List of children's literature writers

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These writers are notable authors of children's literature with some of their most famous works.

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Verna Aardema (1911–2001) – Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) – Grimpow

Joan Abelove (born 1945) – Go and Come Back

Socorro Acioli (born 1975) – The Ghost Dancer

Richard Adams (1920–2016) – Watership Down

Jean Adamson (born 1928) - Topsy and Tim

C. S. Adler (born 1932) – Magic of the Glits, Ghost Brother

David A. Adler (born 1947) – Cam Jansen series, The Babe and I

Aesop (6th century BC) – Fables

Joan Aiken (1924–2004) – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Arabel and Mortimer series, A Necklace of Raindrops

Vivien Alcock (1924–2003) – The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) – Little Women, The Brownie and the Princess

Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) – The Chronicles of Prydain series, Westmark trilogy

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899) – Ragged Dick

Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998) – Over the Sea to School, Ballet for Drina, The Ballet Family

David Almond (born 1951) – Skellig, Heaven Eyes, Kit's Wilderness

Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919) – The Young Trailers series, The Civil War series

Julia Alvarez (born 1950) – Tia Lola series

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) – "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina" and other fairy tales

Charlotte Anley (1796–1893) – didactic novelist, Influence. A Moral Tale for Young People (1822)

K. A. Applegate (born 1956) – Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld series

Victor Appleton (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1910) – Tom Swift series

Philip Ardagh (born 1961) – Eddie Dickens series, Unlikely Exploits series

Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979) – Tim All Alone, Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (self-illustrated)

Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963) – Waterless Mountain

William H. Armstrong (1914–1999) – Sounder

Tedd Arnold (born 1949) – No Jumping on the Bed!, Parts

Frank Asch (born 1946) – I Can Blink, Happy Birthday Moon

Bernard Ashley (born 1935) – The Trouble with Donovan Croft, Dodgem, Little Soldier

M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974) – August Adventure, Smugglers' Gap, Mystery Manor

Margaret Atwood (born 1939) – Up in the Tree, Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut

Martin Auer (born 1951) – Now, Now, Markus, The Blue Boy

Steve Augarde (born 1950) – The Various, Celandine

Esther Averill (1902–1992) – The Cat Club, The Fire Cat

Gillian Avery (born 1926) – The Warden's Niece, The Elephant War, A Likely Lad

Harold Avery (1869–1943) – The Triple Alliance, Play the Game

Avi (born 1937) – Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Christopher Awdry (born 1940) – The Railway Series #27–40 (Thomas the Tank Engine stories)

Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997) – The Railway Series #1–26 (Thomas the Tank Engine stories)

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Natalie Babbitt (born 1932) – Tuck Everlasting, Knee-Knock Rise, The Search for Delicious

Maria Baciu (born 1942) – Ghetuţele copilăriei

Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) – National Velvet

Bob Balaban (born 1945) – McGrowl series

R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894) – The Coral Island

Blue Balliett (born 1955) – Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, The Calder Game

Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) – The Indian in the Cupboard series

Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) – Little Black Sambo

Shirley Barber (born 1935) – The Tale of Martha B. Rabbit, A Wedding in Fairyland

Clive Barker (born 1952) – The Thief of Always

Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012) – Pit Pony

Jill Barklem (born 1951) – Brambly Hedge

Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore – Outernet series

Kitty Barne (1883–1961) – She Shall Have Music, Family Footlights, Visitors from London, Rosina Copper

J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) – Peter Pan

T. A. Barron (born 1952) – Lost Years of Merlin series

Dave Barry (born 1949) – Peter and the Starcatchers series

Margaret Stuart Barry (born 1958) – Simon and the Witch

Graeme Base (born 1958) – Animalia

L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series

Hans Baumann (1914–1988) – Sons of the Steppe, I Marched with Hannibal

Nina Bawden (born 1925) – Carrie's War, The Witch's Daughter, The Peppermint Pig

"BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990) – The Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream, Bill Badger and the Pirates

S. G. Hulme Beaman (1887–1932) – Toytown stories

Jerome Beatty Jr (1916–2002) – Matthew Looney space series

Thea Beckman (1923–2004) – Crusade in Jeans, Children of Mother Earth series

Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars series

John Bellairs (1938–1991) – The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) – Cautionary Tales for Children, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, More Beasts for Worse Children

Derek Benz (born 1971) – Grey Griffins

Berechiah ha-Nakdan (12th–13th century) – Mishle Shualim, Fables of a Jewish Aesop

Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012) – The Berenstain Bears series

Elisabeth Beresford (born 1928) – The Wombles

Paul Berna (1908–1994) – A Hundred Million Francs, The Street Musician, Flood Warning

Luc Besson (born 1958) – Arthur and the Minimoys series

Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959) – Whose Nose is Better?

John Bibee (born 1954) – Spirit Flyer series

David Biedrzycki (born 1955) – Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective, Me and My Dragon, Santa Retires

Margaret Biggs (born 1929) – Melling School series

Franny Billingsley (born 1954) – Well Wished, Big Bad Bunny

Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) – The Five Chinese Brothers, All Alone, The Big Loop

Holly Black (born 1971) – The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe, Valiant

Malorie Blackman (born 1962) – Noughts & Crosses series

Clair Blank (1915–1965) – Beverly Gray mystery series

Judy Blume (born 1938) – Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret; Fudge series

Enid Blyton (1897–1968) – Noddy books, The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven series, The Magic Faraway Tree series, Sunny Stories magazine

Michael Bond (born 1926) – Paddington Bear series

Nancy Bond (born 1945) – A String in the Harp

Ruskin Bond (born 1934) – The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella, Angry River

Veronica Bonilla (born 1962) – The Platanario series, Magic Dream

Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990) – Green Knowe series

J. Allan Bosworth (born 1925) – White Water, Still Water, All the Dark Places

Chris Bradford (born 1974) – Young Samurai series

Tony Bradman (born 1954) – Dilly the Dinosaur series

Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956) – The Dragon and the Thief, The Land of Gold, Beyond the North Wind

Christianna Brand (1907–1988) – Nurse Matilda series (adapted as Nanny McPhee)

Ann Brashares (born 1967) – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series

Angela Brazil (1868–1947) – The Nicest Girl in the School, For the Sake of the School, The Jolliest Term on Record

Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) – Chalet School series

Jan Brett (born 1949) – Trouble with Trolls

Thomas Brezina (born 1963) – The Knickerbocker Gang, Tom Turbo

Rae Bridgman – The MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx

Robert Bright (1902–1988) – Georgie

Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981) – Caddie Woodlawn, Baby Island

Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) – Pastures of the Blue Crane, Longtime Dreaming

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) – The Marvellous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice, Tales of Long Ago

Lauren Brooke – Heartland series, Chestnut Hill series

Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) – Freddy the Pig series

Marc Brown (born 1946) – Arthur

Marcia Brown (born 1918) – Puss in Boots

Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) – Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny

Pamela Brown (1924–1989) – The Swish of the Curtain

Frances Browne (1816–1879) – Granny's Wonderful Chair

Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) – Babar the Elephant series

Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966) – Pan Kleks series, and many poems for children

Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) – Jennings school stories

Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832) – Always Happy!!: Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale

Eve Bunting (born 1928) – Smoky Night

John Bunyan (1628–1688) – Pilgrim's Progress

Robert J. Burch (1925–2007) – Queenie Peavy, Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain

Della Burford (born 1946) – Journey to Dodoland, Magical Earth Secrets, Miracle Galaxy

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) – A Long Trip to Tea Time, The Land Where the Ice Cream Grows

Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) – Goops series, and many poems for children including "Purple Cow"

Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) – The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, Old Mother West Wind

Doris Burn (1923–2011) – Andrew Henry's Meadow, The Summerfolk

Sheila Burnford (1918–1984) – The Incredible Journey

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) – A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden

Hester Burton (1913–2000) – Time of Trial

Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) – The Little House, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

A. J. Butcher – Spy High series

Betsy Byars (born 1928) – Summer of the Swans, Tornado

Georgia Byng (born 1965) – Molly Moon series

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Meg Cabot (born 1967) – The Princess Diaries, Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls

Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996) – The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, The Court of the Stone Children

Joanna Campbell (born 1946) – Thoroughbred series

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) – Understood Betsy

Cao Wenxuan (born 1954) – Bronze and Sunflower

William Cardell (1780–1828) – The Story of Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy

Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909) – Not Like Other Girls, Heriot's Choice

Eric Carle (born 1929) – The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider

Isobelle Carmody (born 1958) – The Legend of Little Fur, Magic Night, Obernewtyn Chronicles

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass

Peter Carter (1929–1999) – The Sentinels, Children of the Book, Borderlands

Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969) – Five Tales, Tales from Sundervan, Pankhudiyaan, Chanda

Scott Chantler (born 1972) – Two Generals, Three Thieves, NorthWest Passage

Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948) – The Old Man of Lochnagar

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) – Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales)

Nan Chauncy (1900–1970) – They Found a Cave, Tiger in the Bush, Devils' Hill, Tangara

Simon Cheshire (born 1954) – Saxby Smart: Private Detective, Pants on Fire, Operation Sting

Lauren Child (born 1965) – Charlie and Lola series, Clarice Bean series

Irma Chilton (1930–1990) – Take Away the Flowers

John Christopher (born 1922) – The Prince in Waiting series, The Tripods trilogy

Matt Christopher (1917–1997) – Wild Pitch, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, Tough to Tackle

Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) – Moydodyr

Pauline Clarke (born 1921) – The Twelve and the Genii

Beverly Cleary (born 1916) – Ramona Quimby series

Andrew Clements (born 1949) – Frindle, A Week in the Woods

Eoin Colfer (born 1965) – Artemis Fowl series

Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959) – Hangman's Gold, The Governor's Dog is Missing!, Dog 4491

Suzanne Collins (born 1962) – The Underland Chronicles, The Hunger Games trilogy

Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) – The Adventures of Pinocchio

Padraic Colum (1881–1972) – The King of Ireland's Son

John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) – Orbis Sesualim Pictis (The Visible World in Pictures)

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) – Molly the Drummer Boy, Janet of the Dunes

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) – The Lost World

Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) – Racso and the Rats of NIMH, R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, Crazy Lady!

Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) – What Katy Did series

Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) – Chanticleer and the Fox, Miss Rumphius

Susan Cooper (born 1935) – The Dark Is Rising series, The Boggart

Esther Copley (1786–1851) – Early Friendships

Zizou Corder – Lionboy series

William Corlett (1938–2005) – The Magician's House series

Rachel Cosgrove (1922–1998) – The Hidden Valley of Oz

John Cotton (1585–1652) – Milk for Babes catechism

Bruce Coville (born 1950) – Space Brat, My Teacher is an Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework, The Unicorn Chronicles, Magic Shop series

Joy Cowley (born 1936) – The Silent One, Bow Down Shadrach

Palmer Cox (1840–1924) – The Brownies series

John Coy (born 1958) – Night Driving, Crackback

Joe Craig (born 1981) – Jimmy Coates series

Sharon Creech (born 1945) – Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, Heartbeat

Helen Cresswell (1934–2005) – The Bagthorpe Saga

Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) – Just William

Michael Cronin (born 1942) – Against the Day series

Gillian Cross (born 1945) – Wolf, The Great Elephant Chase, The Demon Headmaster series

Sarah Crossan – The Weight of Water, Apple and Rain, One

Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941) – Storm, The Seeing Stone

Catherine Crowe (1790–1872) – Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper

Gabriella Csire (born 1938) – Turpi series

Jane Louise Curry (born 1932) – Abaloc series, Poor Tom's Ghost, The Egyptian Box, The Black Canary

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Debbie Dadey (born 1959) – The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids

Roald Dahl (1916–1990) – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox

Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979) – The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Silver Pencil

Annie Dalton (born 1948) – Angels Unlimited series, Afterdark series

David Scott Daniell (1906–1965) – Young English, Mission for Oliver, The Dragon and the Rose, By Jiminy

Lucy Daniels (born 1960) – Animal Ark, Dolphin Diaries

Paula Danziger (1944–2004) – The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Amber Brown series

James Dashner (born 1972) – The 13th Reality series

Alan Davidson (born 1943) – Annabel series, Light, The Bewitching of Alison Allbright

Stephen Mark Davies (born 1976) – Sophie series, Hacking Timbuktu, Outlaw

Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) – The Wild Birthday Cake, Buttonwood Island, Donkey Detectives

Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) – Heart (Cuore)

Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) – The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne, Bright April

Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) – The Three Mulla Mulgars, Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie, Collected Stories for Children

Silvana De Mari (born 1953) – The Last Dragon

Terry Deary (born 1946) – The Fire Thief, Master Crook's Crime Academy

Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) – Robinson Crusoe

Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) – The Wheel on the School, The House of Sixty Fathers

Kate DiCamillo (born 1964) – Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – A Christmas Carol, The Magic Fishbone

Peter Dickinson (born 1927) – The Changes trilogy, Tulku, City of Gold, Eva, The Kin

Anne Digby (born 1935) – Trebizon series

Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) – The Brave Little Toaster, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Tony DiTerlizzi (born 1969) – The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles

Franklin W. Dixon (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1927) – The Hardy Boys series

Rex Dixon (1908–1971) – Pocomoto series

Chris D'Lacey (born 1954) – The Fire Within series

Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki

Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) – Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Julia Donaldson (born 1948) – The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle, The Troll

Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) – The London Eye Mystery, Bog Child

Debra Doyle (born 1952) – School of Wizardry, Knight's Wyrd

Roddy Doyle (born 1958) – Not Just for Christmas, Wilderness

Crescent Dragonwagon (born 1952) – Always, Always, Home Place, Half a Moon and One Whole Star

William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) – The Twenty-One Balloons

Diane Duane (born 1952) – So You Want to Be a Wizard

Tessa Duder (born 1940) – Alex Archer series, Tiggie Tompson series

Lois Duncan (born 1934) – I Know What You Did Last Summer, A Gift of Magic

Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944) – The Books of Ember series

Christine Dzidrums (born 1971) – Cutters Don't Cry, Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph

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Edward Eager (1911–1964) – Half Magic, Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle, The Time Garden, The Well-Wishers, Magic or Not, Seven-Day Magic

Martin Ebbertz (born 1962) – Little Mr. Jaromir

Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982) – The Magician Who Kept A Pub and other stories, My Naughty Little Sister

Julie Edwards (Dame Julie Andrews) (born 1935) – The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Leo Edwards (1884–1944) – Jerry Todd series, Poppy Ott series

Monica Edwards (1912–1998) – Punchbowl Farm series, Romney Marsh series

T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) – Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) – Kemlo and Tas series

Sarah Ellis (born 1952) – Pick-Up Sticks

Michael Ende (1929–1995) – The Neverending Story, Momo, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968) – The Melendy series, Thimble Summer, Gone-Away Lake

John R. Erickson (born 1943) - Hank the Cowdog

Eleanor Estes (1908–1988) – The Moffats, Rufus M., The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye

Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) – A Flat Iron for a Farthing, The Story of a Short Life

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John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) – Moonfleet

Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) – Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, The Little Bookroom

Walter Farley (1915–1989) – The Black Stallion series

Nancy Farmer (born 1941) – The House of the Scorpion, The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, A Girl Named Disaster

Penelope Farmer (born 1939) – Charlotte Sometimes, The Summer Birds, A Castle of Bone

G. E. Farrow (1862 – c. 1920) – The Wallypug of Why, The Little Panjandrum's Dodo

Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966) – Jill's Gymkhana, A Stable for Jill, Jill's Pony Trek

Eugene Field (1850–1895) – Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Anne Fine (born 1947) – The Tulip Touch, Madame Doubtfire, Flour Babies

Aileen Fisher (1906–2002) – We Alcotts, I Heard a Bluebird Sing

Catherine Fisher (born 1957) – The Snow-Walker, The Book of the Crow, The Oracle, Corbenic

John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988) – The Great Brain series

Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) – Harriet the Spy, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change

Marjorie Flack (1897–1958) – The Story of Ping, Angus and the Ducks

John Flanagan (born 1944) – Ranger's Apprentice series

Sid Fleischman (1920–2010) – The Whipping Boy, By The Great Horn Spoon!

Ian Fleming (1908–1964) – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Esther Forbes (1891–1967) – Johnny Tremain

Antonia Forest (1915–2003) – Autumn Term, Falconer's Lure and other Marlow Family books

Helen Fox (born 1962) – Eager series

Anne Frank (1929–1945) – The Diary of a Young Girl (or The Diary of Anne Frank)

Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999) – Two-Thumb Thomas, Timi, the Tale of a Griffin

Pamela Freeman (born 1960) – The Willow Tree's Daughter, The Black Dress, Cherryblossom and the Golden Bear

Frieda Friedman (born 1905) – Dot for Short, Pat and Her Policeman, Carol from the Country

Cornelia Funke (born 1958) – The Thief Lord, Inkheart trilogy

Fynn (pseudonym of Sydney Hopkins, born 1919) – Mister God, This Is Anna

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Jostein Gaarder (born 1952) – Sophie's World, The Christmas Mystery

Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941) – Timur and His Squad

Neil Gaiman (born 1960) – Coraline, The Graveyard Book

Paul Gallico (1997–1976) – The Snow Goose, Manxmouse, Jennie, The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked

Sally Gardner – The Countess's Calamity, I, Coriander, The Red Necklace

Leon Garfield (1921–1996) – Jack Holborn, The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris, The God Beneath the Sea

Alan Garner (born 1934) – The Owl Service, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, Red Shift, The Stone Book Quartet

Eve Garnett (1900–1991) – The Family from One End Street

Doris Gates (1901–1987) – Blue Willow

Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963) – The Grumpy Gardener

Jean Craighead George (1919–2012) – My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves

Jessica Day George (born 1976) – Princess of the Midnight Ball, Dragon Slippers

Adèle Geras (born 1944) – Apricots at Midnight, The Girls in the Velvet Frame, The Fabulous Fantoras

Charles "Father Goose" Ghigna (born 1946) – Mice Are Nice, Riddle Rhymes, A Fury of Motion: Poems for Boys

Patricia Reilly Giff (born 1935) – The Polk Street School series, Lily's Crossing, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Eleven, Storyteller

Fred Gipson (1908–1973) – Old Yeller

Debi Gliori (born 1959) – Pure Dead series, Mr Bear series, Witch Baby series, The Tobermory Cat, What's the Time, Mr Wolf?

Rumer Godden (1907–1998) – The Doll's House, The Mousewife, The Diddakoi

Glenda Goertzen (born 1967) – The Prairie Dogs, City Dogs

Julia Golding (born 1969) – The Diamond of Drury Lane, Secret of the Sirens

Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) – The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes

Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) – The Little White Horse, Linnets and Valerians

Harry Graham (1874–1936) – Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes

Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) – The Wind in the Willows

Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979) – Little Toot

Mary Grannan (1900–1975) – Just Mary, Maggie Muggins

John Grant (1930–2014) – Little Nose stories

Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981) – Grimbold's Other World, The Seventh Swan

John Green (born 1977) – Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Will Grayson, Will Grayson , Let It Snow

Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987) – King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, The Luck of Troy

Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) – Under the Window

Graham Greene (1904–1991) – The Little Train, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Horse Bus, The Little Steamroller

Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) – Earthquake at Dawn, The Stowaway, Jenny of the Tetons

Andy Griffiths (born 1961) – The Bad Book, Just Tricking, The 13-Storey Treehouse, Treasure Fever!

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863 and 1786–1859) – Grimm's Fairy Tales

Maria Gripe (1923–2007) – Hugo and Josephine, In the Time of the Bells, Elvis and His Secret

John Grisham (born 1955) – Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer series

Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) – Raggedy Ann series

Dan Gutman (born 1955) – The Million Dollar Shot, Baseball Card Adventures, My Weird School series

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Maria Hack (1777–1844) – Winter Evenings, Harry Beaufoy, or, The Pupil of Nature

Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964) – Shadow Children series

Mark Haddon (born 1962) – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Agent Z series

Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002) – M. C. Higgins the Great

Leif Hamre (1914–2007) – Otter Three Two Calling, Contact Lost, Blue Two ... Bale Out

H. Irving Hancock (c. 1866–1922) – High School Boys series, West Point series, Young Engineers series

Frances Hardinge: (born 1973) – Fly by Night, The Lie Tree

Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988) – Mr. Men series, Little Miss series

Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981) – The Wool-Pack, The Load of Unicorn, The Writing on the Hearth

Joel Chandler Harris (1845–1908) – Uncle Remus

Rosemary Harris (born 1923) – The Moon in the Cloud, A Quest for Orion, Zed

Edith Ogden Harrison (1862–1955) – Prince Silverwings, The Star Fairies

Lisi Harrison (born 1970) – The Clique series, Alpha series, Monster High books

Peter Härtling (born 1933) – Oma, Ben liebt Anna, Krücke

Juanita Havill (born 1949) – Jamaica series, Eyes Like Willy's

Charles Hawes (1889–1923) – The Dark Frigate, The Great Quest

Carolyn Haywood (1898–1990) – Betsy series, Eddie series

Carol Hedges – Jigsaw, Spy Girl series

Racey Helps (1913–1970) – Barnaby Littlemouse series

Zenna Henderson (1917–1983) – Ingathering: The Complete People Stories

Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) – King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague

G. A. Henty (1832–1902) – Out on the Pampas, The Young Buglers, The Cat of Bubastes, With Lee in Virginia, Beric the Briton

James Herriot (1916–1995) – All Creatures Great and Small

Karen Hesse (born 1952) – Out of the Dust, The Music of Dolphins

Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – Hoot

Clifford B. Hicks (1920–2010) – First Boy on the Moon, The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald

E. W. Hildick (1925–2001) – Jack McGurk mysteries, Jim Starling series

Lorna Hill (1902–1991) – A Dream of Sadler's Wells

Nigel Hinton (born 1941) – Buddy, Beaver Towers

S. E. Hinton (born 1948) – The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish

Russell Hoban (1925–2011) – The Mouse and His Child

Michael Hoeye (born 1947) – Hermux Tantamoq series

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) – The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Mary Hoffman (born 1945) – Stravaganza series, Amazing Grace

Barbara Hofland (1770–1844) – The Blind Farmer and His Children, The Young Crusoe

Christophe Honoré (born 1970) – Tout contre Léo

Laura Lee Hope (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1904) – Bobbsey Twins series

Anthony Horowitz (born 1956) – Alex Rider series, The Diamond Brothers series, The Gatekeepers series

Hasan Hourani (1974–2003) – Hassan Everywhere

Janni Howker – The Nature of the Beast, Badger on the Barge

Carol Hughes (born 1955) – Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves, Dirty Magic, The Princess and the Unicorn

Ted Hughes (1938–1998) – The Iron Man

Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) – Tom Brown's School Days

John Hulme (born 1970) – The Seems series

Irene Hunt (1907–2001) – Up a Road Slowly, The Lottery Rose

Erin Hunter (joint pseudonym from 2003) – Warriors series, Seekers series

Norman Hunter (1899–1995) – Professor Branestawm series

Emily Huws (born 1942) – Cyfres Corryn: Chwannen, Lol neu Lwc?

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Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010) – Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea

Theodor Illek (born 1984) – The Golden Key

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) – Mopsa the Fairy

Mick Inkpen (born 1962) – Kipper the Dog series, Wibbly Pig series

Washington Irving (1783–1859) – short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "Rip Van Winkle"

Koji Ishikawa (born 1963) – Colorful Animals Hide and Seek series

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Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) – English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, European Folk and Fairy Tales

Brian Jacques (1939–2011) – Redwall series, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman

Grace James – John and Mary series, Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales

James Janeway (1636–1674) – A Token for Children

Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003) – If I Were a Grown-Up, Who Does This Kid Take After?

Tove Jansson (1914–2001) – Moomin series

Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) – Wood Magic, Bevis

Paul Jennings (born 1943) – Unreal!, Undone!, Unbelievable!, The Paw Thing, The Gizmo, Wicked series

W. E. Johns (1893–1968) – Biggles series

Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – Chrestomanci series, Howl's Moving Castle, Dogsbody

Marcia Thornton Jones (born 1958) – The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, Ghostville Elementary series

T. Llew Jones (1915–2009) – Trysor Plas y wernen, Anturiaethau Twm Siôn Cati: Y Ffordd Beryglus

Jacqueline Jules (born 1956) – Zapato Power series, Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation

Norton Juster (born 1929) – The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hello, Goodbye Window

May Justus (1898–1989) – Gabby Gaffer, Luck for Little Lihu, New Boy in School

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Joan Kahn (1914–1994) – Ladies and Gentlemen, said the Ringmaster, Seesaw, You Can't Catch Me

Maira Kalman (born 1949) – Fireboat, Max Stravinsky: Poet-Dog series

Ulrich Karger (born 1957) – The Scary Sleepover

Jan Karon (born 1937) – Miss Fannie's Hat

Erich Kästner (1899–1974) – Emil and the Detectives, Lottie and Lisa, The Flying Classroom

Elizabeth Kay (born 1949) – The Divide trilogy

Annie Keary (1825–1879) – Heroes of Asgard

Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Goggles!

Carolyn Keene (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1930) – Nancy Drew mystery series

Charles Keeping (1924–1988) – Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary

Harold Keith (1903–1998) – Rifles for Watie

Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960) – The Trumpeter of Krakow

Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969) – He Went with Marco Polo, He Went with Hannibal, Two Children of Tyre

Judith Kerr (born 1923) – When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Tiger Who Came To Tea

P. B. Kerr (born 1956) – Children of the Lamp series

Alexander Key (1904–1979) – Escape to Witch Mountain, The Forgotten Door, The Case of the Vanishing Boy

Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836) – The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse

Garry Kilworth (born 1941) – The Welkin Weasels series, Knights of Liöfwende series, Attica

Clive King (born 1924) – Stig of the Dump

Dick King-Smith (1922–2011) – The Sheep-Pig, The Queen's Nose

Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) – The Water Babies

Jeff Kinney (born 1971) – Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, Puck of Pook's Hill

Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959) – Kalak of the Ice, Fire-Hunter, The Spell of the White Sturgeon, Wolf Brother

Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953) – Blood and Chocolate

Anne Knight (1792–1860) – School-Room Lyrics, Mary Gray

E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, Father's Arcane Daughter, The View from Saturday

Robin Koontz (born 1954) – In a Cabin in a Wood, Leaps and Creeps: How Animals Move to Survive

Conor Kostick (born 1964) – Epic, Saga, Edda, Move, The Book of Curses, The Book of Wishes

Erik P. Kraft – Chocolatina, Lenny and Mel series, Miracle Wimp

Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) – The Carrot Seed

Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956) – Naming Maya, Monsoon

Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980) – ...And Now Miguel, Onion John

Jane Kurtz (born 1952) – River Friendly River Wild, Water Hole Waiting

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Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) – The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Elizabeth Laird (born 1943) – The Garbage King, Crusade

Derek Landy (born 1974) – Skulduggery Pleasant series

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) – The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book, The Red Romance Book

Noel Langley (1911–1980) – The Land of Green Ginger

Katherine Langrish – Troll Fell, Troll Mill, Troll Blood

Jane Langton (born 1922) – The Hall Family Chronicles series

Kirby Larson – The Magic Kerchief, Hattie Big Sky

Kathryn Lasky (born 1944) – Guardians of Ga'hoole series, The Night Journey

Caroline Lawrence (born 1954) – The Roman Mysteries

Michael Lawrence (born 1943) – The Snottle and other Jiggy McCue books, Young Dracula, The Aldous Lexicon

Robert Lawson (1892–1957) – Rabbit Hill, Ben and Me, They Were Strong and Good

Ervin Lázár (1936–2006) – The Seven Headed Fairy, The Little Boy and the Lions, The Square Round Wood

Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) – Earthsea series, Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, Catwings series, Annals of the Western Shore series

Munro Leaf (1905–1976) – The Story of Ferdinand

Edward Lear (1812–1888) – "The Owl and the Pussycat", A Book of Nonsense

Dennis Lee (born 1939) – Alligator Pie

Harper Lee (1926–2016) – To Kill a Mockingbird

Robert Leeson (born 1928) – The Third Class Genie, It's My Life

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – A Wrinkle in Time, Meet the Austins

Lois Gladys Leppard (1924–2008) – Mandie series

Peter Lerangis (born 1955) – Seven Wonders series, The Sword Thief and The Viper's Nest in The 39 Clues collaborative series, Spy X series, Abracadabra series

Helen Lester (born 1936) – Tacky the Penguin

Gail Carson Levine (born 1947) – Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest, Dave at Night, The Wish

Ted Lewin (born 1935) – Peppe the Lamplighter

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) – The Chronicles of Narnia series

Hilda Lewis (1896–1974) – The Ship That Flew, The Gentle Falcon

J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942) – A Hippopotamusn't, Swan Song, The House

J. S. Lewis (born 1972) – Grey Griffins

Naomi Lewis (1911–2009) – English translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen

Anne Lindbergh (1940–1993) – The People of Pineapple Place, The Worry Week, Nick of Time

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) – Pippi Longstocking, Ronia the Robber's Daughter

Eric Linklater (1899–1974) – The Wind on the Moon, The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea

Jean Little (born 1932) – Mine for Keeps, From Anna, Orphan at My Door

Penelope Lively (born 1933) – The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time

Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) – Sítio do Picapau Amarelo series

Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) – Doctor Dolittle series

Jack London (1876–1916) – The Call of the Wild, White Fang

Lois Lowry (born 1937) – Number the Stars, The Giver, Anastasia Krupnik series

Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993) – The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl, 1932–1937

Janet Lunn (born 1928) – The Root Cellar, The Hollow Tree

Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972) – The Turf-Cutter's Donkey, Brogeen series

Elinor Lyon (1921–2008) – The House in Hiding, Carver's Journey, Run Away Home

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Amy MacDonald (born 1951) – Little Beaver and the Echo, Rachel Fister's Blister

Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) – Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series

George MacDonald (1824–1905) – At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin

Reginald James MacGregor – The Young Detectives

D. J. MacHale (born 1955) – The Pendragon Adventure

Sandra Magsamen (born 1959) – The Gift

Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) – The Haunting, The Changeover, Maddigan's Fantasia, Memory

Hector Malot (1830–1907) – Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille)

Clare Mallory (1913–1991) – Merry Begins, Juliet Overseas, The League of the Smallest

Ruth Manning-Sanders (1888–1988) – A Book of Dragons and other anthologies of fairy tales from around the world (A Book of ... series)

Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) – The Children of the New Forest

John Marsden (born 1950) – Tomorrow series

James Edward Marshall (1942–1992), as James Marshall and/or Edward Marshall – Fox in Love, Fox and His Friends, Fox on Wheels

Ann M. Martin (born 1955) – The Babysitters Club series

Emily Winfield Martin – Dream Animals, Oddfellow's Orphanage

J. P. Martin (1880–1966) – Uncle series

John Masefield (1878–1967) – The Midnight Folk, The Box of Delights

Cotton Mather (1663–1728) – A Token for the Children of New England

André Maurois (1885–1967) – Fattypuffs and Thinifers (Patapoufs et Filifers)

Mercer Mayer (born 1943) – Little Critter series, Little Monster series

William Mayne (1928–2010) – A Swarm in May (Choir School series), A Grass Rope, Earthfasts, Low Tide

Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951) – Peter Pan in Scarlet, A Pack of Lies

Robert McCloskey (1914–2003) – Make Way for Ducklings, Time of Wonder, Blueberries for Sal

Eloise McGraw (1915–2000) – The Golden Goblet, The Moorchild, The Rundelstone of Oz

Lauren Lynn McGraw – Merry Go Round in Oz

Robin McKinley (born 1952) – The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, Spindle's End

Colin McNaughton (born 1951) – Captain Abdul's Pirate School

Janet McNeill (1907–1994) – My Friend Specs McCann, The Battle of St. George Without

Karen McQuestion – Celia and the Fairies, Edgewood

Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962) – Cairo Jim series

L. T. Meade (1854–1914) – A World of Girls

Milton Meltzer (1915–2009) – The Black Americans, The American Revolutionaries, Mark Twain Himself

Jean Merrill (1923–2012) – The Pushcart War

Richard Michelson (born 1953) – Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets, Across the Alley

Katherine Milhous (1894–1977) – The Egg Tree

Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968) – My Book House' series

A. A. Milne (1882–1956) – Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young

Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) – Silver Brumby series

Walter Moers (born 1957) – The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

Chris Monroe (born 1962) – Monkey with a Tool Belt, Sneaky Sheep

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) – Anne of Green Gables series, Emily of New Moon

Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) – "A Visit From St. Nicholas"

Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975) – A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels

John A. Moroso (1874–1957) – Nobody's Buddy

Michael Morpurgo (born 1943) – Why the Whales Came, The Wreck of the Zanzibar, Private Peaceful

Farley Mowat (1921–2014) – Lost in the Barrens, Owls in the Family

Robert Muchamore (born 1972) – CHERUB series, Henderson's Boys series

Brandon Mull (born 1974) – Fablehaven series

Robert Munsch (born 1945) – Love You Forever, The Paper Bag Princess

Jill Murphy (born 1949) – The Worst Witch, The Last Noo-Noo

Andrew Murray (born 1970) – Ghost Rescue

Susan Musgrave (born 1951) – Gullband, Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs

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Beverley Naidoo (born 1943) – Journey to Jo'berg, The Other Side of Truth

Violet Needham (1876–1967) – The Black Riders, The Stormy Petrel, The Woods of Windri

John R. Neill (1877–1943) – The Wonder City of Oz, The Scalawagons of Oz, Lucky Bucky in Oz

Božena Němcová (1820–1862) – Slovak Fairy Tales and Legends (Slovenské pohádky a pověsti)

Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) – The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable series), The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet

Patrick Ness (born 1971) – Chaos Walking trilogy, A Monster Calls, More Than This

John Newbery (1713–1767) – A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly with Two Letters from Jack the Giant Killer

Jenny Nimmo (born 1944[?]) – The Snow Spider trilogy, Children of the Red King (Charlie Bone) series

Garth Nix (born 1963) – The Old Kingdom (Abhorsen) series, The Keys to the Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series

Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) – Colonial Williamsburg series, Orphan Train series

Andrew Norriss (born 1947) – Aquila, The Unluckiest Boy in the World

Grace May North (1876–1960) – Bobs, a Girl Detective, Meg of Mystery Mountain, Sisters, the Adele Doring series

Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988) – The Giant Shoe

Sterling North (1906–1974) – Rascal, The Wolfing

Carol Norton – a pen name under which certain works of Grace May North (1876–1960) were reprinted

Mary Norton (1903–1992) – The Borrowers series, Bedknob and Broomstick

Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976) – The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends

Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) – The Secret of Pooduck Island, Daddy Fell into the Pond and Other Poems for Children

Sevinj Nurugizi (born 1964) – Kite

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Graham Oakley (born 1929) – The Church Mice series, Magical Changes

Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973) – Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Z for Zachariah

Jane O'Connor (born 1947) – Fancy Nancy series

Scott O'Dell (1898–1989) – Island of the Blue Dolphins, The King's Fifth, The Black Pearl

Amit Offir (born 1978) – The Beetle that Wants to Be, Even Dragons Get Scared

Charles Ogden (Star Farm Productions pseudonym from 2003) – Edgar & Ellen series

Ian Ogilvy (born 1943) – Measle and the Wrathmonk, Measle and the Dragodon

Jenny Oldfield (born 1949) – My Magical Pony, Home Farm Twins, Horses of Half-Moon Ranch series

Carola Oman (1897–1978) – Ferry the Fearless

Kenneth Oppel (born 1967) – Silverwing series, Airborn

Uri Orlev (born 1931) – The Island on Bird Street

Mary Pope Osborne (born 1949) – Magic Tree House series

Pat O'Shea (1931–2007) – The Hounds of the Morrigan

Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960) – Abbey series

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Bernard Palmer (1914–1998) – Danny Orlis series, Felicia Cartwright series

Christopher Paolini (born 1983) – Inheritance Cycle

Peggy Parish (1927–1988) & Herman Parish – Amelia Bedelia series

Barbara Park (1947–2013) – Skinnybones, Junie B. Jones series

Peter Parnall (born 1936) – Winter Barn, Apple Tree, Woodpile

Anne Parrish (1888–1957) – The Dream Coach, Floating Island, The Story of Appleby Capple

Katherine Paterson (born 1932) – The Master Puppeteer, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved

Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937) – Gaffer Samson's Luck, The Emperor's Winding Sheet

James Patterson (born 1947) – Maximum Ride series, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Gary Paulsen (born 1939) – Hatchet, The Time Hackers

Michelle Paver (born 1960) – Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series

Philippa Pearce (1920–2006) – Tom's Midnight Garden

Kit Pearson (born 1947) – The Sky Is Falling, Awake and Dreaming

Ridley Pearson (born 1953) – Peter and the Starcatchers series, The Kingdom Keepers series

Howard Pease (1894–1974) – Secret Cargo, Highroad to Adventure, Bound for Singapore

Dale Peck (born 1967) – Drift House series

Ethel Pedley (1859–1898) – Dot and the Kangaroo

Mary Louise Peebles, a.k.a. Lynde Palmer (1833–1915) – The Magnet Stories

Bill Peet (1915–2002) – The Wump World, Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure

Daniel Pennac (born 1944) – Eye of the Wolf (L'Œil du loup)

Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937) – Twins series

Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956) – Criss Cross, All Alone in the Universe

Charles Perrault (1628–1703) – Tales of Mother Goose, Little Red Riding Hood

K. M. Peyton (born 1929) – Flambards, Fly-by-Night, Prove Yourself a Hero, Blind Beauty

Rodman Philbrick (born 1951) – Freak The Mighty, Max the Mighty, The Last Book in the Universe, The Fire Pony

Joan Phipson (1912–2003) – The Boundary Riders, The Family Conspiracy, Polly's Tiger

Tanwir Phool (born 1948) – Gulshan-e-Sukhan (Garden of Poetry), Chiryaa, Titli, Phool

Tamora Pierce (born 1954) – Tortall series, Circle of Magic series

Clara D. Pierson (1868–1952) — "Among the People" series

Christopher Pike (born 1955) – Spooksville series

Dav Pilkey (born 1966) – Captain Underpants series

Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820) – The Blind Child, or, Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family, The Two Cousins

Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941) – The Big Orange Splot, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

Saviour Pirotta (born 1958) – The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths

Annabel Pitcher (born 1982) – My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Ketchup Clouds

Kin Platt (1911–2003) – Big Max series, The Blue Man

Peter Pohl (born 1940) – Johnny, My Friend

Josephine Pollard (1834–1892) – The Brave Little Tailor, The Life of Washington, A Child's History of America: Told in One-Syllable Words, Bible Stories for Children

Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) – Pollyanna

Tracey Porter – Billy Creekmore

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) – The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester

Ellen Potter (born c. 1960) – Olivia Kidney series

Rhoda Power (1890–1957) – Redcap Runs Away

Terry Pratchett (born 1948) – The Nome Trilogy, Johnny Maxwell series, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Tiffany Aching series

Otfried Preussler (born 1923) – The Robber Hotzenplotz, The Curse of the Darkling Mill

Willard Price (1887–1983) – Amazon Adventure, Adventure series

Elise Primavera (born 1955) – The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls

Alison Prince (born 1931) – My Royal Story

Josephine, Diana, and Christine Pullein-Thompson (born 1924–25) – Six Ponies, I Wanted a Pony, We Rode to the Sea

Philip Pullman (born 1946) – His Dark Materials trilogy, Clockwork, The Firework-Maker's Daughter

Howard Pyle (1853–1911) – Otto of the Silver Hand, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Men of Iron

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Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977) – Mary Plain series

Janette Rallison (born 1966) – Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List

Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) – Swallows and Amazons series

Ellen Raskin (1928–1984) – The Westing Game, Figgs & Phantoms

Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) – The Yearling

Wilson Rawls (1913–1984) – Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys

Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893) – The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's

W. Maxwell Reed (1871–1962) – The Earth for Sam, The Stars for Sam

Celia Rees (born 1949) – The Bailey Game, Witch Child, Pirates!

David Rees (1936–1993) – The Exeter Blitz, The Flying Island

Gwyneth Rees (born 1968) – The Mum Hunt, Fairy Dust series, Mermaid Magic

Kathryn Reiss (born 1957) – Time Windows, Paint by Magic, Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge

Adam Rex (born 1973) – The True Meaning of Smekday, Cold Cereal, Fat Vampire, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

H. A. Rey (1898–1977) and Margret Rey (1906–1996) – Curious George series

Lou Rhodes – The Phlunk, The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony

Frank Richards (1876–1961) – Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter

Justin Richards (born 1961) – The Invisible Detective series

Laura E. Richards (1850–1943) – Captain January, Tirra Lirra, Eletelephony

Chris Riddell (born 1962) – The Edge Chronicles, Barnaby Grimes

E. V. Rieu (1887–1972) – The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems

Rick Riordan (born 1964) – Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, The Maze of Bones

Jamie Rix (born 1958) – Alistair Fury series, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids series

Keith Robertson (1914–1991) – Henry Reed series

Hilary Robinson (born 1962) – Mixed Up Fairy Tales, The Princess's Secret Letters

Joan G. Robinson (1910–1988) – Teddy Robinson series, When Marnie Was There

Gary D. Robson (born 1958) – Who Pooped? series

Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) – Telephone Tales (Favole al telefono), Tales Told by a Machine (Novelle fatte a macchina)

Emily Rodda (born 1948) – Fairy Realm series, Rowan of Rin series, Deltora Quest series

Don Roff (born 1966) – Scary Stories

Malcolm Rose (born 1953) – Traces series, Lawless and Tilley series

Simon Rose (born 1961) – The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse,The Heretic's Tomb

Michael Rosen (born 1946) – Sad Book, Fantastically Funny Stories, Quick, Let's Get Out of Here, We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Duck! Rabbit!

Diana Ross (1910–2000) – The Little Red Engine series

Miriam Roth (1910–2005) – A Tale of Five Balloons

Veronica Roth (born 1988) – Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

J. K. Rowling (born 1965) – Harry Potter series

Ron Roy (born 1940) – A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries

Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942) – Space Demons, Galax-Arena

Salman Rushdie (born 1947) – Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Rachel Renee Russell (born 1959) – Dork Diaries

Chris Ryan (born 1961) – Alpha Force series

Pam Muñoz Ryan (born 1951) – Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León

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Louis Sachar (born 1954) – Sideways Stories From Wayside School series, Holes

Angie Sage (born 1952) – Septimus Heap series

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) – The Little Prince

Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) – The Tigers of Mompracem, The Black Corsair

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) – Rootabaga Stories

Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) – Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) – Beautiful Joe

Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) – Lone Pine Club series

Allen Say (born 1937) – Grandfather's Journey, The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice

Kurtis Scaletta – Mudville, Mamba Point, The Tanglewood Terror

Richard Scarry (1919–1994) – Busytown series

Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) – Overdue Kangaroo, Ape Cape, The Crane Loves Grain

Jon Scieszka (born 1954) – The Time Warp Trio, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Science Verse

Miriam Schlein (1926–2004) – The Year of the Panda, I, Tut, The Way Mothers Are

Mark Schlichting – Harry and the Haunted House

Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955) – Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) – The Basket of Flowers, Easter Eggs

Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Michael Scott (born 1959) – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series

Will Scott (1893–1964) – The Cherrys series

Laura Vaccaro Seeger – First the Egg, Green

Tor Seidler (born 1952) – A Rat's Tale, The Wainscott Weasel, Mean Margaret

George Selden (1929–1989) – The Cricket in Times Square series

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – Where the Wild Things Are

Kate Seredy (1896–1975) – The White Stag, The Good Master, The Singing Tree

Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) – Wild Animals I Have Known, Bannertail, Two Little Savages

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) – The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

David Severn (1918–2010) – Ponies and Poachers, Dream Gold, The Future Took Us

Anna Sewell (1820–1878) – Black Beauty

Margery Sharp (1905–1991) – The Rescuers

Mark Shasha (born 1961) – Night of the Moonjellies

Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) – It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot

Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) – The History of Little Henry and his Bearer, The History of the Fairchild Family

Gary Shipman (born 1966) and Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) – Pakkins' Land

Mark Shulman (born 1962) – Scrawl, Mom and Dad are Palindromes, Secret Hiding Places

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963) – Við viljum jólin í júlí (We Want Christmas in July)

Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) – The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends

Francesca Simon (born 1955) – Horrid Henry series

Seymour Simon (born 1931) – Einstein Anderson, Science Detective

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) – Stories for Children

Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974) – Why Cows Moo

Marilyn Singer (born 1948) – Turtle in July

Steve Skidmore (born 1960) and Steve Barlow – Outernet series

Obert Skye – Leven Thumps series

William Sleator (1945–2011) – Singularity, Rewind

Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) – Carbonel series, Jessamy

Dodie Smith (1896–1990) – The Hundred and One Dalmatians

Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) – The Marvellous Land of Snergs

Roland Smith (born 1951) – Thunder Cave, Peak, Cryptid Hunters

Barbara Smucker (1915–2003) – Underground to Canada, Days of Terror

Pat Smythe (1928–1996) – Three Jays series, Adventure series

Lemony Snicket (born 1970) – A Series of Unfortunate Events

Jack Snow (1907–1956) – The Magical Mimics in Oz, The Shaggy Man of Oz

Laurel Snyder – Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, Any Which Wall, Penny Dreadful

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (born 1927) – The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, The Witches of Worm

Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012) – Encyclopedia Brown series, Two-Minute Mysteries series

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) – The Little Vampire series

Virginia Sorenson (1912–1991) – Miracles on Maple Hill

Ivan Southall (1921–2008) – Josh, Ash Road, Hills End, To the Wild Sky, Bread and Honey, Fly West

Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) – The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow, The Sign of the Beaver

Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976) – Call It Courage

Jerry Spinelli (born 1941) – Loser, Stargirl, Maniac Magee, Crash, Wringer

Nancy Springer (born 1948) – The Enola Holmes Mysteries, Tales of Rowan Hood

E. C. Spykman (1896–1965) – A Lemon and a Star, The Wild Angel, Terrible Horrible Edie, Edie on the Warpath

Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) – Heidi

Andy Stanton (born 1973) – Mr Gum series

Dugald Steer (born 1965) – Ologies series

William Steig (1907–2003) – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, Shrek!

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – A Child's Garden of Verses, Treasure Island, Kidnapped

Jennifer J. Stewart – If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!, Close Encounters of a Third World Kind

Mary Stewart (1916–2014) – The Little Broomstick, Ludo and the Star Horse, A Walk in Wolf Wood

Paul Stewart (born 1955) – The Edge Chronicles, Fergus Crane, Muddle Earth, Barnaby Grimes

R. L. Stine (born 1943) – Goosebumps, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room series

Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) – The Lady, or the Tiger?

Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006) – A Day on Skates, The Winged Watchman

Margaret Storey – Timothy and the Two Witches, The Stone Sorcerer, Pauline

Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) – Skinny Harrison Adventurer

Herbert Strang (1866–1958) – Round the World in Seven Days, King of the Air, Rob the Ranger

Todd Strasser (born 1950) – Help! I'm Trapped... series

Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930) – founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate that produced many series, most famously Rover Boys (by Stratemeyer as Arthur M. Winfield), Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew

Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986) – Ballet Shoes, The Circus Is Coming, Curtain Up, White Boots, The Painted Garden (US titles Circus Shoes, Theater Shoes, Skating Shoes, Movie Shoes)

Jakob Streit (1910–2009) – Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls

Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – Jessica's First Prayer

Jeremy Strong (born 1949) – There's a Viking in My Bed

Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) – The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) – The Children's Chronicle, The Young Clavengers

Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945) – The Magic Apostrophe, Gwydion and the Flying Wand

Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) – The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, The Mark of the Horse Lord, Black Ships Before Troy

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) – Gulliver's Travels

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Rajesh Talwar (born 1958) – The Three Greens

Shaun Tan (born 1974) – The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Rules of Summer

Kathryn Tanquary – The Night Parade

Ann Taylor (1782–1866) and Jane Taylor (1783–1824) – Rhymes for the Nursery, Original Poems for Infant Minds, Little Ann and Other Poems

Colin Thiele (1920–2006) – Storm Boy, Blue Fin, Sun on the Stubble

Kate Thompson (born 1956) – Switchers, The New Policeman

Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891–1976) – The Royal Book of Oz (1921) and twenty subsequent Oz books

James Thurber (1894–1961) – The Thirteen Clocks, The Wonderful O, Many Moons

Eve Titus (1905–2002) – Basil of Baker Street series, Anatole series

Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976) – Worzel Gummidge series

H. E. Todd (1908–1988) – Bobby Brewster series

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – The Hobbit

Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) – The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – Classic Tales and Fables for Children

Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946) – The Forestwife, Meet Me by the Steelmen, The Moon Riders

Nigel Tranter (1909–2000) – Spaniard's Isle, Nestor the Monster

P. L. Travers (1899–1986) – Mary Poppins series

Mary Treadgold (1910–2005) – We Couldn't Leave Dinah

Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) – Cue for Treason, The Hills of Varna

Henry Treece (1911–1966) – Horned Helmet, The Road to Miklagard, The Children's Crusade

Sharon Tregenza (born 1951) – Tarantula Tide

Meriol Trevor (1919–2000) – Merlin's Ring, The Other Side of the Moon, The Rose Round, The King of the Castle, The Letzenstein Chronicles

John R. Tunis (1889–1975) – Iron Duke, All American, Keystone Kids, The Kid from Tomkinsville

Ann Turnbull (born 1943) – Pigeon Summer, The Sand Horse, No Shame, No Fear

Ethel Turner (1872–1958) – Seven Little Australians

Julian Tuwim (1894–1953) – "The Locomotive" and other poems for children

Mark Twain (1835–1910) – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn

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Tomi Ungerer (born 1931) – The Mellops series, Moon Man, Flix

Florence Kate Upton (1873–1922) – The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg

Anne Ursu – The Cronus Chronicles

Eduard Uspensky (born 1937) – Crocodile Gena and His Friends, Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat

Alison Uttley (1884–1976) – Little Grey Rabbit series, A Traveller in Time

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Rachel Vail (born 1966) – Wonder, Do-Over, The Friendship Ring series

Jenny Valentine – Finding Violet Park, Broken Soup

Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949) – Jumanji, The Polar Express, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

Wendelin Van Draanen (born 1965) – Sammy Keyes series, Flipped

Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) – The Story of Mankind (nonfiction)

Shreekumar Varma (born 1955) – The Royal Rebel

Jules Verne (1828–1905) – Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea and other Voyages Extraordinaires

Heiki Vilep (born 1960) – The Sounds of Silence, The Monsters of the Closet Door

Rene Villanueva (1954–2007) – Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit (The First Pig In Heaven)

Judith Viorst (born 1931) – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992) – The Lark in the Morn, The Lark on the Wing, The Elephant and the Bad Baby

John Vornholt (born 1951) – The Troll King series

Anne de Vries (1904–1964) – Journey Through the Night

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Bernard Waber (1921–2013) – The House on East 88th Street

Lea Wait (born 1946) – Stopping to Home, Wintering Well

Judy Waite – Mouse Look Out

Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) – Blinky Bill

Ivy Wallace (1915–2006) – Pookie series, The Animal Shelf series

John Graham Wallace (born 1966) – Mr Bumble

Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) – Tutú Marambá

Vivian Walsh – Olive, the Other Reindeer, Gluey, Penguin Dreams, Mr. Lunch series

Jennifer Ward (born 1963) – Way Out in the Desert

Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966) – Plant y Mynachdy, Onesimus

Victor Watson (born 1936) – Paradise Barn series

Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) – Knock Three Times, The Girls of Chequertrees

Regina Webb (born 1980) – Detective Henry Hopper series

Ronald Welch (1909–1982) – The Gauntlet, Knight Crusader

Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993) – The Adventures of K'tonton

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) – The Time Machine

Jacqueline West (born 1979) – Dreamers Often Lie, The Books of Elsewhere

Robert Westall (1929–1993) – The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, The Scarecrows

Scott Westerfeld (born 1963) – Midnighters trilogy, Peeps, The Last Days, Uglies series

John F. C. Westerman (1901–1991) – John Wentley Takes Charge, The Invisible Plane

Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) – All Hands to the Boats, Deeds of Pluck and Daring in the Great War

Carol Weston (born 1956) — Melanie Martin series, Ava and Pip

Michael Wexler – The Seems series

Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) – The Bar Code Tattoo, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929) – Laddie, Tip Cat

E. B. White (1899–1985) – Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan

T. H. White (1906–1964) – The Sword in the Stone, Mistress Masham's Repose

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) – Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) – The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) – Little House on the Prairie and other Little House books

Maiya Williams (born 1962) – The Golden Hour

Margery Williams (1881–1944) – The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Cecco, Winterbound

Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) – Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, Gobbolino the Witch's Cat

Henry Williamson (1895–1977) – Tarka the Otter

Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum

Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer pseudonym from 1899) – Rover Boys series

Henry Winkler (born 1945) – Hank Zipzer series

Henry Winterfeld (1901–1990) – Trouble at Timpetill, Detectives in Togas, Star Girl

Elizabeth Winthrop – The Castle in the Attic

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) – Original Stories from Real Life

Patricia Wrede (born 1953) – Enchanted Forest Chronicles series

Dare Wright (1914–2001) – The Lonely Doll

Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) – The Crooked Snake, The Nargun and the Stars

Eva-Lis Wuorio (1918–1988) – The Island of Fish in the Trees, The Happiness Flower

Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) – The Swiss Family Robinson

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Laurence Yep (born 1948) – The Golden Mountain Chronicles, Dragon series, Ribbons

Jane Yolen (born 1939) – Owl Moon, Commander Toad series, Pit Dragon series, Wizard's Hall

Ed Young (born 1931) – Lon Po Po, Seven Blind Mice

Miriam Young (1913–1974) – Miss Suzy, Jellybeans for Breakfast, A Witch's Garden

Z

Zheng Yuanjie (born 1955) – King of Fairy Tales

Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – The Pigman

Charlotte Zolotow (1915–2013) – Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

References

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