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Helen Sewell – American illustrator and writer of children’s books 1896-1957 One of the busiest art­ists at work in the […]

Crockett Johnson – American author and illustrator, 1906-1975 Best known as the creator of Harold and the “Purple Crayon Books”

James Fenimore Cooper – American author, 1789-1851 An anecdote about James Fenimore Cooper tells us that while he was read­ing

Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky – Russian illustrator, 1891-1970 About his youth, the Russian-born Feodor Rojankovsky re­marked: “Two great events determined the

Arthur Burdett Frost – American comic artist and illustrator, 1851-1928 In the golden age of American illustration (1880-1915), Arthur Burdett

Philip Pullman – British novelist and playwright, b. 1946 With the publication of The Ruby in the Smoke in England

George MacDonald – Scottish author, 1824-1905 Experts in children’s literature consider George MacDonald’s fantasies both enlightening and entertaining. Children often

Carlo Collodi – Italian author, journalist, editor, and translator, 1826-1890 The Adventures of Pinocchio is a children’s classic, but Carlo

Robert Sabuda – American illustrator, b. 1965 Robert Sabuda had already illustrated several children’s books when, in 1992, he was

Lois Lowry – American author, b. 1937 Lois Lowry is well known as the author of the books about Anastasia