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Literature & Authors

General
By author
By popular series
Folktales & fables
Native American stories
Nursery rhymes
Young writers online

General

Kids Book Center: http://www.multcolib.org/kids/books.html

The Kids Book Center on the Multnomah County Library web site includes picks for kids, booklists, book awards, and links to websites about books.
Kidsreads.com: http://www.kidsreads.com/

Find info about your favorite books, series, and authors. Find reviews of the newest titles, interviews with authors, and special features.
Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/

See videos of author interviews and research award-winning books.
Children's Storybooks Online: http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Read lots of exciting stories like Round Bird Can't Fly, Grow Your Own Gargoyle, and The Wumpalump.
The Internet Public Library Youth Section: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

An on-line story hour and other goodies.
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/

Great information about children's literature.
Yahoo: Children's authors: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Children_s/

Find lots of sites about your favorite authors and their books.

By author

By author, for children birth to six
By author, for kids grades 1-6
By author, for high school

By author, for children birth to six

Jan Brett: http://www.janbrett.com/

You'll find everything from armadillos to trolls on this website about the author/illustrator of The Mitten and The Gingerbread Baby.
Eric Carle: http://www.eric-carle.com/

For fans of the famous author/illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Ezra Jack Keats: A Virtual Exhibit: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/main.html

Snowy Day author biography and more.
Patricia Polacco: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

Great information about Polacco and her books, including Chicken Sunday and My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother.
Maurice Sendak: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/maurice-sendak/about-maurice-sendak/701/

A biography of the famous author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. From American Masters on PBS.
Seussville: http://www.seussville.com/

Games, information, and fun from the publisher of the Dr. Seuss books.
Janet Stevens: http://www.janetstevens.com/

Did you like Epossumondas? Illustrator Janet Stevens shares her work -- and her love of rhinos.

By author, for kids grades 1-6

Avi: http://www.avi-writer.com/

Read Avi's blog and find out about his best-selling books, including Crispin and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
Joseph Bruchac: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/bruchac.html

Meet the author of Skeleton Man and Bearwalker.
Lewis Carroll: http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/11/frameset.html

Read Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Sylvie and Bruno, and various short stories online.
The World of Beverly Cleary: http://www.beverlycleary.com

Cleary's official Web site.
Andrew Clements: http://www.andrewclements.com

Find out about Andrew Clements, author of The School Story, The Jacket, and lots of other books.
Sharon Creech: http://www.sharoncreech.com/

The official website of the author of Love That Dog and Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, with information about all her books and a little about her life.
Roald Dahl Fans.com: http://www.roalddahlfans.com/

A webpage written by admirers of the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, and many other children's books. Includes a bibliography with descriptions of each book or story, a biography, trivia about Dahl, and more.
The Official Website of Jeanne DuPrau: http://www.jeanneduprau.com/

An author biography and information about The City of Ember and The People of Sparks.
Virginia Hamilton: Welcome to My World: http://www.virginiahamilton.com/

An award-winning author's books, family, frog collection, and more!
Deborah Hopkinson: http://www.deborahhopkinson.com/

Find out about the author of Birdie's Lighthouse and find links to more information about lighthouses in general.
Polly Horvath: Novels and Stories: http://www.pollyhorvath.com

All about the author of Everything on a Waffle and other books.
Tove (Marika) Jansson (1914-2001): http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tjansson.htm

A biography of the author of the Moomin books, with a bibliography of her works.
Madeleine L'Engle: http://www.madeleinelengle.com/

The official website of the author of A Wrinkle in Time, The Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Includes a biography of L'Engle, a list of her writings (with descriptions of each story), and more.
Into the Wardrobe: A C.S. Lewis Website: http://cslewis.DrZeus.net/

An excellent source for information on this author. The website includes pictures, information about Lewis's life and his writing, sound clips of him speaking, and links to related sites.
The Emily Rodda Web site: http://www.emilyrodda.com/

Official website for the author of the Deltora Quest series, Rowan of Rin, and other books.
J.K. Rowling: http://www.jkrowling.com/en/

The official site of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.
Robert Louis Stevenson: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/

This website claims to have "absolutely everything you'd want to know" about Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, Treasure Island.
Wendelin Van Draanen: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/vandraanen/

All you need to know about Sammy Keyes, Shredderman, and author Wendelin Van Draanen!
E.B. White: http://www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=10499

Information about the author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little.
LisaYee.com: http://www.lisayee.com/

Lisa Yee's official site, with an author biography and lots of stuff about Yee's books Millicent Min, Girl Genius and Sanford Wong Flunks Big-time.

By popular series

Animorphs: http://scholastic.com/animorphs/

In this popular paperback series, kids morph into animals. Games, books, trivia quizes.
Artemis Fowl: http://www.artemisfowl.co.uk/

Everything you need to know about Artemis Fowl: information on the series, a biography of their writer, Eoin Colfer, games, and more.
Arthur: http://pbskids.org/arthur/

For Marc Brown and Arthur fans everywhere!
The Baby-sitters Club: http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/bsc/index.htm

Read about Ann Martin and what's happening at the Baby-sitters Club.
Goosebumps: http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/

Enter if you dare!
Harry Potter: http://www.kidsreads.com/HP07/content/rowling.asp

Harry Central. Find out about each of the books, their author, Harry trivia, and more. From Kids Reads.com.
Magic School Bus: http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/

What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now?
Redwall Abbey: http://www.redwall.org/

If you're a fan of the Redwall books, here's the website for you!
A Series of Unfortunate Events: http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm

More than wise readers want to know about this great series of books, and their author Lemony Snickett.
Tintin: http://www.tintin.com/en/

Hergé biography and Tintin synopses, reviews, characters, criticisms, and other homepage links.

Folktales & fables

Folktales: http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html

Online folktales, tall tales, trickster tales, myths and legends by storyteller, Aaron Shepard.
Long long time ago: Collected fables and folktales for children by Rohini Chowdhury. Includes tales from history and classics retold.
Pitara: http://www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales.asp

A treasure of folktales from around the world. Find fables, animal lore, legends from India, China, Burma, and many other countries.

Native American stories

Dibaajimowinan idash Aadizookaanag: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/stories.html

Histories, personal narratives, and stories told by Native American authors.
Native American Lore Index Page: http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html

Native stories online.

Nursery rhymes

Mama Lisa's World: http://www.mamalisa.com/world/

Children's songs and rhymes of all nations.
The Mother Goose Pages: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html

Hundreds of rhymes. View by theme, like animals and other beasts or view the entire list alphabetically.
The Real Mother Goose: http://trmg.designwest.com/

Full text of the book online.
Nursery rhymes: http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/

Hundreds of rhymes!

Young writers online

KidPub: http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/

A place for kids to publish stories and poems and read other writings by young people.
The Kids on the Web: http://www.zen.org/%7Ebrendan/kids.html

Children write stories and post them for everyone to read.