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Following the Path
By Becky Rodia, Senior Editor

Author and illustrator Diane Stanley's careful research and visual sense of humor leads kids to learn about historical figures.... Read more

Lynne Cherry: Digging in the Dirt
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This accomplished author/illustrator and environmental activist has set her sights on a new goal - a garden in every schoolyard... Read more

Greg Tang: Making Math Count
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

Math = fun? It sure does, thanks to the delightful books of Greg Tang... Read more

Marilyn Nelson: Poetic Justice
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This accomplished poet's books for children honors – and memorializes – history-changing African Americans... Read more

The Full-Time Dream of Nancy Poydar
By Katherine Romano, Associate Editor

This former sixth grade teacher realizes her true calling as a children's author and illustrator... Read more

Alexandria LaFaye: Dare to Be Different
By Becky Rodia, Senior Editor

Playing by her own rules has led to seven novels for this author... Read more

Louis Sachar: Success, Step by Step
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

This accomplished author takes a measured approach to life, work and telling a wonderful story... Read more

David L. Harrison: A Work of Art
By Allen Raymond

His finely-crafted poetry can be humorous, challenging, moving and poignant... Read more

Juanita Havill: Tough Love
By Becky Rodia, Senior Editor

For this author, each story is a problem to be unraveled in a way that's true to the human heart... Read more

Bernard Waber: A Wealth of Books
By Becky Rodia, Senior Editor

The creator of Lyle, Lyle Crocodile regards books as treasures to be remembered and cherished... Read more

Nikki Grimes: Home is Where the Art Is
By Becky Rodia, Senior Editor

Poet Nikki Grimes talks about her "organic" poetry, the importance of friendship and her ongoing pursuit of excellence... Read more

Jan Cheripko: Writing His Truth
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

This author came through the challenges of his childhood equipped with a remarkable gift for sharing his experiences, both on... Read more

R. Gregory Christie: Painting Outside the Lines
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

Wherever his brush leads - from children's books to CD covers, New York to Malaysia - this itinerant artist follows... Read more

Linda S. Wingerter: The Light Within
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

The luminous work of this multitalented, multifaced illustrator transforms books into treasures... Read more

Esmé Raji Codell: First Lady of Read-Aloud
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

She's a literary fairy godmother, a "Readiologist" and a cupcake-baker extraordinaire. Is there anything Madame Esmé can't do?... Read more

Barbara McClintock: In Between Dreams
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This author/illustrator celebrates both the real and imaginary with her exquisitely detailed illustrations and timeless stories... Read more

Don’t Let the Pigeon Interview Mo Willems!
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

Meet the author behind kid's book stars such as an egomaniacal bird, an unscary monster and a cookie-baking dinosaur. Just... Read more

Ian Falconer and Olivia
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

Brace yourself for another show-stopping performance – Ian Falconer's Olivia triumphantly returns in Olivia Forms a Band... Read more

Anita Lobel: A Stunning Autobiography
By Allen Raymond, Publisher

Avoiding what she felt might be interpreted as "sanctifying victimhood," her book, a finalist in the 1999 National Book Awards,... Read more

Doreen Rappaport: Celebrating the Not-Yet-Celebrated
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This spirited author searches out the stories from our history that may not have otherwise been told... Read more

Jacqueline Woodson: Poetry in Motion
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

A lifetime achievement award – at 43! – won't slow down this category-defying author... Read more

Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart: A Cut Above
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

With their books being used in the classroom and a new publishing imprint all their own, things are popping up... Read more

Carolyn Coman: A Horse of a Different Color
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

Known for pushing the envelope, this author spills the beans about writing, teaching and her new idiom-filled knee-slapper... Read more

Pam Muñoz Ryan: "A Confluence of Rivers"
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This author's remarkably colorful books for children all hold one thing in common – strength of heart... Read more

Carl Hiaasen: "Delightfully Juvenile"
By Jessica Rae Patton, Associate Editor

From funny adult whodunits to environmentalist teen thrillers, this best-selling author's books provoke the conscience and excite new readers.... Read more

Janell Cannon: Mysteries of the Misunderstood
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This children's book author and illustrator has carved out a career of making the unloved - lovable... Read more

Kathi Appelt: A Story Animal
By Steven Scarpa, Associate Editor

In the mind of this popular children's book author, human beings are composed of stories... Read more

Laurent de Brunhoff: King of the Elephants
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

All hail a renowned figure of our time - Babar! And let's not forget to toast author/illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff... Read more

Linda Sue Park: A Writer Found
By Katherine Pierpont, Senior Editor

This Newbery Award winning author has globetrotted through history to find her true calling... Read more

Pegi Deitz Shea: Threads of a Story
By Katherine Pierpont, Associate Editor

Travels to Thailand and Cambodia have inspired this author to weave stories kids may otherwise have never heard... Read more

Karen Hesse: The Rest is History
By Katherine Pierpont, Associate Editor

This Newbery Award-winning author has a knack for recovering the little-known stories of the past and making them resonate once... Read more

Susan Striker: Outside the Lines
By Katherine Romano, Associate Editor

With her Anti-Coloring Book series, this vivacious author is leading kids to the road to self-expression... Read more

The Complex World of Andrew Clements
By Becky Rodia, Senior Editor

The author of Frindle invites us into his inner sanctum... Read more

Kate DiCamillo: A Promising Forecast
By Katherine Romano, Associate Editor

A long Minnesota winter inspired this Florida native to weave her thoughts of home and longing for a canine companion... Read more