Reading Links

A Few Picture Book Author Web Sites:

Jan Brett Author of many beloved picture books.  This is a marvelous web site, filled with activities.

Eric Carle Celebrated author of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

Nancy Carlson  Nancy Carlson is an accomplished children's book author and illustrator who has published more than 60 books. She is one of the few people who knew even back in kindergarten what she wanted to do for a living: "Make pictures and tell stories!" (nancycarlson.com).  Nancy will be our visiting author at KCH in the spring of 2013.

Steven Kellogg Author of "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"

Robert Munsch Author of many humorous and not-so-humorous stories including "50 Below Zero," "Davids Father," and "Love you forever."

Laura Numeroff Is the author of one of the most popular children's books of all time: "If you give a mouse a cookie." 

Rosemary Wells Author of the popular "Max and Ruby" stories.  This site includes Activities and coloring pages.

Links for Parents:

Net Mom A great resource for parents! Includes safety tips and much more!

Other links:

ALA Book Awards Includes Newbery and Caldecott book information. 

Aesop Fables Over 600 Fables

Unite For Literacy - Digital Picture Books Available in Multiple Languages