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Author/Illustrator Websites. Deb Abela. Atinuke: author and storyteller. Margaret Atwood - Authors Abroad. Jonathan Auxier. Katherine Applegate. Jeannie Baker. Lance Balchin. Duncan Ball - Selby Emily Eyefinger - Children's Book Author. Mac Barnett. Graeme Base Web Site. Michael Gerard Bauer. Michael Gerard Bauer was born and lives in Brisbane Australia.

Michael Gerard Bauer

In 2000 he resigned from his full-time position as an English/Economics teacher to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. In 2004 his first YA novel The Running Man was published to great acclaim. It subsequently won the 2005 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year for Older Readers and was short-listed for the NSW, Victoria and South Australian State Premiers’ Literary awards. In 2008 the German translation of The Running Man was short-listed for the German Youth Literature Prize and won the German Catholic Children’s and Young People’s Book Prize. In 2014 it was short-listed for the Prix Farniente in Belgium. Mainz Germany 2008. In 2007 his second novel, a ‘laugh out loud’ comedy entitled Don’t Call Me Ishmael! Andrea Beaty Children's Author - Andrea Beaty Children's Author.

Booked Out Speakers Agency. Anne Spudvilas is a multi award-winning illustrator of children’s books.

Booked Out Speakers Agency

Her work on the picture book version of Mao’s Last Dancer, The Peasant Prince, took her to China with author Li Cunxin. The Peasant Prince won both the NSW and Qld Premiers Awards and CBCA Honor book in 2008. Kevin Burgemeestre. Berenstain Bears. Aaron blabey books. Aaron Blabey has written many well-loved, best-selling books for children.

aaron blabey books

He has around five million books in print and is the creator of two hugely successful series for children - the New York Times Bestseller The Bad Guys and Pig the Pug. Both series have been translated into many languages and are published in over 30 countries including the USA, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, India, Turkey, China, Japan, South Korea and Brazil, just to name a few. In 2018 it was announced that a movie adaptation of The Bad Guys is in development at DreamWorks Animation with Aaron serving as an Executive Producer on the project.

Aaron's books have won many awards including nine REAL Awards, an INDIE Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, a Children's Book Council of Australia - Book of the Year Award, a NSW Premiers Literary Award for Children's Literature, two Australian Book Design Awards and a Children's Peace Literature Award. Holly Black.

Sophie Blackall. Malorie Blackman ~ Author of Noughts and Crosses. Freya Blackwood..Home. Quentin Blake - Official Home Page. Judy Blume on the Web. The Enid Blyton Society. Please step carefully — there are literally thousands of books and magazines here, going right back to Enid's early days.

The Enid Blyton Society

How many books do you think she wrote? How many of her short stories, plays, poems and non-fiction articles were published? How many compilations and continuations were published after her death? This is the place to find out! Feel free to browse around. Quick Links to Popular Series... Tim Bowler. Ann Brashares biography, plus links to book reviews and excerpts. Ann Brashares Biography Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the DC area called Sidwell Friends.

Ann Brashares biography, plus links to book reviews and excerpts.

She studied Philosophy at Barnard College, part of Columbia University in New York City. Expecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate school, Ann took a year off after college to work as an editor, hoping to save money for school. Loving her job, she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in New York City and worked as an editor for many years. Ann made the transition from editor to full-time writer with her first novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. When asked where the idea for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants came from she replies: "It started with a conversation. Geraldinebrooks. Terry Brooks. Marc Brown Studios - educate and entertain. Jason Brubaker: reMIND - a graphic novel. Nick Butterworth books - Children's Author on Lovereading4kids.co.uk. Nick Butterworth was born in Kingsbury, North London in 1946, but moved to Romford in Essex with his parents at the age of three.

Nick Butterworth books - Children's Author on Lovereading4kids.co.uk

They moved to run a sweet shop, so Nick found himself fulfilling every child's sugar-coated dream of growing up right inside the proverbial chocolate factory. Having intended to go to art college after leaving school, Nick decided to take a job as a typographic designer in the printing department of the National Children's Home at the last minute instead. He went on to work for several major London design consultancies before moving into freelance graphics. Meg Cabot. Eric Carle. Isobelle Carmody. Children's Author and Illustrator. Christopher Cheng's Website. Lauren Child. Maxine Beneba Clarke Books - Hachette Australia. Maxine Beneba Clarke is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent and the author of the poetry collections Gil Scott Heron Is on Parole and Nothing Here Needs Fixing.

Maxine Beneba Clarke Books - Hachette Australia

Maxine's short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have been published in numerous publications including Overland, The Age, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper and The Big Issue. Her critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil (2014) won the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015, the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and Maxine was also named as one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Novelists for 2015, as well as being shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writing at the 2015 ABIAs and the 2015 Stella Prize.

Babette Cole – Children's author,illustrator,children's books. Eoin Colfer - Author of Artemis Fowl, Plugged, The Supernaturalist, And Another Thing and more - Eoin Colfer - Author. Suzanne Collins. The Literature Centre. Sharon Creech. Roald Dahl Website. Sarah Davis. Carmen Agra Deedy. Tomie DePaola. Kate DiCamillo. Tony DiTerlizzi – Never Abandon Imagination. Anh Do. Hairy Maclary. Julia Donaldson's official website. Seussville.com. Ursula Dubosarsky. Kylie Dunstan. Hazel Edwards. Carson Ellis. Deborah Ellis. Erickson- Hank the Cowdog. Isabel Faccini. John Flanagan. Julieflett. Brian Floca. Mem Fox. Zana Fraillon. Don Freeman. JACKIE FRENCH - author. Cornelia Funke. Neil Gaiman - Home. Marie‑Louise Gay. Susanne Gervay - Writer and children's author - Home. Morris Gleitzman. Gus Gordon - home. Bob Graham - Authors & Illustrators - Welcome to Walker Books Australia.

Bob Graham has written and illustrated many children’s picture books.

Bob Graham - Authors & Illustrators - Welcome to Walker Books Australia

He was born in Sydney, and studied at the Julian Ashton Art School. Author – illustrator. Andy Griffiths. The Treehouse Series. ABOUT — SHAWN HARRIS. Shawn Harris’s first illustrated book Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers received seven starred reviews, was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and a PW Best Book of the Year.

ABOUT — SHAWN HARRIS

His other picture books include Eggers's What Can a Citizen Do (a Time Magazine Best Children’s Book), Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy, and A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett, which received four starred reviews. His authorial debut, Have You Ever Seen a Flower? Where’s Wally? Chris Hadfield. Sonya Hartnett. Australian Author of Children's Books. Kevin Henkes. Steven Herrick. Sophy Henn Illustration.

Leigh Hobbs - Home. Susan Hood. Anthony Horowitz / Author / Alex Rider / Power of Five. Mick Inpken. Oliver Jeffers World. Oliver Jeffers. Paul Jennings. Catherine Jinks. William Joyce. Stephen Michael King. A day in the life of Stephen Michael King - Harper Collins Australia : Harper Collins Australia. The official website for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. Jon klassen. This was posted 2 days ago.

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It has 344 notes. some tests that Joe Schmidt and I did a few months back. Not for anything specific but they were really fun. This was posted 1 month ago. It has 1,177 notes. Book Tour for “The Wolf, The Duck & The Mouse”! Mac Barnett & me are hitting the road in the west/southwest US on Tuesday this week. 10/10 Las Vegas, NV 6:30 PM The Writer’s Block 11/11 Tempe, AZ 7 PM Changing Hands Bookstore 10/12 Albuquerque, NM 6 PM Bookworks 10/14 Denver, CO 2 PM Tattered Cover Book Store 10/15 Salt Lake City, UT 2 PM The King’s English Bookshop 10/16 Salt Lake City, UT 7 PM Provo City Library 10/17 Missoula, MT 4 PM Missoula County Public Library (with Fact & Fiction Bookstore 10/18 Bozeman, MT 6 PM The Country Bookshelf.

Julie Kraulis Art + Illustration.