A meeting with Jaco Jacobs at Thorntree Preparatory School on his tour through the Limpopo Province!
Read moreEva 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!
Read moreDirty 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!
Read moreGertrude Chandler Warner Mini Bio
Read a mini biography on Gertrude Chandler Warner, author of the well-known children’s series The Boxcar Children.
Read moreJudith Viorst Mini Bio
Read my short (mini) bio of children’s author Judith Viorst.
Read moreLynne 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,
Read moreJacqui 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.
Read moreBarbara 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.
Read moreMichael 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
Read moreJamie 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
Read moreLemony 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
Read moreKatherine 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
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