I Love Books!

If you have been anywhere on this website you should know by know that I LOVE books! I love authors as well. I love to learn about them. Why did they write the books they wrote? What motivates them to write? Did writing happen to them or was it a passion? I really want to know these things because in my next life I want to be an author. (My husband says I have enough stuff here to publish a book...ha, ha, ha).

Here are a list of my favorite authors and/ or their websites or just stuff I want to put here. I love to collect stuff and organize it, so this is the place I am organizing my author web pages and "stuff." You also may want to check out this page series of books as it has some very interesting series from authors I like (and some I don't care for). Or how about this web page....a page of lists of books (compiled by me).

Jane Austen One of my favorite authors.
Anne Frank So glad she wrote.
Dr. Seuss "I do not like them, Sam I Am" but I sure like his books.
James Harriot I almost became a vet after reading his books. It was all that science I would have to take that changed my mind.
Marc Brown Arthur needs to be on an Authors page.
Shel Silverstein Some of the best and creative poems.
Laura Ingals Wilder The "Little House on the Prairie" author. I sat for hours reading her wonderful stories.
Jean Fritz This children's author is one of a kind!
Isaac Asimov This is for my science fiction loving husband <smile>.
Berenstain Stan & Jan The Berenstain Bears are every child's favorite. I love the moral and discussion that can follow the reading of one of their books.
C.S. Lewis One of my very favorite authors. Everyone needs to read his Narnia series (at least once).
David Macaulay The Way Things Work author has many more wonderful books.
Chris Heimerdinger This Nephites in Tennis Shoes author has a wonderful site, check out the links from this page.
G.A. Henty Some of the best historical fiction around!!! They make great family read aloud books.
Dean Hughes Versatile LDS author that writes children's books as well as adult fiction.
J.R.R. Tolkien His name speaks volumes.
Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time is her most famous, but you might find a new favorite.....
Gerald Lund The Work and the Glory are his most famous work and I'm sure you will find some of his other books just as heart warming and wonderful. Try The Alliance.
Nephi Anderson
Laura Numeroff If you give a Mouse a Cookie and other fun books to enjoy with your children. One of my kids favorites is What Grandmas Do Best/What Grandpas Do Best but maybe that's because they have the best grandparents in the world.
Orson Scott Card Another of my husband's favorite authors.
Bill Peet A wonderful children's author. Haven't found a book of his that isn't great!
Margaret Sidney Five Little Peppers
Ron Carter I heard him speak at a homeschool conference in 2003 and fell in love with him. I can't wait to read his books.
Seymour Simon I had never seen a more pictorial beautiful book on the body until I picked up his books. Wonderful!!!

Links directly to authors' websites

Jan Brett Juvenile picture books
Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House) Juvenile
LM Montgomery
Judy Bloom award winning author and one of my favorites as a child
Linda Sue Park A Single Shard
Betsy Byars this authors hold a special place in my heart. It was one of her books back in 5th grade that turned me into a reader.
Homer Hickam author of October Sky

Websites of Authors

KidsRead's list of Authors
Children's Authors
Children's Authors and Illustrators
Index to Internet sites of Children's and Young Adult Authors from Internet School Library

WiredforBooks Kid's corner

Last update:
November, 2006

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