Squeetus is the official site for author Shannon Hale, recipient of a Newbery Honor for Princess Academy.  The site offers information on her books, biographical information, games, events, and a rolling blog along the side.  It is very nicely done. 

The Guardian has interviewed Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhardt: Pop-up world. I love getting some background on why people create the books they do, and this article gives readers just that. I also appreciated the fact that they take the pair to task for the heaviness of the Dinosaur popup book they did. It had too much text for the space in my mind too. But hey, who can resist popup books? Especially when they are done with the artistry and magic that this pair creates.

Artemis Fowl has a very cool new site. Its interface is like hacking into Artemis’ computer. You can read a blog by Eoin Colfer, find out about news and upcoming events, meet the characters, subscribe to the fanzine, or enjoy online games and downloads. Sweet!

Ed Emberley has an amazing website. It is filled with information on him and his books. But best of all, it has animations and drawing pages to inspire kids to try art, and pdf files for printable activities. Click on the month you want, and you will find all sorts of things to do from paper airplanes, to mazes, to coloring sheets. And best of all, throughout the entire site, the feeling of an Ed Emberley book is maintained. Nicely done!

‘The Edge’: Two British dads create fantasy worlds for young minds is a fascinating look at how an author and illustrator collaborate on The Edge series. Their friendship certainly shines through their work.

Essence: You gotta have faith: a children’s book author delves into her girlhood in a masterful memoir is a nearly poetic article on Faith Ringgold. This is an article that demonstrates the impact one children’s book author can have.
Here is my favorite line:
“Ringgold says that although she seeks to explain some of the disturbing elements of slavery and prejudice through some of her children’s books–a dozen in all–these stories have always been more about the importance of instilling in our youth the belief that they can change the world.”

John Green’s blog, Sparksflyup.com has a great photo essay about the phone call he got when he won the Printz for Looking for Alaska.

Sandra Boynton has a homepage that is silly, fun and sweet, just like her books.  Find out more about her and her work, share with other fans, and play online games.

Teen Angels is a nice piece from Newsweek on Libba Bray, author of A Great & Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels. If you haven’t read this series, it is very gothic, very fantasy, very cool.