Literary Library

Mercer Mayer

December 30, 1943 - American children's book author and illustratorAuthor of more than 300 children's books including"Just For You", "I Was So Mad"...

Molly Bang

December 29, 1943 - American illustrator and author of children's booksAuthor and illustrator of "The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher" (for w...

Cynthia DeFelice

December 28, 1951 - American children's book writerAuthor of "Dancing Skeleton" (which was named a Best Book of the Year by the Library of Congress...

Aiden Chambers

December 27, 1934 - British author of children's and young adult novelsAuthor of "The Present Takers", "Dance on My Grave" and "Postcards from No M...

Jean van Leewen

December 26, 1937 -American children's book author and teacherAuthor of over 40 books including "Tales of Oliver Pig", "Oliver and Amanda's Christm...

Pam Munoz Ryan

December 25, 1951 - American writer of children's and young adult booksAuthor of "Esparansa Rising" (for which she won the Jane Addams Children's ...

John Gruelle

December 24, 1880 - January 9, 1938American artist, political cartoonist, children's book and comic book author, illustrator and storytellerBest k...

Gillian Cross

December 24, 1945 - British author of children's booksAuthor of "A Map of Nowhere", "Wolf" (for which she won the Carnegie Award in 1990) and "The ...

Avi

December 23, 1937 - Author of more than 60 books for children and young adultsincluding "Don't You Know There's A War On", "Perloo the Bold" and "T...

Jerry Pinkney

December 22, 1939 - October 20, 2021American illustrator and author of children's literatureAuthor and/or illustrator of over 100 books including ...

Eduard Uspensky

December 22, 1937 - August 14, 2018Russian children's book writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter and television presenterAuthor of over 70 books ...

Thomas M. Disch

February 2, 1940 - July 4, 2008American science fiction writer, poet, critic and children's book authorAuthor of the science fiction stories "The ...