Literary Library
Jan Slepian
by Angela Beck
January 2, 1921 - November 2, 2016American writer of children's and young adult fiction and psychologistAuthor of "The Hungry Thing", "The Broccoli...
Tuelo Gabonewe
by Angela Beck
January 2, 1985 - South African novelist and children's book authorAuthor of "Planet Savage", "Dinotshi" and "Hippo and His Friends"
Crosby Bonsall
by Angela Beck
January 2, 1921 - January 10, 1995American artist and children's book author and illustratorAuthor of more than 40 books including "Who's a Pest? A...
Tad Hills
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1963 - American children's book author and illustratorAuthor of "Duck and Goose" (which was named to the N. Y. Times bestseller list and...
Lida Durdikova
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1899 - March 8, 1955Czech writer of children's booksAuthor of "Fluff, The Little Wild Rabbit", "Mischief, The Squirrel" and "Bourru, The B...
Katherine Binney Shippen
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1892 - February 20, 1980American history teacher, museum curator and children's book authorAuthor of "New Found World" (for which she was ...
Jan Wahl
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1931 - January 29, 2019American children's book author, playwright, film historian and authorAuthor of over 100 works including "Seven Ol...
Idella Purnell
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1901 - December 1, 1982Mexican-born American academic, librarian, teacher and children's book authorAuthor of "The Talking Bird: An Aztec ...
Betsy Byars
by Angela Beck
August 7, 1928 - February 26, 2020American children's book authorAuthor of "The Midnight Fox", "Summer of the Swans" (for which she won the Newbery...
Norma Farber
by Angela Beck
August 6, 1909 - March 21, 1984American children's book author and poetAuthor of "As I Was Crossing Boston Common" (for which she won the National ...
Janet Asimov
by Angela Beck
August 6, 1926 - February 25, 2019American science fiction writer, children's science fiction writer and psychiatristAuthor of the Norby Chronicles...
Barbara Cooney
by Angela Beck
August 6, 1917 - March 10, 2000American writer and illustrator of over 100 children's booksAuthor and/or illustrator of "Chanticleer and the Fox" (...