
Author and Illustrator Almanac
March
March 1
Margaret Friskey—1901-
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Margaret%20Friskey&page=1
John Lonzo Anderson—1905-
Ruth Gross—1929
Barbara Helen Berger—1945-
March 2
Metta Victoria Fuller Victor—1831-1885
Dr. Seuss—1904-1991
http://www.seussville.com/
http://www.catinthehat.org/
http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/drseuss.html
http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/hamel/seuss.html
http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Dr__Seuss/
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/seuss1.html
Helen Roney Sattler—1921-1992
Richard Cuffari—1925-1978
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/cuffari.html
Tom Wolfe—1931-
Leo Dillon—1933-
http://www.bpib.com/l&dillon.htm
http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/04/Dillons.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-dillon-leo-diane.asp
http://www.embracingthechild.org/adillon.htm
John Irving—1942-
Anne Isaacs—1949-
Marjorie Parker—1960-
http://www.marjorieblainparker.com/bio.htm
http://www.canscaip.org/bios/parkerm.html
http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=104178
P. J. Lynch—1962-
Doug Keith—?
March 3
Edward Radlauer—1921-
Erik Blegvad—1923-
http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=351209
William Kurelek—1927-1977
http://www.tundrabooks.com/authors/Kurelek_w.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kurelek_william.html
http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol9/no7/breakingfree.html
Libba Moore Gray—1937-1995
Patricia MacLachlan—1938-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/maclachlan.html
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/MeettheAuthor/Interview_Patricia_MacLachlan.htm
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=34
http://www.charlottezolotow.com/patricia_maclachlan.htm
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-sarah-plain-author.asp
Suse MacDonald—1940-
http://www.create4kids.com
Margaret Miller—1945-
March 4
Meindert DeJong—1906-1991
Ralph G. Martin—1920-
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Martin,%20Ralph%20G
Kathleen Gay—1930-
Miriam Bourne—1931-
Helen Frost—1949-
Peggy Rathmann—1953-
http://www.peggyrathmann.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/rathmann.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rathmann-peggy.asp
http://reading.indiana.edu/ieo/bibs/rathman.html
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Search/QuickSearchProc/1,,peggy%20rathmann,00.html?id=peggy%20rathmann
Dav Pilkey—1966-
http://www.pilkey.com/index.php
http://www.bookpage.com/0002bp/dav_pilkey.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-pilkey-dav.asp
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/pilkey.html
March 5
Howard Pyle—1853-1911
http://www.bpib.com/pyle.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pyle_howard.html
http://www.eldrbarry.net/rabb/pyle/pyle.htm
http://selfknowledge.com/354au.htm
Errol LeCain—1941-1989
Michael Resnick—1942-
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/farmer/2/
Mem Fox—1946-
http://www.memfox.net
http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/childrenslibrary/authors/memfox.htm
http://www.bookpage.com/9612bp/childrens/wombatdivine.html
Gary Hogg—1957-
March 6
Susan Jacobs—1940-
Ellen Schecter—1944-
Thacher Hurd-1949-
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/hm/Jun03/0148.html
Kathleen Hague—1949-
March 7
Margaret Goff Clark—1913-
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Clark,%20Margaret%20Goff
Joanne Rocklin—1946-
March 8
Kenneth Grahame—1859-1932
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/grahame.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/grahame/
http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/author/grahame.html
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/kenneth.grahame.asp
Edna Miller—1920-
http://www.logan.com/loganberry/most-miller.html
Lore Segal—1928-
Peter Roop—1951-
http://www.author-illustr-source.com/peter_and_connie_roop_______auth.htm
Robert Sabuda—1965-
http://robertsabuda.com/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-sabuda-robert.asp
http://www.nccil.org/sabuda.html
http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/sabuda.mspx
Jackie French Koller—1948-
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/auth-illJackieFrenchKoller.htm
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/koller.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1207/Koller-Jackie-French-1948.html
March 9
Ellen Levine—1939-
Margot Apple-1946-
A. LaFaye—1970-
http://www.alafaye.com/
Harry Bliss—1964-
http://www.harrybliss.com/main_content.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bliss
Joan Lexau—?
Denise Brunkus—?
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=3587
March 10
Jack Kent—1920-1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kent_(illustrator)
Ilene Cooper—1948-
http://www.ilenecooper.com/
B. G. Hennessey—1951-
March 11
Wanda Gag—1893-1946
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Gag.HTML
http://www.newulmweb.com/citylights/gag/gag.htm
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/gag.htm
http://people.mnhs.org/authors/biog_detail.cfm?PersonID=Gag173
Ezra Jack Keats—1916-1983
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/main.html
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/ga_gallery/keats.html
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/ezrajackkeats.htm
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=32
http://authors.aalbc.com/ezrajack.htm
D. J. Chaconas—1938-
Avner Katz—1939-
http://artcreat.haifa.ac.il/faculty/akatz.htm
Jonathan London—1947-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/london.html
March 12
Ann Zwinger—1925-
http://www.flagstaffcentral.com/bookfest2000/Authors/zwinger.html
Arlene Alda—1933-
http://www.arlenealda.com/
http://www.bookpage.com/9910bp/arlene_alda.html
Daniel Cohen—1936-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0203f.html?DG0203b.html~mainFrame
Virginia Hamilton—1936-2002
http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/vhamilton.html
http://dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/
http://authors.aalbc.com/virginia.htm
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Virginia_Hamilton.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/diary/descriptive_meet.htm
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/hamilton.html
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hamilton.html
http://www.yellow-springs.k12.oh.us/ys-mls/virginia.htm
Naomi Shihab Nye—1952-
http://www.barclayagency.com/nye.html
http://www.pifmagazine.com/SID/240/
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_nye.html
Diane Gonzales Bertrand—1956-
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/
March 13
Johann Wyss—1781-1830
http://www.easyfunschool.com/SwissFamRobIndex.html
Dorothy Aldis—1896-1966
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/aldis-on-ed.html
Edna Barth—1914-1980
Eleanor Butler Heady—1917-
Ellen Raskin—1928-1984
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=83
http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/raskin_ellen.html
http://reading.indiana.edu/ieo/bibs/raskin.html
Diane Dillon—1933-
http://www.bpib.com/l&dillon.htm
http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/04/Dillons.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-dillon-leo-diane.asp
http://www.embracingthechild.org/adillon.htm
Thomas Rockwell—1933-
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rockwell.html
Gail Owens—1939-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/owens.htm
Lisa Campbell Ernst—1957-
March 14
Marguerite de Angeli—1889-1987
http://www.deangeli.lapeer.org/
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/deangeli.htm
Hank Ketcham—1920-2001
http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=cat&category1=In+Passing&newsitem_no=5019
Malka Drucker—1945-
http://www.malkadrucker.com/
March 15
Maureen Daly—1921-2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/27/state/n171050D51.DTL
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv86541
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/spring94/Vogel.html
Barbara Cohen—1932-1992
Sarah Sargent—1937-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Sarah_Sargent.htm
Robert Nye—1939-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Robert_Nye.htm
Ruth White—1942-
http://reading.indiana.edu/ieo/bibs/whiter.html
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter95/Cole.html
Adele Geras—1944-
http://adelegeras.com/
http://www.wordpool.co.uk/ap/geras.htm
Mary Pershall—1951-
March 16
Eric P. Kelley—1884-1960
Joseph Gaer—1897-1957
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2j49p4cb
Elizabeth K. Cooper—1916-
Sid Fleischman—1920-
http://www.carr.org/authco/fleischman.htm
Helen Caswell—1923-
William Mayne—1928-
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/mayne.htm
http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Mayne
March 17
Kate Greenaway—1846-1901
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk//greenaway/
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Greenaway.html
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/collectionhl/ch-greenaway.shtml
Lillian Moore—1909-2004
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Moore,%20Lilian
http://www.teachingk-8.com/archives/a_poetry_workshop_in_print/lilian_moore_by_lee_bennett_hopkins.html
Ennis Rees—1925-
Penelope Lively-1933-
http://penelopelively.net/
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth61
http://www.postcolonialweb.org/uk/lively/livelybio.html
http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Penelope_Lively
Elizabeth (Zibby) Oneal—1934-
Wendell Minor—1944-
http://www.minorart.com/
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_ehrlich.asp
Keith Baker—1953-
http://www.bossythecow.com/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/auth_ill/gr1/keith_baker.html
http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Keith/Keith.html
http://www.mtbaker.wednet.edu/elemlib/Keith%20Baker.htm
Ralph Fletcher—1953-
http://www.ralphfletcher.com/
March 18
John Updike—1932 -2009
Barbro Lindgren—1937-
http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/authors/lindgrba.html
Susan Patron—1948-
Diane Siebert—1948-
Douglas Florian—1950-
http://www.bookpage.com/0204bp/douglas_florian.html
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/0999true.html
Kaethe Zemach—1958-
March 19
James Otis Kaler—1848-1912
http://www.famousamericans.net/jamesotiskaler/
Robin Brancato—1936-
http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/OralHistory2/brancato.html
Lucy Bate—1939-
March 20
Bill Martin, Jr.—1916-2004
http://www.tiill.com/bill.htm
http://www.michaelsampson.com/bill.htm
Mitsumasa Anno—1926-
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/manno.html
http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/a/054393.htm
Fred Rogers—1928-2003
http://pbskids.org/rogers/
http://www.misterrogers.org/
http://wiredforbooks.org/fredrogers/
http://www.who2.com/fredrogers.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20030228rogersindexae1p9.asp
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/obituaries/27WEB-ROGE.html?ex=1076562000&en=6443cf16ac3a9ace&ei=5070
Shigeo Watanabe—1928-
Lois Lowry—1937-
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/llowry.html
http://www.loislowry.com/
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/lowry.html
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-lowry-lois.asp
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=62
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lowry.html
Ellen Conford—1942-
http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/conford_ellen.html
Pamela Sargent—1948-
http://www.engel-cox.org/sargent/
Louis Sachar—1954-
http://www.louissachar.com/
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue26/books.sachar.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-sachar-louis.asp
March 21
Phyllis McGinley—1905-1978
Margaret Mahy—1936-
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/MargaretMahy/
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/mahy.html
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-mahy-margaret.asp
Michael Foreman—1938-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/foreman.html
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/foreman/index1.htm
Ann Weiss—1943-
David Wisniewski—1953-2002
http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/wisn.html
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/golem/davidw.html
http://reading.indiana.edu/ieo/bibs/wisniewski.html
http://www.readin.org/authors/archives/1997/wisniewski.html
http://www.carr.org/authco/wisn.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wisniewski
Peter Catalanotto—1959-
http://www.visitingauthors.com/authors/catalanotto_peter/catalanotto_peter_bio.html
Lisa Desimini—1964-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/desimini.html
March 22
Randolph Caldecott—1846-1886
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/caldecot.htm
http://www.randolphcaldecott.org.uk/
http://www.iupui.edu/~engwft/caldecott.htm
http://www.rcsamerica.com/
Harry Devlin—1918-2001
http://www.harryandwendedevlin.com/about.html
Virginia Mueller—1924-
Denys Cazet—1938-
http://www.eyeontomorrow.com/embracingthechild/acazet.htm
Sandra Olson Liatsos—1942-
Karen Lynn Williams—1952-
Mike Wimmer—1961-
http://www.mikewimmer.com/
March 23
Eleanor Cameron—1912-1996
Lynne Barasch—1939-
March 24
Mary Stolz—1920-2006
http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/findaids/stolz.htm
http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/DB.PersonDetail/PersonPK/1012.cfm
http://www.hbook.com/resources/obituaries/stolz.asp
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12777/Mary_Stolz/index.aspx
Bill Cleaver—1920-1981
March 25
Jaap TerHaar—1922-
http://72.14.203.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.kjoek.nl/schrijvers.php%3Fschrijversid%3D2d11ab8db96315391c7%26sorteren%3De-h&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJaap%2BterHaar%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG
Alan Arkin—1934-
Linda Sue Park—1960-
http://www.lindasuepark.com
March 26
Robert Lee Frost—1874-1963
http://www.frostplace.org/
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=2361
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/frost/frost.htm
http://www.theparisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/4678
http://www.frostfoundation.org/
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1883689,00.html
http://robertfrostfarm.org/
http://robertfrostoutloud.com/
http://www.ketzle.com/frost/
Betty MacDonald—1908-1958
Carla Stevens—1928-
T. A. Barron—1952-
http://www.tabarron.com/
Julie Danneberg—1958-
Jerry Pallotta—1953-
http://www.jerrypallotta.com/
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/pallotta.html
http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Jerry+Pallotta&ots=5vpXw516bN&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=343_type=Contributor_typeId=3671
March 27
Dick King-Smith—1922-
http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Dick+King+Smith&ots=Zd-iM-TuE-&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/dickkingsmith/
http://www.librarything.com/author/kingsmithdick
Nancy Goor—1944-
Thomas Sullivan, Jr.—1947-
Patricia C. Wrede—1953-
Julie Alvarez—1950-
http://www.juliaalvarez.com/
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-alvarez-julia.asp
http://www.giganticpictures.com/thesuitor.html
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Alvarez.html
March 28
Byrd Baylor—1928-
Steven Lindblom—1946-
Doreen Cronin—?
http://www.doreencronin.com/
http://www.booksense.com/people/archive/c/croninlewin.jsp
http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Doreen+Cronin&ots=Vp0eP2PzTW&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en
March 29
Suçie Stevenson—1956-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/stevenson.html
March 30
Anna Sewell—1820-1878
Sean O’Casey—1880-1964
Charles Keller—1942-
March 31
Andrew Lang—1844-1912
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/andrew_lang.html
Beni Montresor—1926-2001
Jane Campbell Edwards—1932-
John Jakes—1932-
Steven Jenkins—1952-
Junko Morimoto—
http://www.jpf.org.au/jartists/m/morimoto/morimotojunko.htm
http://www.jfp.org.au/speech-Junko-eng.html
http://arts-sciences-nsw.mary.acu.edu.au/artgallery/05junko.html




