January Birthdays
Famous Authors and Illustrators Born This Month
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Choose a title from one of these authors/illustrators who has a January birthday! Look for more titles in our online catalog.
The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Return of the King
Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth
By My Brother's Side
Hercules
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Newbery winner for "Shiloh," talks, with interviewer Tim Podell
Shiloh (1st of trilogy)
Newbery Medal 2001
Alice series
The Boys Start the War (1st of The Boy/Girl Battle series)
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration
The Story of Clocks and Calendars
The Story of the Statue of Liberty
Wendelin Van Draanen
Draw 50 Monsters, Creeps, etc.
Draw 50 Holiday Decorations
Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures
2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting - Brian Floca on His Caldecott Medal-winning Book, Locomotive
Locomotive
2014 Caldecott Medal
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
2010 Sibert Honor
Lightship
2007 Cybil Award for Best Non-fiction Picture Book
The Books of Shannon Hale: BookSpots Interview
Princess Academy
2006 Newbery Honor
Ever After High series
Rapunzel's Revenge graphic novel
Electricity: Mind-Boggling Experiments
Weather: Mind-Boggling Experiments
A Plus Science Fair Projects
Bryan Collier
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
2011 Caldecott Honor
2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Rosa
2006 Caldecott Honor
2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2002 Caldecott Honor
2002 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award