Family Fare: Getting the Picture
The New York Times (requires registration) has this article that at the very end talks about Random House’s celebration of the centennial of Dr. Seuss. They will be having a Seussentennial Imagination Your with an interactive play, ending with a challenge where the audience names any Seuss book and they perform it.
Month: January 2004
Anita Lobel
Anita Lobel
Homepage for this award-winning illustrator and author of children’s picture books.
Sid Fleischman
Sid Fleischman
Official site for this Newbery Award winning author.
Anna Grossnickle Hines
Anna Grossnickle Hines
Homepage for this author and illustrator of children’s books. The section where she explains the process of illustrating Whistling by Elizabeth Partridge is a fascinating glimpse into her art.
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
Homepage for this Coretta Scott King Award winning author. The site offers biographical information, bibliography, travel schedule, advice for beginning writers, teacher ideas and a spot for questions and answers.
Catherine Clark
Catherine Clark
Homepage for the author of Frozen Rodeo, which has made several best teen books of 2003 lists. She has also written Truth or Dairy and Wurst Case Scenario.
Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess
Homepage for this author of YA books. His new book, Doing It, due out this spring, is getting a lot of great buzz. It is on my must read list.
Hilari Bell
Hilari Bell, Writer
Homepage for this author of fantasy for teens and older elementary readers. Her books include the new Flame and the recent Goblin Wood.