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Author and Illustrator Almanac

June 2011

June 1

John Masefield—1878-1967
http://www.publishingcentral.com/masefield/
http://greenwichpast.com/vip/writers/masefield.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masefield
http://masefieldnovels.blogspot.com/

James Daugherty—1889-1974
http://www.acmefineart.com/bio-daugherty.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Daugherty

R. R. Knudson—1932-2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/books/10knudson.html

Doris Buchanan Smith—1934-2002
http://www.howardrandallsmith.com
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?AuthorId=12747
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1841.xml

Sandra Scopperttone—1936-
http://www.sandrascoppettone.com
http://sandrascoppettone.blogspot.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Scoppettone

Donald R. Gallo—1938-
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/author-feature-donald-r-gallo-on-owning.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=9616

Judith Whitelock McInerney—1945-

Leah Komaiko—1954-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1871/Komaiko-Leah-1954.html

June 2

Paul Galdone—1907 (1914?)-1986
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=3709
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Galdone
http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/Galdone/MSS19990041.html

Lester Del Rey—1915-1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_del_Rey
http://www.nndb.com/people/208/000085950/
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?21
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Lester_del_Rey.htm

William Loren Katz—1927-
http://www.williamlkatz.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Loren_Katz

Norton Juster—1929-
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/
http://www.powells.com/authors/juster.html
http://dir.salon.com/books/int/2001/03/12/juster/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Juster

George Mendoza—1934-
http://www.georgemendoza.com

Helen Oxenbury—1938-
http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ylg/ylr/helen.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/323/Oxenbury-Helen-1938.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Oxenbury

Jeff Kindley—1945-
http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/Jeffrey-Kindley.html

Michael Emberley—1960-
http://www.michaelemberley.com

June 3

Kaye Starbird—1916-

Margaret Cosgrove—1926-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1326.xml

Anita Lobel—1934-
http://www.anita-lobel.com/Anita_Lobel/anita-lobel.com.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1732/Lobel-Anita-Kempler-1934.html
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17469/Anita_Lobel/index.aspx
http://lookingglassreview.com/html/anita_lobel.html

June 4

Richard L. Knudson—1930-

Teri Martini—1930-

Betsy Lee—1949-

Joyce Sidman—1956-
http://www.joycesidman.com
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Sidman__Joyce.html
http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-with-joyce-sidman.html
http://www.libraryjournal.com/slj/articlescollectiondevelopment/884915-343/its_a_long_story_poet.html.csp
http://www.classof2k11.com/?p=1250

June 5

Franklyn M. Branley—1915-2002
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0112f.html?DG0112b.html~mainFrame
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003BAAS...35.1455F

Ilse-Margaret Vogel—1918-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1701.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse-Margret_Vogel

Richard Scarry—1919-1994
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/scarry.htm
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/rscarry.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scarry

Alice Low—1926-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1087/Low-Alice-1926.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1632

Irene Haas—1929-

Allan Ahlberg—1938-
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=81
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_and_Allan_Ahlberg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/jun/24/familyandrelationships.family7

Louise Lawrence—1943-
http://louiselawrence.net/louiselawrence-a.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Lawrence
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Louise_Lawrence.htm

Caroline Binch—1947-
http://www.carolinebinch.co.uk
http://www.equitainment.com.au/factsheet.asp?ID=38

June 6

Will James—1892-1942
http://www.willjames.org
http://www.willjames.com/books.html
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus2b.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/james_will.html

Verna Aardema—1911-2000
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/aardema.htm
http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/columns/authorauthor/index.html
http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=24
http://coe.fgcu.edu/students/detschaschell/biographyva.html

Donald Keene—1922-
http://www.librarything.com/author/keenedonald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Keene

Maxine Kumin—1925-
http://www.maxinekumin.com
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/kumin/kumin.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/30/specials/kumin.html

Miriam Schlein—1926-2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Schlein
http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/saxon/SaxonServlet?style=http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/saxon/EAD/yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&source=http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedora/get/beinecke:schlein/EAD
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1558/Schlein-Miriam-1926-2004.html

Peter Spier—1927-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/spier.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Spier
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=29293

Arnold Dobrin—1928-

Roy Innis—1934-
http://royinnes.com

Linda Hayward—1943-
http://www.mmutts.com/About_AuthorIllustrator_Linda_H.html

Geraldine McCaughrean—1951-
http://essentialwriters.com/geraldine-mccaughrean-241.htm
http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/magazine/authors/geraldine_mccaughrean/profile.asp

Cynthia Rylant—1954-
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rylant-cynthia.asp
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/rylant.html
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_rylant.asp

June 7

Patricia Lynch—1898-1972
http://www.catholicauthors.com/lynch.html

Jeannette Eyerly—1908-2008
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/msc/tomsc600/msc599/eyerly.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Eyerly

John Goodall—1908-1996
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_goodall_john.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goodall_%28author%29

Gwendolyn Brooks—1917-2000
http://library.scsu.edu/BrooksBib.pdf
http://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/contemporary/brooks_gw.html
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/165
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks

Georgess McHargue—1941-
http://www.keene.edu/library/extras/mchargue.cfm
http://www.familyeducation.com/bio/0,1379,1-22051,00.html

Nikki Giovanni—1943-
http://nikki-giovanni.com
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=16650&isbn13=9780060541347&displayType=bookinterview
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jul00/giovanni.htm
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02132009/profile2.html

June 8

Ivan Southall—1921-
http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/ivansouthall.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Southall

Carolyn (Mae) Meyer—1935-
http://www.readcarolyn.com
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Meyer__Carolyn.html

Judy Sierra—1945-
http://www.judysierra.net
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/sierra.html

Penny Dale—1954-
http://www.pennydale.co.uk
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/504/Dale-Penny-1954-Sidelights.html

June 9

Patricia Clapp—1912-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/16024/Patricia_Clapp/index.aspx

Cheryl Zack—1947-
http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=22606
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/z/cheryl-zach/
http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Cheryl-Zach

June 10

Nat Hentoff—1925-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=hentoff.html

Maurice Sendak—1928-
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/maurice-sendak/about-maurice-sendak/701/
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=685
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4680590
http://www.nycgo.com/?event=view.article&id=206419

Aranka Siegal—1930-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/arankasiegal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranka_Siegal

Phyllis LaFarge—1933-

Chap Reaver—1935-1993

Charlotte Herman—1937-
http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/Herman.html

June 11

Betty Jean Lifton—1926-2010
http://www.bjlifton.com
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/888249-312/betty_jean_lifton_dies_at.html.csp

Robert N. Munsch—1945-
http://www.robertmunsch.com

Satoshi Kitamura—1956-
http://www.satoshiland.com
http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/magazine/authors/satoshi_kitamura/satoshi_kitamura_profile.asp

June 12

Charles Kingsley—1819-1875
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsley

Shizuye Takashima—1928-
http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887762413
http://www.voiceseducation.org/category/tag/shizuye-takashima

Anne Frank—1929-1945
http://annefrank.org

Helen Lester—1936-
http://www.helenlester.com
http://matottma.tripod.com/Lester/
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/helen_lester/

Kristiana Gregory—1951-
http://kgregorybooks.com

T. A. Kennedy—1953-

Rebecca Emberley—1958-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rebeccaemberley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Emberley

Hilary McKay—1959-
http://www.hilarymckay.co.uk

June 13

Niki Daly—1946-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/nikidaly
http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&news_id=37783&cause_id=1270
http://panmacmillan.book.co.za/blog/2008/09/02/sarah-coppings-interviews-niki-daly/
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2221389

Alexandra Sheedy—1962-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Sheedy

June 14

Harriet Beecher Stowe—1811-1896
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA97/riedy/hbs.html
http://americancivilwar.com/women/hbs.html
http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw18/index.shtml
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg149.htm
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/stowe1.htm
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hbstowe.htm
http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/underground/oh1.htm

Judith Kerr—1923-
http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/3128/judith-kerr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Kerr

Janice Udry—1928-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12825/Janice_May_Udry/index.aspx

Lensey Namioka—1929-
http://www.lensey.com/home.html
http://www.papertigers.org/interviews/archived_interviews/lnamioka.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/namioka.html

Bruce N. Degen—1932-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Degen
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/11998/Bruce_Degen/index.aspx

Penelope Farmer—1939-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Penelope_Farmer.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Farmer

Lawrence Yep—1948-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/yep.html
http://www.papertigers.org/interviews/archived_interviews/lyep.html
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/yep.html

James Gurney—1958-
http://www.dinotopia.com
http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/we-interview-dinotopia-author-james-gurney/

June 15

Betty Ren Wright—1927-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Betty_Ren_Wright.htm
http://www.sff.net/people/jackbyrne/BRwright.htm

Shirley Glubok—1933-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/glubok.htm

Brian Jacques—1939-
http://www.redwall.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jacques

Louis Phillips—1942-

Loreen Leedy—1959-
http://www.loreenleedy.com

June 16

Isabelle Holland—1920-2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Holland
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/isabelle-holland

Paul Rogers—1950-
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Author/Rogers,%20Paul

Jennifer L. Holm—1968-
http://www.jenniferholm.com
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/pdf/AuthorBioJenniferHolm.pdf
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-holm.asp

June 17

James Weldon Johnson—1871-1938
http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/amlit/johnson/johnson1.html
http://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/modern/johnson_ja.html

Elizabeth Enright—1909-1968
http://us.macmillan.com/author/elizabethenright

Robbie Branscum—1937-1997
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4190
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Branscum

Susi Bohdal—1951-

Marie-Louise Gay—1952-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Louise_Gay
http://januarymagazine.blogspot.com/2009/01/author-snapshot-marie-louise-gay.html

June 18

Pat Hutchins—1942-
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/hutchins.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Hutchins

Pam Conrad—1947-1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Conrad

Chris Van Allsburg—1949-
http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg
http://www.polarexpress.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1486_type=Contributor_typeId=3697

Connie Roop—1951-
http://www.authorsillustrators.com/roop/bio.htm

Vivian Vande Velde—1951-
http://www.vivianvandevelde.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Vande_Velde

Angela Johnson—1961-
http://www.visitingauthors.com/printable_pages/johnson_angela_print_info.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Johnson_(writer)

June 19

Ernest T. Crichlow—1914-2005

Robert Gold—1924-

Elvira Woodruff—1951-
http://www.ewoodruff.com
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Woodruff__Elvira.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=310_type=Contributor_typeId=1832

June 20

Anne Colver—1908-1991
http://annecolver.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

Robb Winter—1926-

Betty Baker—1928-

Lou Ann Gaeddert—1931-

Dan Greenburg—1936-

Annette Curtis Klause—1953-
http://ravenstonepress.com/klause.html
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/authors/interviews/annettecurtisklause.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Curtis_Klause

June 21

Rockwell Kent—1882-1971
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/rockwell-kent-papers-9557/more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_Kent
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kent_rockwell.html

Mary Elting—1906-2005
http://peacepest.typepad.com/maryeltingfolsom

Patricia Wrightson—1921-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/wright.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wrightson

Margaret Coughlan—1925-

Robert Kraus—1925-2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraus
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=12335

June 22

Margaret Sidney—1844-1924
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sidney

Jan Mark—1943-2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/jan-mark/

June 23

Theodore Taylor—1921-
http://www.theodoretaylor.com
http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/cay.htm

June 24

Betty Cavanna—1909-2001
http://bettycavanna.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

John Ciardi—1916-1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ciardi
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-ciardi

Leonard Everett Fisher—1924-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/fisherle.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Everett_Fisher

Alice McLerran—1933-
http://alicemclerran.us

Rodney Peppe—1934-

Jean Marzollo—1942-
http://www.jeanmarzollo.com
http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/books/jeanmarzollo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Marzollo

Kathryn Lasky—1944-
http://www.kathrynlasky.com
http://www.scholastic.com/gahoole/author.htm
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/klasky.html

Nadine Westcott—1949-
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12879

June 25

Elizabeth Orton Jones—1910- 2005
http://www.purplehousepress.com/jones.htm

Eric Carle—1929-
http://www.eric-carle.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3234
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carle
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/jhaberkorn/UOP/EricCarle.html
http://www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/pdf/curriculum/ela/author_study_k_08.pdf
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=20
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/children-book-author-eric-a-20549.html

Louis Sabin—1930-

Charles Robinson—1931-

Jane Sarnoff—1937-

Elizabeth-Ann Sachs—1946-
http://www.elizabethsachs.com

Tololwa M. Mollel—1952-
http://tololwamollel.com

June 26

Pearl S. Buck—1892-1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pearlbuc.htm
http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/Buck/biography.html

Lynd Ward—1905-1987
http://www.bpib.com/lyndward.htm

Milton Lomask—1909-1991
http://www.catholicauthors.com/lomask.html

Charlotte Zolotow—1915-
http://www.charlottezolotow.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Zolotow
http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Zolotow.html

Walter Farley—1915-1989
http://www.theblackstallion.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Farley

Joe Lasker—1919-

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/l/lasker_j.htm
http://www.abbylu.com/pdfs/ART/lasker.pdf

Dorothy Van Woerkom—1924-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/vanwoerkom.htm

Robert Burch—1925-2007
http://www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters/burch.html

Barbara Brenner—1925-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/brenner.htm
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Brenner__Barbara.html

Milton Glaser—1929-

Nancy Willard—1936-
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/nancy-willard
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/willard.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Willard

Thomas Locker—1937-
http://www.barbsbooks.com/The%20Life%20and%20Works%20of%20Thomas%20Locker.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Locker

Wallace Tripp—1940-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Tripp

Tor Seidler—1952-
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=12703&displayType=interview
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-seidler-tor.asp

B. B. Calhoun—1961-

June 27

Helen Keller—1880-1968
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdkell.htm
http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/keller1.htm
http://www.rnib.org.uk/aboutus/aboutsightloss/famous/Pages/helenkeller.aspx

Helen Sewell—1896-1957
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Sewell.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sewell
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/06jun/627sewe.html

Charles Coombs—1914-1994

James Lincoln Collier—1928-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lincoln_Collier
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3605
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1985/Collier-James-Lincoln-1928.html
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/collier.html
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=49
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/collier.html

Lucille Clifton—1936-2010
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/79
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/clifton/clifton.htm
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lucille-clifton

Alvin Granowsky—1936-

June 28

Esther Forbes—1891-1967
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Archives/WAuthors/forbes/bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Forbes

Anne Pelowski—1933-

Bette Greene—1934-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Greene
http://www.bettegreene.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1660/Greene-Bette-1934.html
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/06jun/628gree.html

Dennis Haseley—1950-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1187/Haseley-Dennis-1950.html
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_Haseley.asp

June 29

Antoine de Saint Exupery—1900-1944
http://www.westegg.com/exupery/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/exupery.htm
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/aexupery.html

Janet Tashjian—1956-
http://www.janettashjian.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/633/Tashjian-Janet-1956-Sidelights.html

June 30

Eleanor Lattimore—1904-1986
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0590f.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Frances_Lattimore

Mary Kay Phelan—1914-

Mollie Hunter—1922-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/hunter.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollie_Hunter

Ray Cruz—1933-

David McPhail—1940-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/mcphail.html
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_mcphail.asp
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/mcphail.html


 
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