Authors of Books for Students
in Preschool and Primary Grades
This list is constantly being updated. Some authors are
already linked to websites and others are provided to guide your selection
of good authors for this age group. Eventually, all authors listed will
be linked to an online resource.
- Verna
Aardema Teacher Resource File
- Chris
Van Allsburg Teacher Resource File
- Janet
& Allan Ahlberg (The Jolly Postman and
many others)
- Frank Asch
- Molly Bang
- Stan &
Jan Berenstain: Authors of the Berenstain Bears Activities, interactive
books, email replies from characters and videos; visit them at the Random
House website too
- Marc
Brown: Interactive games and lesson plan ideas for Arthur
books.
- Margaret Wise Brown
- Jan Brett: an
endless supply of ideas and activities
- Eric Carle
- Clifford:
Read-alongs, offline activities and coloring sheets.
- Barbara
Cooney Teacher Resource File
- Donald
Crews Biography and Books
- Tomi dePaola
- Leo
and Diane Dillon Teacher Resource File and from KidsReads.com
- Dr.
Seuss: Enter into Seussville with games and
activities
- Mem
Fox: Biographical information, lesson ideas
and book reviews
- Kevin
Henkes: resources from the Internet School
Library Media Center
- Syd Hoff
- Eric Hill's Official
Spot Website
- Tana Hoban bibliography
of books
- Pat Hutchins' stories
features the popular character named Titch.
- Mick
Inkpen
- Steven
Kellogg and also from KidsReads.com
- Leo
Lionni: Literature based lesson plans, resources and biographies
- Arnold
Lobel: Biography and books; supplemental unit from Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project on his book Frog
and Toad are Friends.
- Magic
Schoolbus homepage and games
to download.
- James Marshall (George and Martha) Interview and ideas
from Carol
Hurst
- Bill Martin,
Jr. (Brown Bear, Brown Bear)
- Mercer Mayer Little
Critters' Website
- Robert
McCloskey also has an Interview
(Blueberries for Sal, lesson plan for Make
Way for Ducklings)
- Else
Holmelund Minarik links to her Little Bear
books
- Robert Munsch
- Helen
Oxenbury Book List
- Laura
Numeroff
- Marcus
Pfister: Teacher Resource File and Lesson Plans from KiddyHouse
- Jerry Pollatta
- Beatrice
Potter's Peter Rabbit
- Peggy Rathman
- Margaret
Rey, author of Curious George books
- Anne Rockwell booklist
from Random House for Kids
- Richard Scarry: Biography and List of Books
- Maurice
Sendak Biography
- Jan Thornhill: View information on her books, how she makes her illustrations, and explore her "museums-in-a-bag"-items that she takes along when she visits schools.
- Rosemary Wells
- Audrey and Don
Wood: Printables, directions by kids, biographies, Q & A's
- Charlotte
Zolotow
Websites about Books, Authors and
Children's Literature
Instructional Strategies for Using
Literature in the Classroom
Online Literature for Young Children
- A
Pocket Full of Rhymes presents children with
a relaxed environment to learn and enjoy poetry.
- Absolutely Whootie
Stories to Grow By includes fairy tales, folk tales and other great
stories for children.
- Chateau
Meddybemps Beantime Stories are modern stories
designed for online publishing.
- ChildrenStory.com
has real story tellers that read aloud fairy tales using Real Audio.
Follow the words or simply listen.
- Fairy
Tales and Poetry
from Alfy.com includes well illustrated books that are read aloud to
children and links to other online sources of text.
- Mightybook.com
features read-aloud picture books, sing-along songs, video song books,
poetry, story-writing and illustrating contests and learning games designed
for children ages 2-12.
- Nursery
Rhymes from Enchanted
Learning, complete with rebus pictures for early readers.
- Preschool
Library from Storyplace.org includes 4 different
themes with an online story, online activity, take home story and booklist.
Available in Spanish
too.
- Reading
A-Z special preview of 28 leveled books for
guided and independent reading. You can download and print all of them
out.
- Reading
Zone from the Internet Public Library's Youth Collection links to
picture books and short stories for young readers.
- Winnie the
Pooh Online Expotition Through the Hundred
Acre Woods
Booklists for Young Children
This page last updated on May, 2007.
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