Children's authors and illustrators too good to miss: biographical sketches and bibliographies

By Sharron L. McElmeel

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2004

ISBN 1591580277, 9781591580270

Key words and phrases

Sharon Creech, Mary Azarian, Linda Sue Park, Frasier,
Simms Taback, Dan Gutman, Kate DiCamillo, Cynthia Leitich Smith,
Pat Mora, Vicki Cobb, Newbery Award, Christopher Paul Curtis,
Chris Soentpiet, HarperCollins, Karen Cushman, Rotten Ralph,
Greenwillow, Dragonling, David Diaz, Caldecott Award

Contents

Tedd Arnold	6
Mary Azarian , Haemi Balgassi , Snowflake Bentley
Fred Bowen	20
Cynthia Leitich Smith , Bynum , Buzzeo
Carlson	36
Vicki Cobb , Lisa Tucker , Hyperion
Sharon Creech	51
Sharon Creech , Christopher Paul Curtis , Walk Two Moons
Karen Cushman	64
Kate DiCamillo , Karen Cushman , Tale of Despereaux
Marianne J Dyson XI	81
Robert Florczak , Everything Book , NASA

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Debra Frasier	94
Frasier , Vero Beach , Blintzes
Dan Gutman	109
Dan Gutman , Greenwillow , Gary Hines
Will Hobbs	124
Barbara LaVallee , Betsy Lewin , Santa Fe Trail
Jackie French Koller	138
Dragonling , Ethiopia , Jackie French Koller
E B Lewis	154
Linda Sue Park , Pat Mora , Seesaw Girl
Nicole Rubel	168
Rotten Ralph , Jack Gantos , Esperanza Rising
April Pulley Sayre	183
Army Ant , Secrets of Sound , Superhero
David Shannon	187
Cynthia Leitich Smith , David Shannon , Saved Baseball
Chris Soentpiet	204
Simms Taback , Chris Soentpiet , Sholom Aleichem
Deborah Wiles	220
Deborah Wiles , Vicki Cobb , Freedom Summer
GenreTheme Index	234
Iowa Reading , Literacy , literature