- Verna Aardema papers (de Grummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi)
- Verna Aardema (brief biography and bibliography from Univ. of Florida)
- Joan Aiken Papers (de Grummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi)
- Joan Delano Aiken, website by Patty Bostic (28 April 1999)
- Joan Aiken (obituary at News Telegraph, 7 January 2004)
- Joan Aiken: Interview by Gavin J. Grant (at BookSense.com)
- "Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternative Worlds" (excerpted from Locus Magazine, May 1998)
- BBC Radio 4's tribute to Joan Aiken
- David Almond (official site, at davidalmond.com)
- David Almond (at ACHUKA: booklist, biographical sketch, interview)
- Inez Ramsey's Louisa May Alcott: Teacher Resource File (at the Internet School Library Media Center, JMU)
- Alcott House (museum maintained by the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association)
- Louisa May Alcott (Wikipedia entry)
- Tara Calishain's AlcottWeb -- A Louisa May Alcott Site (this was once the most comprehensive Alcott resource on the web; when last I checked [Sept. 2004], there was nothing there except the title and an email address.)
- Laurie's Bookshelf -- Laurie Halse Anderson (official site)
- TeenReads' Author Profile: Laurie Halse Anderson (interview)
- "Lesson Plan for Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson" by Grant T. Smith
- M.T. Anderson (official site)
- M.T. Anderson (Scholastic)
- Bob Thompson, "Tomes for Teens: M.T. Anderson Gives Young Adults What They Want: Complex Epic Tales They Can Get Lost In," Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2008.
- Avi's Home Page (official site)
- Avi Wortis (at McDougal Littell's Class Zone)
- Molly Bang (official site, at mollybang.com)
- Inez Ramsey's Molly Bang Teacher Resource File
- The Books of Helen Bannerman (at Sterling Times)
- Helen Bannerman (at Longanberry Books)
- works of Helen Bannerman (at Project Gutenberg)
- Inez Ramsey's L. Frank Baum (1856-1919): Teacher Resource File
- Eric Gjovaag's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website (easier to navigate than Weisberg's site)
- Weisberg's "Welcome to Oz" site (note: very comprehensive, but graphics-intensive)
- The International Wizard of Oz Club
- The Wizard of Oz (Warner Bros. site. note: assaults the user with cookies)
- Ian Beck (profile at the Northern Children's Book Festival, 2004)
- Ian Beck: Author Information (at the Watts Publishing Group)
- Illustration of Snow White from Read Me a Fairy Tale: A Child's Book of Classic Fairy Tales, retold by Rose Impey (Scholastic, 1992)
- Read Up on It's Magic Realism -- Eric Beddows site: includes biography (National Library of Canada)
- Eric Beddows (at the Canadian Children's Book Center)
- "The Man Who Dreamed Up Madeline" by Robert Wernick (Smithsonian Magazine, July 1998). Article no longer here.
- "The Castle Rocked" by Ludwig Bemelmans (article at The New York Times Magazine).
- Ludwig Bemelmans, Corporal, United States Army (Arlington National Cemetery)
- Ludwig Bemelmans (at Wikipedia)
- Francesca Lia Block (at HarperChildren's)
- Francesca Lia Block: On The Rose and the Beast (interview, at HarperChildren's)
- "Writing with Magic: An Interview with Francesca Lia Block" by Shannon Maughan (TeenReads.com, 10 Mar. 2000)
- Francesca Lia Block Shrine by Lake Rain Vajra
- "Strange Brew" by Polly Shulman (Salon.com, 13 Oct. 1998)
- Francesca Lia Block Bibliography (at FantasticFiction)
- Shangri-L.A. City Limits v. 2.0 (fan website)
- Francesca Lia Block: Web Resources for Weetzie Bat and Baby Be-Bop (on my site)
- "The Rebirth of the Postmodern Flâneur: Notes on the Postmodern Landscape of Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat" by Jan Susina (Marvels & Tales 16.2 [2002], pp. 188-200). Available to subscribers of Project Muse.
- Enid (Mary) Blyton (1897-1968)
- Enid Blyton Society
- Enid Blyton (Chorion's page)
- Noddy.com (official site)
- "Crosscurrents in The River at Green Knowe by L.M. Boston" by David Lenander (conference paper, 1989)
- The Manor, Hemingford Grey (inspiration for Green Knowe books)
- Sandra Boynton (official site, at SandraBoynton.com)
- The Sandra Boynton Collection (features images of many Boyton products)
- "Artist Sandra Boynton" by Stephanie Cook (Christian Science Monitor, 22 April 1999). Article no longer here.
- BookPage Interview: Sandra Boynton (May 2000)
- Meet the Writers: Sandra Boynton (Barnes and Noble)
- Calef Brown Illustration Painting Books (official site)
- Calef Brown (at Storyopolis.com)
- Calef Brown (bio. at HoughtonMifflin.com)
- Anthony Browne (at ACHUKA)
- "Portrait of the Artist as a Gorilla": profile by Julia Eccleshare (Manchester Guardian, 29 July 2000)
- Anthony Browne (profile at JubileeBooks.co.uk)
- Teaching Voice with Anthony Browne's Voices in the Park (a "read • write • think" lesson plan)
- Margaret Wise Brown Home (created by WaterMark, Inc.)
- Bev Dittberner's Margaret Wise Brown page is no longer here, but it does have links to other sites.
- Margaret Wise Brown (official site, created by HarperCollins)
- Really, you should read Leonard S. Marcus's biography of Margaret Wise Brown. Some information on Macus's books can be found on his webpage (scroll down to find Awakened By the Moon).
- Author Interview: Caralyn Buehner (at Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators)
- Caralyn Buehner (at HarperCollins)
- Mark Buehner (at HarperCollins)
- Mark Buehner (at Storyopolis.com)
- Mark Buehner (interview by Cesar at Tastes Like Chicken)
- Mark Buehner (at Reading is Fundamental)
- Selected Poetry of Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) (from Representative Poetry On-line, University of Toronto)
- Gelett Burgess (at Don Markstein's Toonopedia)
- Goops Unlimited (at thegoops.com)
- Twentieth-Century American Children's Literature's Virginia Lee Burton pages (Special Collctions, University of Oregon Library System)
- Denise Ortakales' Virginia Lee Burton page (bio. + links at the Women Children's Book Illustrators site)
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Houghton Mifflin Co.: includes bio., activities, and more).
- Jim Trelease's review of Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury
- Randolph Caldecott Society UK
- Randolph Caldecott Society of America
- Randolph Caldecott Papers (at the deGrummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi)
- Caldecott Medal (official ALA site)
- The Official Eric Carle Web Site
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art (Amherst, Mass.)
- Lewis Carroll Home Page
- The Victorian Web's Lewis Carroll: An Overview
- Fairrosa's Lewis Carroll Page
- Looking For Lewis Carroll (an elegant website and useful resource)
- Beverly Cleary (official site)
- Cleary, Beverly (brief autobiography from 2000, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- Author Profile: Beverly Clearly by Jim Trelease
- Inez Ramsey's Beverly Cleary: Teacher Resource File
- Andrew Clements (official site)
- Eduplace's Meet Andrew Clements (Houghton Mifflin)
- Clements, Andrew (brief autobiographical sketch from 2000, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- Interview with Andrew Clements (formerly at eToys.com, now hosted here)
- Eoin Colfer (official site, lots of sound and graphics -- though, on the day I tested it [06/11/05], some of the pages wouldn't load)
- Artemis Fowl (official site, very fancy)
- Artemis Fowl Fun Site (fan site)
- Eoin Colfer (at O'Brien Books): includes an interview and answers to young readers' questions
- BBC Books' Author Profile for Eoin Colfer
- "Elf and happiness" by Kate Kellaway (The Guardian, 13 May 2001)
- "Eoin Colfer's favourite children's books" (The Guardian)
- Bryan Collier (official site)
- Introducing Illustrators: Bryan Collier (Reading Is Fundamental)
- Bryan Collier (Hyperion)
- Suzanne Collins (official site)
- Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
- The Lost Land (The official Susan Cooper Home Page)
- Cooper, Susan (brief autobiographical sketch from 1973, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- Author Profile: Robert Cormier (April 2000) at TeenReads.com
- Robert Cormier page at McDougal Littell's Class Zone
- Random House's Robert Cormier page
- "Dead bodies in suburbia": interview by Lyn Gardner (Manchester Guardian, 19 August 2000)
- Palmer Cox (1840-1924), Creator of the Brownies by Matthew Farfan (Township Heritage Magazine)
- James Dalton Collection of Palmer Cox and Brownies Stuff
- The Brownies (great website)
- The Brownies at School from The Brownies: Their Book (1887).
- At Grandpa's Farm
- Palmer Cox Collection (McGill University)
- Martha Heller's Brownies: the myth
- "Brownie Dolls and the world of Palmer Cox" by Wayne Morgan (lecture given in Oct. 1996)
- Donald Crews (at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature)
- Donald Crews (at HarperChildren's)
- "Donald Crews: the signs and times of an American childhood," essay and interview by George Bodmer (African American Review, Spring, 1998)
- The Gillian Cross Official Website
- Stories from the Web's Gillian Cross -- About the Author page
- Chris Crutcher's Authorized Website
- Crutcher Page by Sue Cunfer, Ilene Lefkowitz and Wendy Pollock-Gillson with Kay E. Vandergrift in Young Adult Literature
- Author Profile: Chris Crutcher (at TeenReads.com)
- Christopher Paul Curtis (Random House)
- Christopher Paul Curtis (SmartWriters.com)
- Curtis, Christopher Paul (brief autobiographical sketch from 2000, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- "Christopher Paul Curtis" by Wendy Lamb (Horn Book, July-August 2000)
- on NPR: Weekend Edition Sunday of 6 Feb. 2000
- Inez Ramsey's Christopher Paul Curtis -- Teacher Resource Page
- Random House | The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 (teacher's guide)
- Random House | Bud, Not Buddy (teacher's guide)
- "Christopher Paul Curtis Goes to Powell's -- 2000" by Dave Weich (Powells.com, 5 April 2000)
- My page of Photos and Resources for Hesse's Out of the Dust and Curtis's Bud, Not Buddy
- Kristine Howard's Roald Dahl Fans.com
- The Official Roald Dahl Website
- BBC 4's Audio Interviews with Roald Dahl
- Edmund Dulac Biography (at Bud Plant Illustrated Books)
- Fairy Tale Illustrations by Edmund Dulac (at the SurLaLune Fairy Tale Illustrators Site, by Heidi Anne Heiner)
- Edmund Dulac Art Images
- julesfeiffer.com (official site)
- "Famous Iowans: Henry Felsen" by Tom Longden (Des Moines Register, n.d.)
- "Papers of Henry Gregor Felsen" (Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 1998)
- Cornelia Funke (at Scholastic's Book Central)
- "Hey American Kids, Meet Cornelia Funke: A Beloved German Children's Author Makes Her U.S. Debut" Interview by by Trudy Wyss (Borders.com, 2002)
- "Hide and seek and steal" by Jan Mark (Guardian 22 June 2002): a review of The Thief Lord.
- Cornelia Funke -- author biography (at BookBrowse)
- Corenlia Funke's favourite bedtime stories (Guardian )
- Denise Ortakales' Wanda Gág site (part of the Women Children's Book Illustrators site)
- Wanda Gág Papers (at the deGrummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi)
- Wanda Gág (at the National Gallery of Art)
- Wanda Gag House (New Ulm, Minnsesota)
- Martin Benson's The Literature of Paul Gallico site
- Jack Gantos (official site)
- Author of the Month: Jack Gantos (McGraw-Hill)
- "Interview with Author Jack Gantos" (Learning Disabilities OnLine, Nov. 2001)
- "People in Books: Jack Gatos" (BookWeb.org, 1 April 1998)
- Goreyography: West Wing: The Works of Edward Gorey
- Greg Forschler's Edward Gorey Bibliography
- Edward Gorey House (Yarmouthport, Mass.)
- "Edward Gorey" by Amy Benfer (Salon.com, 15 Feb. 2000)
- "Only Edward Gorey could turn classic Dickens into 'The Haunted Tea-Cosy'", interview by Alden Mudge (BookPage, Nov. 1998)
- Manon's Garden: Elizabeth Goudge
- Elizabeth Goudge: Bibliography (at FantasticFiction.co.uk)
- Advancelit.com's Elizabeth Goudge page (still available, courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the page on 21 Oct. 2001).
- Denise Ortakales' Kate Greenaway page (at the Women Children's Book Illustrators site)
- Mariko and Lisa's Kate Greenaway site
- Mark Haddon's Home Page (author's website)
- "Author Profile: Mark Haddon." Jubilee Books. 2003.
- Mark Haddon, "B Is for Bestseller" The Observer 11 April 2004.
- Dave Weich, "The Curiously Irresistible Literary Debut of Mark Haddon." Powells.com.
- Virginia Hamilton (official site)
- Virginia Hamilton's Biography (Scholastic's Authors Studies Homepage)
- Hamilton, Virginia (brief autobiography from 1978, at the Educational Paperback Association).
- Kevin Henkes (official site)
- Carol Hurst's Kevin Henkes page
- Alice Cary's Special Interview with author and illustrator, Kevin Henkes: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (at BookPage Children's)
- Inez Ramsey's Kevin Henkes: Children's Book Author links
- Carolivia Herron (official site)
- "N.Y. Teacher Runs Into a Racial Divide" by Liz Leyden (Washington Post, 3 Dec. 1998)
- Inez Ramsey's Karen Hesse: Teacher Resource File
- Kidsreads.com's Karen Hesse page
- Karen Hesse's Biography page (Scholastic's Authors Studies Homepage)
- Hesse, Karen (brief autobiography from 2000, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- My page of Photos and Resources for Hesse's Out of the Dust and Curtis's Bud, Not Buddy
- Syd Hoff (official website)
- Syd Hoff: bibliography by Brett Bayne (still available, courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the page on 5 Mar. 2001).
- Syd Hoff (at HarperCollins)
- Syd Hoff Cartoons (no actual cartoons on the site; page merely indicates that Syracuse University Library's Department of Special Collections holds original drawings of "Laugh It Off," Hoff's syndicated strip)
- In Memory of Syd Hoff (at About.com)
- Syd Hoff (brief info. at NNDB)
- Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann, transl. as Slovenly Peter by Annis Lee Furness (site maintained by Robert Godwin-Jones)
- Struwwelpeter
- New York Times on McDermott and Crouch's staging of "Shockheaded Peter" (1999). All of the articles below have been taken down from the Times' site. I'm leaving them here solely so the citations are available for anyone who seeks them.
- "'Shockheaded Peter': Going Bump (and Worse) in the Night and Onstage" by Ben Brantley (19 Oct. 1999)
- "Lifting a Musty Curtain for a Peek Inside 'Shockheaded Peter'" by Ralph Blumenthal (26 Oct. 1999)
- Slide Show: "The Creepy Chaos Behind Shockheaded Peter" (26 Oct. 1999)
- Hermux.com (official site)
- Bookbrowse.com's Interview and bio. of Michael Hoeye
- Polly Horvath's Web Site (author's site)
- Children's Author Interview: Polly Horvath (at Nancy Matson's website)
- Author Interviews: Polly Horvath (DownHomeBooks.com, Aug. 2004)
- Academy of American Poets' Langston Hughes site
- Modern American Poetry's Langston Hughes site
- PAL: Langston Hughes (from Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide, by Paul P. Reuben)
- Tom Brown's School Museum (Uffington, Oxfordshire, England)
- Thomas Hughes (etext at Online Literature Library)
- Rugby School (where Tom Brown's Schooldays is set, and where Hughes himself attended): see also its pages on Dr. Arnold and on Rugby Authors
- Historic Rugby, Tennessee (the community founded by Hughes in 1880)
- Mick Inkpen (official site)
- Fazia Begum Rizvi's Moomintroll Home Page (incomplete but the first Moomin site) + Links
- Moomin Characters Limited (official site)
- Moominvalley Museum (Finland)
- Pekka Tarkka's brief biography of Tove Jansson (at FINFO)
- SCHILDTS' Tove Jansson biography
- newsgroup soc.culture.nordic's Links to the Moomins, related texts (very useful pages -- recommended), and Moomin pictures ("Pictures in /nordic/ill/Moomin/"). Note: When I last checked these pages (12 June 2005), they did not load.
- Tove Jansson (at Books and Writers)
- Virtual Finland
- Project Finland (click on the logo for a lesson narrated by Moomintroll...)
- My Crockett Johnson Homepage and its page of links
- Stephen Johnson Studio (official site)
- Twentieth-Century American Children's Literature's Elizabeth Orton Jones page (Special Collctions, University of Oregon Library System).
- The Many Worlds of Diana Wynne Jones (official site at www.dianawynnejones.com)
- The Official Diana Wynne Jones Website (official fansite)
- Chrestomanci Castle: The Diana Wynne Jones Homepage or Travels in the Land of Ingary
- Ann Jonas (at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature)
- Maine Association of School Libraries' The 13th Clue by Ann Jonas (teaching tips)
- The World of William Joyce (HarperCollins)
- William Joyce (HarperCollins)
- "Interview: The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" by Alice Cary (BookPage, Oct. 1996).
- William Joyce (at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature)
- B's Phantom Tollbooth Page!
- "Norton Juster, Beyond Expectations" (interview by Dave Weich, Powells.com, 13 April 2002)
- "The Road to Dictionopolis" by Laura Miller (Salon.com, 12 Mar. 2001)
- Interview with Norton Juster (at Harold Underdown's The Purple Crayon website).
- Erich Kästner (at Books and Writers)
- Erich Kastner. Brief bio. and biblio.
- Erich Kastner, Author of the Bestseller Novel. Photo and bio on page devoted to Double Ora (Charlie and Louise)
- Erich Kastner in the Looniverse
- Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
- Ezra Jack Keats: a Multimedia Exhibition, at the de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
- Inez Ramsey's E. L. Konigsburg -- Teacher Resource File
- Meet E.L. Konigsburg (at Houghton Mifflin's EduPlace)
- A Tribute to E.L Konigsburg
- Inez Ramsey's Ruth Krauss: Teacher Resource File
- Ruth Krauss (website created by Dezarae Allbritton, Laurie Cape, Robyn Horton, Kirsten Leeser, Melanie Murray, at Kansas State University)
- Robert Lawson (bio at Pud Plant Illustrated Books)
- Robert Lawson (brief bio at The Scoop)
- Munro Leaf (Wikipedia entry)
- Munro Leaf: Information from Answers.com
- Marco Graziosi's Edward Lear Home Page
- Denise Ortakales' Lois Lenski page (at the Women Children's Book Illustrators site)
- Lois Lenski Collection (Special Collections, University of North Carloina, Greensboro)
- Lois Lenski (Milner Library, Illinois State University)
- Lois Lenski - Short biography (Purple House Press)
- Lois Lenski biography (Ohio Reading Road Trip)
- Julius Lester (author's homepage)
- Julius Lester (brief bio. & reviews at Children's Literature)
- Meet Julius Lester (at Houghton Mifflin's EduPlace.com)
- Into the Wardrobe: The C. S. Lewis Web Site
- Narnia.com (official site; currently takes you to the movie's website)
- C. S. Lewis (at Wikipedia)
- "Marketing 'Narnia' Without a Christian Lion" by Doreen Carvajal (New York Times 3 June 2001)
- "Don't Mess With Aslan" by Judith Shulevitz (New York Times 26 Aug. 2001). No longer available at the Times' site. I'm leaving the link as a citation for anyone who wants it.
- "In Defense of C. S. Lewis" by Gregg Easterbrook (Atlantic Oct. 2001)
- Astrid Lindgren (the English version) or Astrid Lindgren (the Swedish version): Both are official websites. When I checked (Sept. 2004), the English version was blank, but the Swedish version was up and running.
- Astrid Lindgren (at Books and Writers)
- Astrid Lindgren by Drusie Shehan (at Internet School Library)
- Leo Lionni (Random House)
- Leo Lionni: Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- Robert Lipsyte Papers, at the de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
- Arnold Lobel: Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- Eduplace's Meet Arnold Lobel (Houghton Mifflin)
- Carol Hurst's Arnold Lobel page
- Official David Macaulay Site (Houghton Mifflin)
- David Macaulay: The New Way Things Work (Houghton Mifflin)
- Carol Hurst's Black and White by David Macaulay
- David Macaulay Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- "Prime Time for Engineering" by Alvin P. Sanoff (ASEE Prism Online, Oct. 2000)
- Patricia MacLachlan (autobiographical reflection, at HarperCollins)
- MacLachlan, Patricia (biographical profile from 1989, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- James Marshall Papers, at the de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
- James Marshall (brief bio. at Horn Book)
- James Marshall: interview by Anita Silvey (radio interview from 1986, at Horn Book)
- James Marshall (featured author at Carol Hurst's Children's Literature site)
- James Edward Marshall, website by his sister
- An Interview with Fred Marcellino (Harper Children's)
- About Fred Marcellino (from Pulcinella Press)
- "Fred Marcellino: Master of Sky" by Steven Heller (reprinted from Norman Rockwell Musuem's exhibition catalogue titled "Dancing by the Light of the Moon: The Art of Fred Marcellino," 2002)
- Fred Marcellino | Biography (Pippin Properties, Inc.)
- "Fred Marcellino, 61, Designer of Elegant Best-Seller Covers" by Steven Heller (New York Times, 15 July 2001). No longer available at the Times' site. I'm leaving the link as a citation for anyone who wants it.
- National Book Award: Interview with Victor Martinez (PBS, 7 Nov. 1996)
- Victor Martinez (bio. at HarperCollins)
- Robert McCloskey biography (Ohio Reading Road Trip)
- Robert McCloskey interviewed by Anita Silvey (Horn Book Radio; originally aired on NPR, 1986)
- Robert MCloskey's Maine Caldecott Winners by Elizabeth Kennedy (About.com)
- Eve Merriam papers, at the de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
- Eve Merriam, at the Academy of American Poets
- James Milne's The Page at Pooh Corner
- Justin Valentin's Winnie the Pooh
- Peter Dennis' Pooh Corner
- The Adventures of the Real Winnie-the-Pooh (New York Public Library)
- "Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne" by Sarah E. Shea, Kevin Gordon, Ann Hawkins, Janet Kawchuk, Donna Smith (parody at Canadian Medical Association Journal 2000;163[12]:1557-9)
- Else Homelund Minarik (at HarperCollins)
- Leaskdale Manse Museum's Lucy Maud Montgomery page (Uxbridge, Ontario)
- L. M. Montgomery Institute (Univ. of Prince Edward Island)
- Prince Edward Island: Lucy Maud Montgomery (Govt. of Prince Edward Island)
- Thomas P. Grelinger's Anne of Green Gables Encyclopedia Page
- L. M. Montgomery Book Covers, assembled by Andrea McKenzie
- Cover Designs for L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, assembled by Karin Westman
- Christopher Myers Biography page (Scholastic's Authors Studies Homepage)
- Introducing Illustrators: Christopher Myers (at Reading is Fundamental)
- Learning About Walter Dean Myers, compiled by Marilyn Fischer, Carol Levandowski, Carol Marlowe, and Barbara Snyder with Kay E. Vandergrift
- Author Profile: Walter Dean Myers (at Teenreads.com, autobiography and June 2001 interview)
- Myers, Walter Dean (autobiography from 1983, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- Walter Dean Myers' Biography (Scholastic's Authors Studies Homepage)
- EduPlace's Meet Walter Dean Myers (Houghton Mifflin)
- Comic Creator: Peter Newell (at Lambiek.net)
- Peter Newell's Books (by Marco Graziosi at nonsenselit.org)
- Peter Newell Papers (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University)
- Spartacus Educational's Edith Nesbit page
- E. Nesbit (Wikipedia)
- E. Nesbit (etexts, at Classic Bookshelf)
- Edith Nesbit and The Railway Children
- Kay Nielsen Biography (at Bud Plant Illustrated Books)
- Fairy Tale Illustrations by Kay Nielsen (at the SurLaLune Fairy Tale Illustrators Site, by Heidi Anne Heiner)
- Nancy Osa (author's site)
- Spotlight on Nancy Osa (Random House)
- Linda Sue Park (official site)
- Linda Sue Park (at ContemporaryPoetry.com)
- "Interview with Children's Book Author Linda Sue Park" (at Cynthia Leitich Smith's site, March 2002)
- A Single Shard (teaching suggestions at Literature Learning Ladders)
- Linda Sue Park: Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- Julie Anne Peters (official site)
- Malinda Lo's Interview with Julie Anne Peters (at AfterEllen.com, 21 April 2005)
- Dav Pilkey's Extra-Crunchy Web Site o' Fun (official site)
- Captain Underpants (Scholastic's site)
- Beatrix Potter Society
- Denise Ortakales' Beatrix Potter site (part of the Women Children's Book Illustrators site)
- Peter Rabbit Official Website
- VisitCumbria.com's Beatrix Potter site
- The L-Space Web: A Terry Pratchett / Discworld Web Site
- Terry Pratchett Books (HarperCollins' site)
- Unseen Theatre Company (Australian theatre troupe that performs Pratchett plays)
- "He's Got the World on a Disc: An Interview with Terry Pratchett" by Trisha L. Sebastian (Sequential Tart, March 2003)
- Academy of American Poets' Jack Prelutsky site
- Scholastic's Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky site
- Inez Ramsey's Jack Prelutsky Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- Philip Pullman (official site)
- Philip Pullman (at ACHUKA).
- Random House's His Dark Materials site
- His Dark Materials: An Unofficial Fan Site, maintained by Adobe Scribe and Rachel.
- Bridge to the Stars, maintained by Merlyn and others.
- Amazon.com's Philip Pullman pages:
- Powells.com's Philip Pullman interviews:
- "Philip Pullman Reaches the Garden" by Dave Weich (Powells.com, 31 Aug. 2000)
- "Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce, and Christopher Paolini Talk Fantasy Fiction" by Dave Weich (Powells.com, 31 July 2003)
- "Why I Don't Believe in Ghosts" by Philip Pullman (New York Times, 31 Oct. 2003). No longer available at the Times' site. I'm leaving the link as a citation for anyone who wants it.
- "Pullman brings back Lyra for Oxford mystery" by Vanessa Thorpe and Jonathan Heawood (The Observer, 6 Apr. 2003)
- CBBC Newsround's Hotseat: Philip Pullman (interview, 23 Jan. 2002)
- BBC Radio 4's His Dark Materials radio adaptation
- BBC Radio 4's Webchat with Philip Pullman (7 May 2000)
- Third Way's Heat and Dust: Philip Pullman (interview by Huw Spanner, 2002)
- "The Story Master" by Kathleen Odean (SLJ Online, 1 Oct. 2000). Still available courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the page on 3 Dec. 2000.
- "A wizard with worlds" by Kate Kellaway (Guardian Newspapers, 22 Oct. 2000)
- "Philip Pullman: The Man Who Dared Make Religion the Villain" by Sarah Lyall (New York Times, 7 Nov. 2000)
- "Author Puts Bible Belt to the Test" by Ed Vulliamy (The Observer, 26 Aug. 2001)
- "Talking to Philip Pullman: An Interview" by Wendy Parsons and Catriona Nicholson (The Lion and the Unicorn 23.1 [1999]: 116-134. Available to subscribers of ProjectMuse.)
- "What Makes a Classic? Daemons and Dual Audience in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials" by Susan R. Bobby (The Looking Glass 8.1 (Jan. 2004).
- Author Interview: Philip Pullman (Down Home Books, Oct. 2004)
- Philip Pullman, "The War on Words" (The Guardian, 6 Nov. 2004)
- Philip Nel, Open Letter to the Editors of Snopes.com (31 Oct. 2007)
- Arthur Rackham Society Warning: unleashes a barrage of pop-up advertising windows.
- Arthur Rackham and His Art (at Bud Plant Illustrated Books)
- Fairy Tale Illustrations by Arthur Rackham (at the SurLaLune Fairy Tale Illustrators Site, by Heidi Anne Heiner)
- Arthur Rackham Art Images
- Chris Raschka (at Reading Is Fundamental)
- "Chris Raschka and his round-the-world sardine 'Arlene'" by Etta Wilson (interview at BookPage, Sept. 1998)
- "My Next Medium" by Chris Raschka (Horn Book, March/April 1998)
- Peggy Rathmann Official Home Page
- Patricia Evans' Peggy Rathmann, Children's Author and Illustrator (biography & bibliography at Internet School Library)
- Happy 60th Birthday, Curious George (Houghton Mifflin)
- Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers, at the de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
- Faithringgold.com (official site)
- Faith Ringgold's Biography (at Scholastic's Authors Studies Homepage)
- Inez Ramsey's Faith Ringgold Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- Please see J. K. Rowling on the Web. (This collection of links had grown so large as to require a separate page.)
- Sara Ryan (author's blog)
- Sara Ryan: Author Profile (November 2001) at TeenReads.com
- Sara Ryan (interview at Ravenstone Press)
- Spotlight on Sara Ryan (at YALSA)
- Cynthia Rylant (official site).
- Inez Ramsey and Herb Wilburn's Cynthia Rylant page (biography and links at Internet School Library)
- Rylant, Cynthia (brief autobiography from 1989, at the Educational Paperback Association)
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Bilinguial Program in Creative Writing, University of Texas at El Paso)
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz at Children's Literature's Meet Authors and Illustrators
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz webcast (9 October 2004) at Library of Congress
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (official site, in French)
- S. M. Friedman's Antoine de Saint-Exupery page
- Mark Potocnjak's Little Prince Pages
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (at Books and Writers)
- Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (at KidsReads.com)
- New York Public Library's Author Chat with Jon Scieszka (April 1998)
- Jen Graham's Jon Scieszka (biography and links at Internet School Library)
- Jon Scieszka's Biography (at Scholastic's Authors Studies Homepage)
- Jon Scieszka (Salon.com, Dec. 1995)
- "Reader’s Request, or, YOU ASKED FOR IT" by Jon Scieszka (Horn Book Magazine, Nov./Dec. 1996)
- "'Guys Read': Encouraging Boys to Love Books" (interview, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 12 May 2005)
- see also Lane Smith, below
- Tor Seidler (at HarperCollins)
- Tor Seidler (at HarperChildrens.com)
- Tor Seidler (at KidsReads.com)
- HarperCollins' Guide to Teaching Tor Seidler's A Rat's Tale, The Wainscott Weasel, and Mean Margaret.
- "Tor Seidler: A World That Mirrors Our Own" by Joanne Pilgrim (in the East Hampton Star, East Hampton, NY, 17 Sept. 1998. Formerly at http://www.easthamptonstar.com/980917/feat3.htm).
- Maurice Sendak (site maintained by the Steve Barclay Agency)
- "'Descent into Limbo' The 34th Annual May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture," by Maurice Sendak (MIT, 5 April 2003)
- American Masters: Maurice Sendak (PBS)
- "'Dance's' Conflict Is Center Stage" by Naomi Pfefferman (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, 18 April 2003). Sendak talks about Brundibar.
- HomeArts' "Maurice Sendak: A Western Canon, Jr." (includes interview, favorite books, more). Courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the site on 21 April 2000.
- Carol Gregory and Inez Ramsey's Maurice Sendak, Children's Book Author (brief biography at Internet School Library)
- The Rosenbach Museum and Library (Philadelphia, PA; holds Sendak's papers)
- Maurice Sendak Exhibit (R. Michelson Galleries, Northhampton, Mass.)
- Hope O'Keeffe's NEA Art Forms: 1996 National Medal of Arts -- Maurice Sendak (brief article on occasion of National Endowment for the Arts' award, including links and photograph of Sendak with the Clintons). Courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the site on 17 Aug. 2000.
- "Swine Lake: A night at the ballet with Maurice Sendak", interview by Alice Cary (BookPage, May 1999)
- "Unlimited Partnership: Maurice Sendak on Randall Jarrell" interview by James Marcus (Amazon.com, 1998)
- Monte Wilson's Kate Seredy page
- Kate Seredy Papers (at the University of Southern Mississippi's de Grummond Collection)
- Please see Dr. Seuss on the Web (This collection of links had grown so large as to require a separate page.)
- Shel Silverstein (official site, at ShelSilverstein.com)
- Shel Silverstein (Collected information by Sely Friday) (a comprehensive site)
- Shel Silverstein Archive by Sarah Weinman
- Shel Silverstein's Adult Works
- Academy of American Poets' Shel Silverstein page
- Inez Ramsey's Shel Silverstein: Teacher Resource File (biography and links at Internet School Library)
- "Shel Silverstein, 68, Enchanting Poet for Children, Dies" by William H. Honan (obituary, New York Times, 11 May 1999). No longer available at the Times' site. I'm leaving the link as a citation for anyone who wants it.
- Peter Sis, author and arist (official site)
- Peter Sis Tibet Web Site
- On the Job with Peter Sis (interview from ZuZu, November/December 1995)
- "Tiny Pieces of Paint" by Peter Sis (Horn Book, March/April 1998)
- Esphyr Slobodkina (author's site)
- Esphyr Slobodkina (at HarperCollins)
- Esphyr Slobodkina papers (at University of Southern Mississippi's deGrummond Collection)
- The Dodie Smith Information Site
- This Is Essex's Local History | Famous Faces | Dodie Smith page
- Internet Movie Database's Dodie Smith page
- Lane Smith (official site)
- Meet Lane Smith (at BookPage)
- Lane Smith Teacher Resource File (at Internet School Library)
- "Lane Smith: A Zany Alternate Universe" by Barbara Gibson (Apple.com, 1995)
- see also Jon Scieszka, above.
- lemonysnicket.com (official site)
- "Lemony Snicket Says, 'Don't Read My Books!'" by Daphne Merkin (New York Times Magazine, 29 April 2001). No longer available at the Times' site. I'm leaving the link as a citation for anyone who wants it.
- Toby Speed (author's website)
- William Steig (official site, at williamsteig.com)
- "The Interview: William Steig" by John Koch (Boston Globe Magazine, 22 June 1997). No longer available at the Globe's site. I'm leaving the link as a citation for anyone who wants it.
- Letter from William Steig to Paul Heins, 10 May 1970 (Horn Book Virtual History Exhibit)
- Inez Ramsey's William Steig: Teacher Resource File (biography and links at Internet School Library)
- KidsReads.com's William Steig page
- William Steig (Salon.com, 16 Dec. 1995)
- John Steptoe papers (at University of Southern Mississippi's deGrummond Collection)
- John Steptoe (at HarperCollins)
- Eloise Website: Kay Thompson
- Thompson, Kay (Encyclopedia Britannica's Women in American History site)
- Kay Thompson (bio at Internet Movie Database)
- James Thurber Pathfinder (at UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Thurber's World (and Welcome to It!): A James Thurber Web Page
- Books and Writers' James Thurber page
- Planet Tolkien
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy (official site of the film)
- HobbitLore.com
- The Tolkien Archive (sponsored feature at the New York Times)
- BBC Books' Author Profile for JRR Tolkien
- The Tolkien Sarcasm Page (featuring, among other things, The Tolkien Crackpot Theories Page)
- Brick Tales: The Lord of the Rings (scenes from The Lord of the Rings done entirely in Legos)
- Molly Winter's The Two Towers, condensed parody version. Warning: Some "adult" content.
- Molly Winter's Return of the King, condensed parody version. Warning: Some "adult" content.
- Chris Van Allsburg (official site)
- Houghton Mifflin's The World of Chris Van Allsburg (an extensive site)
- Houghton Mifflin's Chris Van Allsburg page (includes interview, bio, teaching suggestions)
- Inez Ramsey's Chris Van Allsburg site (biography and links at Internet School Library)
- Inez Ramsey's E. B. White: Teacher Resource File (biography and links at Internet School Library)
- Meet the Author: E. B. White (Houghton Mifflin's EduPlace)
- E. B. White (HarperChildrens.com)
- E. B. White (biography at books and writers)
- "E. B. White, Essayist and Stylist, Dies" by Herbert Mitgang (New York Times, 2 Oct. 1985)
- David Wiesner -- The Art of Visual Storytelling (Houghton Mifflin)
- "David Wiesner: 'Telling the story with pictures'" (interview at BookPage, Sept. 1999)
- Kay E. Vandergrift's David Wiesner page & Cheryl Erenberg's Visual Interpretive Analysis of Tuesday
- David Wiesner (at Reading is Fundamental)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, Inc.
- Rebecca LeeAnne Irby & Phil Greetham's Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Home & Museum (in Mansfield, Missouri)
- Mo Willems' Home Page
- Mo Willems (at Curious Directors)
- Mo Willems (at Hyperion Books for Children)
- Goon Squad!: A Brief Q & A with Mo Willems (Skyape.com)
- Jacqueline Wilson at Transworld (at KidsAtRandomHouse.uk)
- Issue 16: Jacqueline Wilson (interview at Young Writer)
- Stories from the Web's Jacqueline Wilson Interview
- "Nice smile. Enid Blyton she isn't" by Catherine O'Brien (The Times [of London] 25 Feb. 2002).
- David Wisniewski (at Houghton Mifflin's EduPlace) featuring Author's Biography, his 1997 Caldecott Acceptance Speech, and Stephanie Loer's Interview with David Wisniewski
- An Interview with Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Virginia Euwer Wolff (pdf from SimonSays.com)
- Jacqueline Woodson (author's website)
- Transcript from New York Public Library's Author Chat with Jacqueline Woodson (23 July 2003)
- Jacqueline Woodson at TeenReads.com
- Meet Jacqueline Woodson (at Houghton Mifflin's EduPlace)
- Dare Wright (official site)
- "Dare Wright's 'Lonely Doll'" by Steve Inskeep (NPR, 5 Jan. 2005)
- The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright (Henry Holt's webpage for Jean Nathan's bio. of Wright)
- Loganberry Books: Dare Wright (bibliography + books for sale)
- "Profile: Tim Wynne-Jones" by Joyce MacPhee (CM Magazine, Jan./Feb. 1994)
- Jane Yolen Official Website
- Claire E. White's "A Conversation With Jane Yolen" (Writers Write, June 2002)
- Lisa Horak's "After 25 years, Yolen still provides children with 'quiet friends'" (Book Page, January 1999)
- Raymond H. Thompson's "Interview with Jane Yolen" (The Camelot Project, University of Rochester, 29 Aug. 1988)
- The Official Charlotte Zolotow Web Site, created and maintained by Crescent Dragonwagon, Charlotte's daughter
- Charlotte Zolotow (at the Internet Public Library)
- Charlotte Zolotow Award (official site)
- Journals & Scholarship
- The ALAN Review
- Children's Literature (ed. Julie Pfeiffer, published by Johns Hopkins UP)
- Early Childhood Research & Practice (journal)
- Image [&] Narrative: Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative (journal, published by the Institute for Cultural Studies)
- ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies
- The Lion and the Unicorn (published by Johns Hopkins UP)
- The Looking Glass
- Marvels & Tales
- ABC-Lit: An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship (database, still in progress...)
- Michael Joseph's list of Journals that publish articles on children's literature theory and criticism
- "Head injuries in nursery rhymes: evidence of a dangerous subtext in children's literature" by Sarah M. Giles and Sarah Shea. Parody at Canadian Medical Association Journal 169[12] (9 Dec. 2003):1294-96.
- Radical Change (book and critical approach by Eliza T. Dresang)
- Some scholars
- Leonard S. Marcus (homepage of the children's book historian and author)
- Perry Nodelman's Home Page (scholar and Y.A. novelist, University of Winnipeg)
- Anita Silvey (homepage of the children's book scholar and editor)
- Michael Joseph's E Directory of Scholars of Literature for Children and Young Adults
- Conferences
- Organizations
- Other useful sites that don't quite fit in the above categories
- Banned Books Week, sponsored by the American Library Association.
- CHILD_LIT listserv, maintained by Michael Joseph, whose site includes an E Directory of Scholars of Literature for Children and Young Adults, a list of Journals that publish articles on children's literature theory and criticism, the Newbery Classroom Home, and more. Recommended.
- Children's Literature (monthly newsletter that reviews children's books)
- Monitoring the Future ("a continuing study of American youth")
- Today's Inspiration ("A place for those with an interest in illustration from the 40's and 50's to share their knowledge, views and opinions")
- A Collection of Children's and YA Lit. Blogs, links assembled by Fairrosa
- International
- Jane Addams Book Award (Jane Addams Peace Association; official site)
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (official IBBY site)
- Choices Booklists: Children's Choices, Teachers' Choices, and Young Adults' Choices (sponsored by the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council)
- International Reading Association Children's Book Awards (click on "Category" to sort by category; look for the ones marked "Children's Literature Awards")
- Phoenix Award (official Children's Literature Association site)
- Robert F. Sibert Award (official ALA site)
- U.S.
- Alex Award (official YALSA site)
- Pura Belpré Award (official ALA site)
- Irma S. and James. H. Black Award (official site, at Bank Street College)
- Caldecott Medal (official ALA site)
- Coretta Scott King Award (official ALA site)
- Geisel Award (official ALA site)
- Golden Kite Award (official SCBWI site -- click on the link at left)
- Newbery Medal (official ALA site)
- Michael L. Printz Award (official ALA site)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (official site, at Emporia State University)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (official ALSC site)
- Charlotte Zolotow Award (official site)
- U.K.
- Carnegie and Greenaway Medals (official site)
- Kurt Maschler Award, a.k.a. "Emil Award" (Wikipedia page; this award was discontinued in 1999)
- Nestlé Children's Book Prize, formerly the Smarties Prize (official Book Trust site)
- Children's Book Awards (at David K. Brown's Children's Literature Web Guide; a comprehensive list, but many links are broken)
- Children's Literary Prizes and Awards (at Canterbury Public Library, Christchurch, New Zealand)
- Yahoo's Literature Pages: Genre -- Children's -- Book Awards
- Margaret Vail Anderson's Children's Literature section of her Digital Librarian pages (active, growing, and quite extensive collection of links, updated regularly)
- Authors & Illustrators for Children ("an organization of authors & illustrators of children's books (and their friends) dedicated to creating a better world for children")
- Bibliographies: Children's Literature Resource Guide (at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of Education)
- Booktrusted.co.uk ("for all those concerned with what children read")
- Alan Brown's Just for Kids Who Love Books
- David K. Brown's Children's Literature Web Guide, including several pages of links to Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web. Not updated as frequently as it once was, but still good.
- Canadian Illustrated Books in English (University of British Columbia)
- Kathleen Duey's list of over 4,000 Children's Bookstores
- Eleanor's Books' Children's Books Central ("Your guide to children's books on the Web")
- Children and Young People page by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK)
- Children's Book Council
- Fairrosa's CyberLibrary of Children's Literature, featuring Children's Litertaure -- Authors & Illustrators (a good collection of links).
- Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD Company)
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
- Children's Peace and Non-Violence Curriculum (Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse)
- Alta Murrieta Elementary School Library's Click & Go Authors
- Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- International Children's Digital Library
- International Reading Asssociation
- Internet School Library Media Center's Index to Children's Book Authors and Illustrators
- Kansas State University Libraries: Children's Literature Subject Guide
- Marxists Internet Archive's Children's Literature pages, featuring an Annotated Bibliography, Texts and Illustrations, and Resources and Reference.
- Mary Helen Lewis' Only the Best for My Child: A Bibliography of Children's Picturebooks Featuring Powerful, Positive Female Characters. This page has disappeared. Anyone know where it went?
- New York Public Library's Children's Literature site
- New York Public Library's On-Lion for Kids!
- New York Times Book Review's Children's Books (index of reviews since January 1997)
- Deidre Johnson's 19th Cenutry Girls' Series site
- Sharyn November's children's books page, including Authors A-C, Authors D-F, Authors G-J, Authors K-O, Authors P-S, and Authors T-Z.
- Denise Ortakales' Women Children's Book Illustrators site. Recommended.
- Reading Is Fundamental (US)
- Reading Is Fundamental (UK)
- Debbie Reese's American Indians in Children's Literature blog
- Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Literature Resources
- Jim Trelease's Trelease-on-reading.com
- Harold Underdown's The Purple Crayon and great page of Children's Book Resources (useful pages with good links)
- Kay E. Vandergrift's Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages -- highly recommended. May be the most extensive collection of links on the web.
- Susie Wilde's Wilde Writing Works
- Yahoo's Literature Pages: Genre -- Children's
- Young Adult Library Services Association
- Association of Children's Museums (links to Children's Museums)
- Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature (University of Florida)
- Bank Street College of Education (New York; founded 1916; alumnae include Margaret Wise Brown, Ruth Krauss, Norma Simon...)
- Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood (London)
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
- Center for Children's Books (Champaign, Illinois)
- Connecticut Historical Society: Children's Literature
- CRLC/Kerlan and Hess Collections (University of Minnesota)
- Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls (at Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection)
- The de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
- The Great Menagerie: The Wonderful World of Pop-Up and Movable Books, 1811-1996 (University of North Texas)
- Kiddie Rekord King, a.k.a. Peter Muldavin (New York, NY)
- National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (Abilene, Texas)
- Northeast Children's Literature Collection (Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut)
- Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood
- Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th Century America (Michigan State University)
- Weston Woods Institute (Weston, Connecticut)
- World Book Day
- Greasy Kid Stuff (airs on WFMU). The hippest "kid show" out there. Sadly, the show is over as of October 2006. But archived GSK shows and playlists are still available...for a while, at least.
- Kiddie Record King
- Kiddie Records Weekly
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