

http://www.funwithspot.com/   

Thomas the Tank Engine

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/thomas/

Rosemary Wells 

www.rosemarywells.com    Max and Ruby and other fun picture books

Easy Readers

 Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish and Herman Parish

http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/fiction/featuresarchive/Amelia/

 Nate the Great books by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/books/series/nate.html

 Cynthia Rylant

http://www.cynthiarylant.com/  Henry & Mudge, The High-Rise Private Eyes and more friends

Rosemary Wells

www.rosemarywells.com   Yoko and Friends

Chapter Books

 Avi

http://www.avi-writer.com/

 Judy Blume

http://www.judyblume.com/

Beverly Cleary

http://www.beverlycleary.com/

 Andrew Clements

http://www.frindle.com/

 Bruce Coville

http://www.brucecoville.com/

 Roald Dahl

http://www.roalddahl.com/

 Dan Gutman

http://www.dangutman.com/

 Johanna Hurwitz

http://ravenstonepress.com/hurwitz.html  Russell and Elisa and other excellent school stories. 

 Suzy Kline – Horrible Harry, Herbie Jones and much more

http://www.suzykline.com/

 The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/

 The world of Junie B. Jones and Barbara Park

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/

 The Chronicles of Narnia

http://www.narnia.com/

 Dav Pilkey

www.pilkey.com     Captain Underpants, Ricky Ricotta and much more

 J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter

www.harrypotter.com/ and www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp

 Louis Sachar

 http://www.louissachar.com/  Author of Holes, Marvin Redpost, Wayside School Books

 Lemony Snicket

www.lemonysnicket.com  Series of Unfortunate Events

Your favorite author not on our list?  Check out one of these sites.

Authors & Illustrators on the Web

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

An extensive list collected and maintained by the University of Calgary.

Yahooligans! Directory of Authors

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/language_arts/authors/

Over 310 authors listed and growing!

Comics

Literature Resources from KidsClick.org

http://www.kidsclick.org/toplite.html

The producers of kidsclick.org have an extensive list of comic websites.

 http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/kidspace/browse/fun5000/

The KidSpace at the Internet Public Library invites you to “have fun with friends from the funnies!”

 Sidekicks

http://sidekicks.noflyingnotights.com/

Lots of great, comic recommendations just for kids!