Want to invite a children's author to your school?
This site is for you!
You can search for information about authors and their books alphabetically or by state. Just click on the map or an alphabet letter below to get started. Then visit our links for more about young readers and writers, authors and books.
Interested in playwrights and plays for young audiences? You'll find them at USA PLAYS FOR KIDS!
Enjoy, and come back often. We'll be adding new authors and books as we grow.
It's Grandpa's birthday and Froggie can't wait to sing for him! What a show! And then, the party's over. It's time to go home. Only Rabbit's promise of a story convinces a tired Froggie to say goodnight and discover the quiet joy of looking back on a special day.
FAVORITE LINKS
Abebooks.com
A good source for out-of-print and rare books.
Better World Books
Fund literacy, care for the environment, and get a good price and great service on used books.
Children's Book Council
Information on the business of creating children's books, including
contact information for publishers and authors.
Children's Literature
Festival An annual spring gathering of more than 40 authors and thousands of
young readers at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, MO.
The de Grummond Children's
Literature Collection
One of the country's largest collections of books, manuscripts, and
other materials relating to children's literature. Located at the University
of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
Highlights Foundation
Information about the week-long Writing for Children Workshop sponsored by Highlights Magazine at Chautauqua, NY, and a series of shorter Founders Workshops in Boyds Mills, PA, on writing for young readers.
Institute of Children's
Literature
A rich source of information for anyone interested in writing for young
readers, with a chat room, weekly on-line interviews, and much more.
Just for Kids Who Love Books
Links to hundreds of Web sites dedicated to children's authors and their
books, plus an opportunity to post book reviews and comments.
JUST ONE MORE BOOK!
A thrice-weekly podcast that promotes and celebrates literacy and great children's books.
National Center for Family Literacy
A nonprofit organization supporting literacy for families across the
United States through training, programming, and other services.
Raab Associates
Publicists dedicated to marketing children's books and specialty toys.
Society of Children's Book Writers
and Illustrators (SCBWI)
The organization for children's book writers and illustrators, with
an international membership, a bulletin, market lists, and workshops
coast-to-coast and abroad. Open to beginners as well as professionals.
USA PLAYS FOR KIDS!
Links to playwrights' Web pages and many other useful Internet resources
relating to children's theater.
Wee Ones E-Magazine
On-line magazines with fiction and articles for kids 4-10 and their
parents.
Writing Conference, Inc., and
Writing/Literature Camp
Information about the summer camp for teen writers at Drury University
and about other conferences, festivals, and publications for young people
and teachers of young adult literature.
HOW TO JOIN
AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS! is a project of the Drury University School of Education and Child Development, supported by the Springfield-Greene County Libraries. Its goal is to promote literacy and creativity by introducing young readers, parents, teachers, and librarians to the work of “real, live” children’s authors. Please see MISSOURI WRITES FOR KIDS! for a short history of this project.
All children’s authors currently living in the United States who have at least one trade book available in the Springfield-Greene County Libraries are invited to join AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS! Please submit your webpage URL to us at the address below for consideration. We ask only that you provide a reciprocal link.
Effective July 1, 2007, additional links to this site are limited to authors' pages featuring at least one book published by a trade publisher. As always, authors' pages under consideration must be devoted entirely to work for young readers.
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