Websites of some of our favorite authors
- Eric Carle – author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art – located in Amherst, MA
- Nancy Carlson – author of I Like Me!
- Esmé Raji Codell – author of How to Get your Child to Love Reading, as well as many children’s books. Esmé’s website is filled with book reviews and lists and a rich assortment of exciting reading activities and links.
- Tomie dePaola – author of Strega Nona
- Max Grover – author of Accidental Zucchini
- Kevin Henkes – winner of the 2005 Caldecott medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon
- Mem Fox – author of Reading Magic, as well as many children’s books
- Jim Trelease – author of The Read Aloud Handbook
- Rosemary Wells – author of Read to Your Bunny
Children’s Book Authors Living in the Ithaca, NY Area:
- Tedd Arnold – author and illustrator of Hi! Fly Guy, Axle Annie and the Speed Grump, Five Ugly Monsters, Green Wilma, Parts, Huggly’s Sleepover
- Suzanne Bloom – author and illustrator of A Splendid Friend, Indeed, No Place for a Pig, The Bus for Us, We Keep a Pig in the Parlor
- Michael DeMunn – author of Places of Power, The Earth is Good
- Rachel Dickinson – author of Tools of Navigation, Tools of the Ancient Romans
- Lisa Eisenberg – co-author of many riddle books including Buggy Riddles, Gobble, Gobble, Giggle
- Minfong Ho – author of HUSH!, Brother Rabbit, Peek!, Maples in the Mist
- Elizabeth Holmes – author of Pretty Is and Tracktown Summer
- Gail Jarrow – author of Animal Babysitters, The Printer’s Trial, Chiggers
- Ruth Stiles Gannett (Kahn) – author of My Father’s Dragon series
- Emily Rhoads Johnson – author of Write Me if You Dare! and Spring and the Shadow Man
- David Kirk – author and illustrator of Miss Spider, Nova’s Ark
- Alison Lurie – author of The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales, The Black Geese, The Heavenly Zoo
- Anne Mazer – author of The Salamander Room and The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes
- Katrina Morse – author/illustrator of At Home with Books and Love Those Letters!
- Catharine O’Neill – illustrator of The Very Best Hanukkah Gift, Anna’s Book, Leprechaun Luck
- Edward Ormondroyd – author of Castaways On Long Ago, David and the Phoenix, Time at the Top
- Ellen Potter – author of Olivia Kidney, Pish Posh
- Esty Schachter – author of Anya’s Echoes
- Megan Shull – author of Amazing Grace, Yours Truly, Skye O’Shea
- Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton – authors of Scared Witless, Hidden Feast, Noodlehead Stories
Storytellers and Children’s Performers in the Ithaca, NY area:
- Mrs. McPuppet – singer, storyteller and puppeteer
- Beauty and the Beast Storytellers – storytellers, writers, teachers
- Judy Stock – Entertaining, educational music programs for adults and children that inspire her audience to sing along and connect with the joy of music.
- Regi Carpenter – storyteller, teacher
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