Featured Author of the Month: Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke (birthday December 10) is the featured author of the month!  Ms. Funke has written many books for children including Dragon Rider, Ghost Knight, Igraine the Brave, The Thief Lord as well as the Ghosthunters series and the Inkheart trilogy.  Her newest book is Fearless: a Mirrorworld Novel.  She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family.

Watch a video interview at Scholastic and check her out at Reading is Fundamental.  Visit the library today to check out his wonderful books.

Featured Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Kevin Henkes (birthday November 27) is the featured author of the month!  Mr. Henkes has written many books for children including Bird Lake Moon, Junonia, and Olive's Ocean which was a 2004 Newbery Honor book.  His newest chapter book is The Year of Billy Miller.  He lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his family.

Watch meet-the-author videos at TeachingBooks.net and go In the Studio with Kevin Henkes.  Visit the library today to check out his inspiring books.

Featured Author of the Month: R.L. Stine

R. L. Stine (birthday October 8) is the featured author of the month!  Mr. Stine is a master of horror and has written many books for children including It's the First Day of School - Forever!, The Haunting Hour, and the Goosebumps series.  He lives in New York City with his family.

Watch a video interview with him at Reading Rockets and read an interview from Reading is Fundamental.  Visit the library today to check out his scary, amazing books.

Featured Author of the Month: Kimberly Willis Holt

Kimberly Willis Holt (birthday September 9) is the featured author of the month!  Ms. Holt has written many books for children including My Louisiana Sky, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town and the Piper Reed series.  She lives in Amarillo, Texas with her family.

Read an interview with her and visit the library today to check out her amazing books.

August Featured Author of the Month

Ann M. Martin (birthday August 12) is the featured author of the month! Ms. Martin has written many books for children including A Dog's Life, A Corner of the Universe, and The Doll People as well as the Babysitter's Club series and the Main Street series.  She lives in upstate New York.

Watch video interviews from Scholastic, read a Q&A with her at Time for Kids and visit the library today to check out her amazing books!

July Featured Author of the Month

Brian Selznick (birthday July 14) is the featured author of the month! Mr. Selznick has written many books for children including the Caldecott award winning The Adventures of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck, and The Houdini Box.  He lives in Brooklyn, New York and San Diego, California.

Watch a video interview at Scholastic, learn all about him at Reading Rockets and visit the library today to check out his amazing books!

June Featured Author of the Month

Hilary McKay (birthday June 12) is the featured author of the month! Ms. McKay has written many books for children including the Casson Family Series (Saffy’s Angel, Indigo Star, etc.), the Lulu books, the Charlie books, The Exiles and Wishing for Tomorrow: the Sequel to A Little Princess.  She lives in a small village in Derbyshire, England with her family.

Read an interview with her and visit the library today to check out her amazing books.

May Featured Author of the Month

Christopher Paul Curtis (birthday May 10) is the featured author of the month! Mr. Curtis has written many books for children including The Mighty Miss Malone, Elijah of Buxton, Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money, the Newbery Honor book The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 and the Newbery Award winner Bud, Not Buddy. He lives in Detroit, Michigan.

Find out all about him and watch a video at Reading Rockets.  See another video interview from Scholastic. Visit the library today to check out his amazing books.

April Featured Author of the Month

Gary Soto (birthday April 12) is an acclaimed Mexican-American author and is the featured author of the month!  Mr. Soto has written many books for children and young adults including Baseball in April and Other Stories, Hey 13!, and The Cat's Meow.  He also writes poetry, biographies and picture books for younger readers.

Find out all about him and read an interview. Visit the library today to check out his amazing books.

March Featured Author of the Month

Lois Lowry (birthday March 20) is the featured author of the month!  Ms. Lowry has written many books for children and young adults including The Giver and Number the Stars which both won Newbery Awards, the Anastasia Krupnik books, and the Gooney Bird Greene series. Her newest book is Son, the fourth book in The Giver series.

Find out all about her and watch a video interview. Visit the library today to check out her amazing books.

February Featured Author of the Month

Jerry Spinelli (birthday February 1) is the featured author of the month! Mr. Spinelli has written many books for children and young adults including Maniac Magee which won a Newbery Award and Wringer which received a Newbery Honor. His newest books are Hokey Pokey and Jake and Lily.

Find out all about him at Reading is Fundamental and watch a video interview.  Visit the library today to check out his amazing books.

January Featured Author of the Month

Each month of 2013 I'll be featuring an author who's birthday falls within that month.  January's featured author, who's birthday is today (Happy Birthday!) is Phyllis Reynolds Naylor! 

Ms. Naylor is the Newbery award-winning author of over 100 books for children and young adults including the Shiloh books and the Alice series. Her newest books are Emily and Jackson Hiding Out and Alice on Board.
 
Find out all about her at Reading Rockets and watch a video interview. 

Visit the library today to check out her amazing books for children.