February Birthdays
Famous Authors and Illustrators Born This Month
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Meet the Author: Jerry Spinelli
Alexander series
Lulu series
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries
poetry
Art and Max by David Wiesner
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1992 Caldecott Medal
Flotsam
2007 Caldecott Medal
Mr. Wuffles!
2014 Caldecott Honor
On the Banks of Plum Creek
1938 Newbery Honor
Little Town on the Prairie
1942 Newbery Honor
By the Shores of Silver Lake was a 1940 Newbery Honor
The Happy Golden Years
1944 Newbery Honor
Laura Ingalls Wilder is a Newbery powerhouse with FOUR Newbery Honor books! She has the record!
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1968 Newbery Winner
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
1968 Newbery Honor
(E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to win both a Newbery Medal and Honor in the same year)
The View from Saturday
1997 Newbery Winner
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
Superfudge
Judy Blume
Part 5 Writing Process Jackie Woodson Interview
Q&A with Jeff Kinney
Jeff Smith is interviewed by Ideas In Writing Kids Club reporter Alyssa Huang
ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS by Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket: 12 Books in 120 Seconds