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		Andrew Gibson, Children's Author ^Votes:0 Below are links to individual books he has written, his biography, and details of his school visits and creative workshops. For more contact information, just click an image to go to that page. Ellis and the Hummick The Abradizil Jemima, Grandma and the Great Lost Zone The Rollickers and Other Stories The Amazing Witherspoon's Amazing Circus Crew Chegwith Skillett Escapes Workshops and School Visits Biography E-mail Andrew Faber&Faber New Writings joi Web Design Andrew Gibson was born in London in 1949. He spent his childhood in Cornwall and the Lake District, and was educated at Lord Williams's Grammar School, Thame and St John's College, Oxford, where he was awarded a first class degree and won the Mapleton-Bree prize for poetry. He began writing for children in 1985, and has now publish Read More Go to Site


		Anna Grossnickle Hines_Children's Author & Illustrator ^Votes:0 Anna Grossnickle Hines These pages are designed for "FRAMES". Since your browser apparently cannot view frames, you may experience some design "irregularities". Everything should be accessible, however, although you may have to use the "BACK" button on your browser to exit some documents. Good luck! Please click here... Read More Go to Site

		Brian Jacques: Biography ^Votes:0 News Introduction Site Map Library New La Dita Bookshop BJ's Ideas A Good Yarn Biography TV Interviews Ask Brian Animation Illustrators Opera On Tour Fan Mail Readers Club Gallery International Redwall Links Crossword Puzzles Giftshop Snowfur's Redwall Encyclopedia Contact Us Illustration © Sean Rubin Biography &nbsp Photo by Dierk Meyer Brian Jacques (pronounced "jakes") was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact. He grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks. His interest in adventure stories began at an early age with reading the books of: Daniel Defoe Sir Henry Rider Haggard Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Thomas Malory Robert Michael Ballantyne Robert Louis Stevenson Read More Go to Site

		Charles Ghigna aka "Father Goose": Children's author, poet, and guest speaker. ^Votes:0 Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) NPR Interview & Poetry Reading (MP3) NEW! Swampland Interview Illustration copyright 1994 by Cyd Moore. Published by The Walt Disney Company's Hyperion Books for Children. E-Mail: PaGoose@aol.com Charles Ghigna's Books on Amazon.com Amazon.com Widgets You can send your letters to: Charles Ghigna c/o The Herman Agency 350 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 Site Contents Copyright © 1999-2006 Charles Ghigna Support provided by Shane W. Stacks Read More Go to Site

		Chrestomanci Castle:Diana Wynne Jones ^Votes:0 Chrestomanci Castle The Diana Wynne Jones Homepage or Travels in the Land of Ingary Site navigation: Home News Personal Books & Writings Links Quotes Movie Wiki Mailing List Welcome! Welcome to Chrestomanci Castle, a fan site for Diana Wynne Jones. If you are new to Diana Wynne Jones (perhaps you were introduced to her work through the Miyazaki film Howl's Moving Castle Movie / Hauru no Ugoku Shiro ?), come in, have a look around. Learn more about her books , contribute to the wiki , or join the mailing list . Imaginary Letters "Dear Deborah," asks my imaginary letter-writer. "Why is this site both Chrestomanci Castle and Travels in the Land of Ingary? And why do you occasionally call Kingsbury 'Kingsport'?" Well, imaginary letter writer, let me explain. Back in the old days, when puppies Read More Go to Site

		Dan Gutman Home Page ^Votes:0 <About Dan> <Dan's Books> <School Visits> <Nothing to do with Dan> Hi! My name is Dan Gutman and I'm the author of many children's books. I'm so glad you chose to visit my site. If you?re a teacher, librarian, or media specialist, you?ll find a lot of information about me and my books here. If you're a student and you want to do a book report, you'll find plenty of stuff: Book excerpts . A chapter of a book I'm currently working on. You can even read my rejection letters ! You'll find a few surprises too. So click around and have fun. Cheers, Dan Gutman Site Maintenance by Bjorn ? 2006 DAN GUTMAN, All Rights Reserved Read More Go to Site

		Gary Harbo - Author & Illustrator of Children's Books ^Votes:0 Bart and His Circle of Friends by Gary Harbo If you want to succeed.... You need to read! How to Draw a Cartoon Character New character every month! Free shipping 5 day delivery Click below to purchase items signed by Gary Harbo Hardcover Story Books How to Draw Books Package Deals Artist-in-Residence Information Three different workshops Free Original Graphics! Especially for schools! Check Gary's calendar to schedule your school Workshops Book Signings About the Author His background His interests Write to him! Gary Harbo is author and illustrator of six exciting books for children: My New Friend Bad Bart's Revenge Bart Becomes a Friend (out of print) The Great Train Ride The Black Hills Adventure The Northern Woods Adventure These action-packed adventures are written in two versions, on Read More Go to Site

		Hazel Hutchins Home Page ^Votes:0 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Preferred Customer Normal Preferred Customer 5 4 2000-07-03T19:18:00Z 2000-07-08T20:09:00Z 1 354 2023 Dell Computer Corporation 16 4 2484 9.2720 . Author – Children’s Literature Thank you for visiting my Home Page! For information about my books and my life as a writer, please click on the icons in the boxes below. About Me Book List How I Write Photograph A Contest Guess-It Quizze s Presentations Thanks You can also visit Orca Publishers Author Blog and look under NOVEMBER 2007 entries. Publishers Link - Annick Press click here Publishers Link - Orca Book Publishers click here Publishers Link - Formac Publishing - Click Here Alberta Auth Read More Go to Site

		Home Buying First Time Home Buyer Homes For Sale Home Loans Homes for sale by owner at Home.net ^Votes:0 Welcome to Home.net Home Buying First Time Home Buyer Homes For Sale Home Loans Homes for sale by owner Real Estate Brokers Interior Decorating Real Estate Foreclosures Home Remodeling Work From Home Furniture Cheap furniture \| Timeshares \| Modular homes \| Home improvements Read More Go to Site

		Joan Irvine: Children's Author: Biography ^Votes:0 My Story I was born in Wiarton, Ontario, Canada on June 22, 1951. I presently live near Wiarton, in an old church with my husband Steve . We have two children, Seth and Elly. They have both moved away from home for travelling and university studies. Seth is presently living and working in Japan. Elly is studying art at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. I am presently teaching school full time in Owen Sound . When I was eight years old and growing up in the small town of Lion's Head, Ontario, I was an avid reader. My mother couldn't keep up with my needs for reading material and finally in desperation joined a children's book club. Each month she ordered between 25 to 30 books and I read them all. Soon I felt like a lending library, as many children started to borrow my books. It i Read More Go to Site

		K6 Biographies - Kevin Henkes ^Votes:0 IMAGINATION'S LEGACY A Celebration of Literature for Children and Young Adults Calgary Convention Centre ~ October 3-5, 1996 ~ Calgary, Alberta Photo: Tom Beckley Kevin Henkes Kevin Henkes was born in Racine, Wisconsin in November of 1960. He attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison and currently makes his home in Madison with his wife Laura. Kevin remembers drawing at an early age and was encouraged by his parents and teachers. He loves books, re?reading and looking over his favourites many times. He often wondered about the authors and illustrators but never imagined that one day he would be one ? a job he wouldn't trade for anything. At nineteen, he flew to New York, portfolio in hand, hoping to find a publisher. His first book, All Alone was published in 1981. Kevin's book, A We Read More Go to Site

		The Moomintroll Home Page - About the author, Tove Jansson ^Votes:0 Oy Moomin Characters Ltd is the official copyright holder of the Moomin characters. About the author Suomen Silta Magazine, March 1993. Tove Jansson is known as the creator of the Moomintroll books and a gifted artist. She was born in Helsinki , Finland on August 9, 1914 to a sculptor, Viktor Jansson and a Swedish-born cartoonist, Singne Hammersten Jansson. "Tove was only 14 yars old when her drawings were published for the first time. It was in a Swedish-language periodical named Allas Kr&oumlnika . A year later, her drawings appeared in the humorous magazine Garm , for which her mother also drew pictures." [1] Jansson studied at Stockholm's School of Applied arts from 1930 to 1933, then at the art Society's school in Helsinki - the Ateneum. After the Ateneum she studied at Vapa Read More Go to Site

		The Paul Jennings File ^Votes:0 Coming Events Come and meet me at Ward Sagar - 21/10 Arthur Street, Eltham, on Friday 7th December at 5:30pm for a FREE book signing Photo: Warrnambool Standard Check out the cover of my latest book to be released very soon. Just click on the image to find out more! Click here to have a look at the covers of my new Rascal books. Hi! I'm Paul Jennings. Here I am holding a copy of my latest book - 'Paul Jennings' Spookiest Stories' It's 20 of my spookiest stories hand picked by me! Click on the image to find out more!! You can access all the latest news, information and games relating to some of my books. If you are looking for information for school assignments - check out my biography in "About Paul", there is plenty of good material there. Teachers will be most interested in sections of o Read More Go to Site

		The Unofficial Alan Garner Website ^Votes:0 Your browser does not support CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Reverting to minimalist interface... Home Biography Works Views Articles Links Updates Contact The unofficial website "I don't consciously think of children (when writing)... I do know that children read me more intelligently than adults do." Online since 1997 Last update: 7th November 2007 Read More Go to Site

		Virginia Hamilton ^Votes:0 Virginia Hamilton died at 12:25 AM Tuesday morning, February 19, 2002 Her family can be contacted by FAX at (937) 767-1620 The family of Virginia Hamilton thanks everyone for their wonderful comments and warm wishes. This site will remain open for your use and comments. You may also get in touch with the family at arnoldadoff@aol.com Click here to visit Virginia's web site Read More Go to Site

		Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) ^Votes:0 Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Virginia Hamilton page. You will find biography and lesson plans on this page. The ISLMC is a preview site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap . Be sure to visit your school or public library to find books by Virginia Hamilton. [ Biography Text ] [ Biography Links ] [ Lesson Plans ] Biography by Akosua Demann and Inez Ramsey We are deeply saddened by the death of Virginia Hamilton on February 19 in Dayton, Ohio. She has left behind a wonderful legacy. You will find her home page at Virginia Hamilton . Picture courtesy of her home page. A vibrant, beautiful, educated and dynamic speaker, Virginia Hamilton is a master of her time. She writes fictiona Read More Go to Site

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