Author and Illustrator Almanac
June
June 1
John Masefield—1878-1967
http://www.publishingcentral.com/masefield/
http://greenwichpast.com/vip/writers/masefield.htm
James Daugherty—1889-1974
http://www.acmefineart.com/bio-daugherty.htm
R. R. Knudson—1932-
Doris Buchanan Smith—1934-2002
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?AuthorId=12747
Sandra Scopperttone—1936-
http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/scoppettone_sandra.html
Don Gallo—1938-
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=9616&view=full_sptlght
Judith Whitelock McInerney—1945-
Leah Komaiko—1954-
June 2
Paul Galdone—1914-1986
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=3709
Lester Del Rey—1915-1993
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Lester_del_Rey.htm
William Loren Katz—1927-
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
George Mendoza—1934-
Helen Oxenbury—1938-
http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ylg/ylr/helen.html
Jeff Kindley—1945-
http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/Jeffrey-Kindley.html
Michael Emberley—1960-
June 3
Robert Newman—1909-1988
Kaye Starbird—1916-
Margaret Cosgrove—1926-
Anita Lobel—1934-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17469/Anita_Lobel/index.aspx
June 4
Richard L. Knudson—1930-
Teri Martini—1930-
Betsy Lee—1949-
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3311/
Joyce Sidman—1956-
June 5
Ilse-Margaret Vogel—1914-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse-Margret_Vogel
Franklyn M. Branley—1915-2002
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0112f.html?DG0112b.html~mainFrame
Richard Scarry—1919-1994
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/scarry.htm
Alice Low—1926-
Irene Haas—1929-
Allan Ahlberg—1938-1995
Louise Lawrence—1943-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Louise_Lawrence.htm
Caroline Binch—1947-
June 6
Will James—1892-1942
http://www.willjames.org/
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/james_will.html
Verna Aardema—1911-2000
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/aardema.htm
Maxine Kumin—1925-
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/kumin/kumin.htm
Miriam Schlein—1926-
Peter Spier—1927-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/spier.htm
Arnold Dobrin—1928-
Roy Innis—1934-
Linda Hayward—1943-
Geraldine McCaughrean—1951-
Cynthia Rylant—1954-
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rylant-cynthia.asp
http://www.tetranet/users/stolbert/research/rylant.html
June 7
Patricia Lynch—1898-1972
http://www.catholicauthors.com/lynch.html
Jeannette Eyerly—1908-
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Msc/IaAuthor/Eyerly/eyerly.htm#Biographical%20Note
John Goodall—1908-1996
Gwendolyn Brooks—1917-2000
Georgess McHargue—1941-
http://www.familyeducation.com/bio/0,1379,1-22051,00.html
Nikki Giovanni—1943-
June 8
Ivan Southall—1921-
Carolyn (Mae) Meyer—1935-
Judy Sierra—1945-
Penny Dale—1954-
June 9
Patricia Clapp—1912-
Cheryl Zack—1947-
June 10
Nat Hentoff—1925-
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=hentoff.html
Maurice Sendak—1928-
Aranka Siegel—1930-
Phyllis LaFarge—1933-
Chap Reaver—1935-1993
Charlotte Herman—1937-
June 11
Betty Jean Lifton—1926-
Robert N. Munsch—1945-
http://www.robertmunsch.com/
Satoshi Kitamura—1956-
June 12
Charles Kingsley—1819-1875
Shizuye Takashima—1928-
Anne Frank—1929-1945
http://annefrank.nl/
Helen Lester—1936-
http://matottma.tripod.com/Lester/
http://www.helenlester.com/interview.html
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/helen_lester/
T. A. Kennedy—1953-
Rebecca Emberley—1958-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rebeccaemberley
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/412408-Rebecca_Emberley_Gets_Adventurous.php
Hilary McKay—1959-
June 13
Niki Daly—1946-
http://www.childlit.org.za/ndaly.html
Alexandra Sheedy—1962-
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://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg149.htm
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/stowe1.htm
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hbstowe.htm
Judith Kerr—1923-
http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/3128/judith-kerr
Janice Udry—1928-
Lensey Namioka—1929-
http://www.scottforesman.com/families/authors/namioka.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/namioka.html
Bruce N. Degen—1932-
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/authors/
Penelope Farmer—1939-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Penelope_Farmer.htm
Lawrence Yep—1948-
James Gurney—1958-
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-
Brian Jacques—1939-
Louis Phillips—1942-
Loreen Leedy—1959-
June 16
Paul Rogers—1950-
Jennifer L. Holm—1968-
June 17
James Weldon Johnson—1871-1938
Elizabeth Enright—1909-1968
Anthony Jasper Maitland—1935-
Robbie Branscum—1937-1997
Susi Bohdal—1951-
Marie-Louise Gay—1952-
June 18
Donald Keene—1922-
Pat Hutchins—1942-
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/hutchins.html
Pam Conrad—1947-1996
Chris Van Allsburg—1949-
Connie Roop—1951-
Vivian Vande Velde—1951-
http://www.vivianvandevelde.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Vande_Velde
Angela Johnson—1961-
June 19
Ernest T. Crichlow—1914-2005
Robert Gold—1924-
Elvira Woodruff—1951-
June 20
Anne Colver—1908-
Robb Winter—1926-
Betty Baker—1928-1987
Lou Ann Gaeddert—1931-
Dan Greenburg—1936-
Annette Curtis Klause—1953-
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/authillAnnetteCurtisKlause.htm
http://eve7k.com/klause/
Nancy Loewen—1965-
http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=nancyloewe
June 21
Rockwell Kent—1882-1971
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kent_rockwell.html
Mary Elting—1906-2005
Patricia Wrightson—1921-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/wright.htm
http://www.penguin.com.au/puffin/Authors/author-profile.cfm?AuthorId=0000001970
http://www.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/conf/chlitc/Authors/Wrightson.htm
Margaret Coughlan—1925-
Robert Kraus—1925-
June 22
Margaret Sidney—1844-1924
Katherine Love—1907-
Jan Mark—1943-2006
June 23
Theodore Taylor—1921-
http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/cay.htm
June 24
Betty Cavanna—1909-2001
John Ciardi—1916-1986
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C000C0E
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=84779
Leonard Everett Fisher—1924-
Alice McLerran—1933-
Rodney Peppe—1934-
Jean Marzollo—1942-
Kathryn Lasky Knight—1944-
http://www.xensi.com/users/newfilm
Nadine Westcott—1949-
June 25
Elizabeth Orton Jones—1910- 2005
Eric Carle—1929-
http://www.eric-carle.com/
Louis Sabin—1930-
Charles Robinson—1931-
Jane Sarnoff—1937-
Elizabeth-Ann Sachs—1946-
Tololwa M. Mollel—1952-
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2899
June 26
Pearl Buck—1892-1973
Lynd Ward—1905-1987
http://www.bpib.com/lyndward.htm
Milton Lomask—1909- 1991
Charlotte Zolotow—1915-
http://www.charlottezolotow.com/
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisauth/zolotow/main.htm
http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/author/zolotow.html
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=12952
Walter Farley—1915-1989
http://www.theblackstallion.com/
Joe Lasker—1919-
Dorothy Van Woerkom—1924-
Robert Burch—1925-
Barbara Brenner—1925-
Milton Glaser—1929-
Nancy Willard—1936-
http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/91/1576/
http://www.nimblespirit.com/html/featured_author_nancy_willard.htm
http://www.carr.org/read/newbery-nancy.htm
Thomas Locker—1937-
http://www.barbsbooks.com/The%20Life%20and%20Works%20of%20Thomas%20Locker.htm
Wallace Tripp—1940-
Tor Seidler—1952-
B. B. Calhoun—1961-
June 27
Helen Sewell—1896-1957
Charles Coombs—1914-1994
James Lincoln Collier—1928-
Lucille Clifton—1936-
Alvin Granowsky—1936-
June 28
Esther Forbes—1891-1967
Anne Pelowski—1933-
Bette Greene—1934-
Dennis Haseley—1950-
June 29
Antoine de Saint Exupery—1900-1944
http://www.westegg.com/exupery/
Janet Tashjian—1956-
June 30
Eleanor Lattimore—1904-1986
Mary Kay Phelan—1914-
Mollie Hunter—1922-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/hunter.htm
Ray Cruz—1933-
David McPhail—1940-




