Grade Authors!
Eric Carle is the author of numerous children's
books. Although many children love to read Eric Carle books,
his contribution to children ages 4-6 is extraordinary.
The appeal of Eric Carle's books and his ability to understand
children of all ages is just one of the reasons he is such a popular,
well loved author. Some of Eric Carle's books include:
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1967) | The Very Busy Spider (1984) |
| 1,2,3 to the Zoo (1968) | A House for Hermit Crab (1987) |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) | The Very Quiet Cricket (1990) |
| The Tiny Seed (1970) | Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (1991) |
| Do You Want to Be My Friend? (1971) | The Very Lonely Firefly (1995) |
| The Mixed-Up Chameleon (1975) | Hello, Red Fox (1998) |
Rosemary Wells has had a long and lustrous
career. She has spent more than 30 years writing over 60
children's books. A favorite among young readers, Ms. Wells
has introduced characters such as Max, Ruby and Noisy Nora to
the world. Some of Rosemary Well's books include:
| Benjamin and Tulip (1977) | Noisy Nora (1997) |
| Morris's Disappearing Bag (1978) | Bunny Cakes (1997) |
| Timothy Goes to School (1981) | Bunny Money (1997) |
| Max's Chocolate Chicken (1989) | McDuff Moves In (1997) |
| Voyage to the Bunny Planet (1992) | McDuff and the Baby (1998) |
| Max's Christmas (1996) | Yoko (1998) |
Jan Brett is both a wonderful author and
a gifted illustrator. As a child, Jan loved to spend her
time reading and drawing, saying: "I remember the special
quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of
my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling
of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists.
The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others
as well, that such places might be real." Some of Jan
Brett's books include:
| Fritz and the Beautiful Horses (1981) | Berlioz the Bear (1991) |
| Annie and the Wild Animals (1985) | Trouble With Trolls (1992) |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1987) | Town Mouse, Country Mouse (1994) |
| The First Dog (1988) | Armadillo Rodeo (1995) |
| The Mitten (1989) | The Hat (1997) |
Dr. Seuss,
or Theodore Seuss Geisel, was born and raised in New England.
Writing children's books was not his lifelong goal: before
becoming a famous children's author, Dr. Seuss joined the Army,
wrote documentaries, and created Academy Award winning cartoons.
A favorite author among both children and adults, Dr. Seuss died
September 24, 1991. Dr. Seuss wrote over 40 children's books,
some of them including:
| The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbing (1938) | Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
| Horton Hears a Who (1940) | One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960) |
| Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949) | Fox in Sox (1965) |
| If I Ran to the Zoo (1950) | The Foot Book (1968) |
| Horton Hatches the Egg (1954) | The Lorax (1971) |
| The Cat in the Hat (1957) | Oh! The Things You Can Think (1975) |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) | Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990) |
| The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958) | Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995) |
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