Jaco Jacobs on tour! 16 July 2019
A meeting with Jaco Jacobs at Thorntree Preparatory School on his tour through the Limpopo Province!
Eva Ibbotson Checklist
Have you read all of Eva Ibbotson’s books? Here’s a list of her books and their publication dates, as well as a downloadable checklist!
Dirty Bertie – Dinosaur!
Book #20 in the Dirty Bertie chapter book series! Read a short review, learn to draw Dirty Bertie, and download a checklist to see how many you’ve read!
Gertrude Chandler Warner Mini Bio
Read a mini biography on Gertrude Chandler Warner, author of the well-known children’s series The Boxcar Children.
Judith Viorst Mini Bio
Read my short (mini) bio of children’s author Judith Viorst.
Lynne Rae Perkins Mini Bio
Lynne Rae Perkins is an American author/illustrator of children’s books, who didn’t start out her adult life as writer. Even though she had studied art, her life took her through …
Jacqui Shepherd mini Bio
Jacqui van der Merwe (Shepherd) is a South African author of children’s books. She grew up traveling abroad in South Africa as well as Swaziland. Jacqui started writing when her …
Barbara Park Mini Bio (1947-2013)
Read my mini-bio of Barbara Park, author of the well-known Junie B Jones series chapter books for children.
Michael Morpurgo Mini Bio
Multi-award winning author, Michael Morpurgo, is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, The Writers Guild Award and the Blue Peter …
Jamie Lee Curtis Mini Bio
Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and author, and she is a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper. On her website, she tells her young readers that she …
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) Mini Bio
American author, Daniel Handler, wrote the children’s novel series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. But Lemony Snicket is not only the author, he …
Katherine Applegate Mini Bio
Katherine Applegate is an American young adult and children’s fiction writer, who has written many books, including The Buffalo Storm (a picture book), Roscoe Riley Rules (a chapter book series), …