Some of Our Favorite Authors

Room 11Grade Three

2011

Eric Carle

• He was born in New York

• He went to a art school• He wrote The Very

Hungry Caterpillar.• Eric Carle Lives in New

York

• did he/she die, if alive something about where he/she lives

• He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Born on June 5th 1919.• He died in 1994.• He begin writing from

1980 to 1990.

RICHARD SCARRY

R.L. STINE

• He went to Ohio State University

• He was born on Oct.8, 1943

Barbara Park

• She was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1947.

• Barbara wrote a group of books called , Junie B. Jones. She also wrote, Skinny bones, My Mother Got Married, The Kid in the Red Jacket, & The Geek Chronicles 1,2, & 3.

Barbara Park

Park began with adult stories but had limited success.

Park’s first published book, Don’t Make Me Smile, features a male protagonist, ten year old Charlie Hickle, whose parents are getting divorced.

Dr. Seuss

• Born on Howard St. in Springfield , Massachusetts

• Attended Dartmouth College

• Wrote Children’s books• Died September 24,1991

• Cat in the Hat

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas

• Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

Betsy Byars

. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 7, 1928. • She went to Furman

University in Greenville, South Carolina, from 1946 to 1948.

• She usually writes mysteries for children.

Tomie dePaola

• Tomie dePaola was born on September 15,1934 in Meriden, Connecticut

• Bill and Pete to the Rescue

Jeff Kinney

• Born in Maryland on Feb.20,1971.

• Attended the University of Maryland.

• He was inspired by books.

Judy Blume

• Born on February 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, NJ

• Attended NYU• Wrote Children’s Novels• She still continues to

write books for children and adults

Judy Blume

• Fudge-a-Mania• Double Fudge• Super Fudge• Tales of a fourth Grade

Nothing

Phillip Pullman

• Phillip was born in Norwich in 1946.

• He attended Exter Oxford College.

• He writes children’s books. He started writing when he was a teacher.

• Phillip is not dead.

Megan McDonald

• Born on February 28, 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Attended Oberlin and the University of

Pittsburgh

Dan Gutman

• He went to school at Rutgers University

• He wrote Children’s books• He is alive • He was born in New York

City on October 19, 1955

Ronald Dahl• September 13, 1916

Llandaff, South Whales United Kingdom

• Llandaff Cathedral school

• Children’s books • Dead. He died at the

age of 74

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• Danny the Champion of the World

• D is Dahl• Going Solo • The witches• Umbrella Man

Ronald Dahl

E.B. White

• Born on July 11, 1899 Mount Vernon, New York

• Wrote Children’s books• Died October 1, 1985

Jan Brett

• Born in Hangham, Massachusetts

• She writes children’s books.

• She still lives in Massachusetts

Jan Brett

• The Hat • The Easter egg• The Three Snow Bears

MICHAEL BOND

• Born in NEWBERY, BERKSHIRE, England on January 13, 1926.