Author of several popular books including this years book club book
The Tale of Desperaux
Kate DiCamillo
The ever popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid website!
Jeff Kinney
Dan Greenburg
This is the fun website of author Jan Brett. She wrote The
Mitten, The Hat,
and many other great books.
http://janbrett.com
Louis Sachar is the author of the Marvin Redpost books, as well
as the
Wayside School books.
http://louissachar.com
Tomie dePaolo wrote and illustrated the Strega Nona picture
books. He has
recently written several chapter books for children that retell
the story of
his childhood.
http://tomie.com
Mary Pope Osborne is best known as the author of the Magic Tree
House books.
http://marypopeosborne.com
Eric Carle has written many kid favorites, including The Very
Hungry
Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, and The Tiny Seed.
http://eric-carle.com
Mem Fox is the Australian born author and illustator whose books
include,
Hattie and the Fox and Koala Lou.
http://memfox.net
This is J.K. Rowlings webiste.
http://scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm
This is such a fun website. Would you expect anything different
from Dr.
Seuss?
http://seussville.com
This is Marc Brown's and Arthur's website.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/
Here you will meet Mercer Mayer, who is the author of the Little
Critter
books. We have My Trip to the Zoo and Just Me and My Dad in the
Reading
Room.
http://littlecritter.com/
This is a fabulous site for "KIDS WHO LOVE BOOKS".
There are opportunities
to read book reviews from other kids, you can even write your
own. This
site also has links to other author's websites. Have Fun!!!
http://www.alanbrown.com
This is the official website for Junie B. Jones and Barbara
Park. In
addition to Junie B. Ms. Parks has also written the popular
books,
Skinnybones and The Kid in the Red Jacket.
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
Click on this link to read all about Patricia Hermes. She is the
author of
many exciting books such as Kevin Corbett Eats Flies,Westward To
Home and Our
Strange New Land. Don't forget Patricia Hermes will be visiting
West Road on
February 18, 2004!!!!
http://www.authorsillustrators.com/hermes/hermes.htm
This is the website for the author of the Amber Brown books and
Skinnybones.
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/paula/
This is a great website for sports fans. Matt Christopher writes
about many
different sports, The Dog that Pitched a No Hitter, Dirt Bike
Racer, and
Soccer Halfback to name a few!
http://www.mattchristopher.com/
Jon Scieszka's website
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~aec8484/biography.html
Click on this link to read all about Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
She wrote
Beetles Lightly Toasted, The Shiloh trilogy and many others.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/naylor.html
Gary Paulsen writes books for those of you who love adventure and
outdoors.
He wrote the Tucket series and Brian's Saga along with many
others.
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Kevin Henkes is Miss Tracey's absolute favorite children's book
author of all
time. I think his website is delightful! Be sure to read the
interview with
Kevin. I love his descriptions of his favorite characters!
http://www.kevinhenkes.com/default.asp
Katie Kazoo is popular favorite of our readers!
http://katiekazoo.com/books.html