Mysteries for Kids

Wonderful Writers' Website (MNPS)

A Game A Day Thousands of games, puzzles (printable & online), and related materials designed to stimulate learning, problem solving and creative thinking.

Online Stories for young children

The Case - mysteries for kids

Stone soup - international magazine written and illustrated by people aged 8-13; aims to inspires young readers and writers everywhere.

MidLink Magazine An electronic magazine for young people in the middle grades. 

Reading Links If you like to read, this is the links page for you! Seuss! E.B. White! Roald Dahl! Reading Rainbow! Lots more! 

Scoop Almost everything about books and authors for young people. 

 Tales of Wonder Folk and fairy tales from around the world. 

Lil' Fingers Storybooks and Games Educational games, original storybooks and colouring pages.

Berenstein Bears

Cyber Patrol

Dc Comics Online

Disney Books

Goosebumps

Scholastic Books

The Big Busy House

The Calvin & Hobbes Link Page

The Comic Strip

Where's Wally

Fun With Spot - official site dedicated to the world's most loveable puppy. Includes games, activities, and information for Spot fans of all ages.

Animorphs Page The home page for this popular paperback series.

The Arthur Page For Arthur fans everywhere! 

 Baby-Sitters' Club Page What's happening at the Baby-Sitters' Club? 

The Goosebumps Page Enter if you dare!

Magic School Bus Page What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now?

Treasure Island The authors say that here is "absolutely everything you'd want to know" about this classic. 

 Thomas the Tank Engine Page Calling all Thomas the Tank Engine fans! Stories, games and fun. 

Elizabeth Winthrop - Bestselling author of over 40 books for children and adults.

Jim Witkins - An (as yet) unpublished children's book illustrator and writer. His web site is a thoughtful and entertaining examination of his experiences in creating a picture book for publication.

Audrey Wood - Author and illustrator of Elbert's Bad Word, Silly Sally, and others.

Trevor Zahra - A children's writer and illustrator from Malta.

John Marsden - Australian author of the gripping "trilogy" (five books so far!) that started with Tomorrow, When the War Began.

Jacqueline Briggs Martin - author of the Bizzy Bones picture books.

Dragonhold-Underhill - Anne McCaffrey's official home page includes sample chapters, nice photos, and more.

Anne McCaffrey - This is a good textual biography.

Michael McCurdy - The illustrator has samples of his wood engravings and scratchboard illustrations available.

Alice McLerran - Author of several books including Roxaboxen and The Ghost Dance.

Janet McNaughton - The Canadian writer has a website with information about her books, and the (kids') books she likes to read.

Sylvia McNicoll - A page by the Canadian author of books for children and young adults.

Geoffrey McSkimming - Author of the Cairo Jim series.

James Moloney - Author of A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove and other books for young adults.

The Lucy Maude Montgomery Institute - Includes information about L.M. Montgomery, the Institute, and the Kindred Spirits electronic mailing list. There's also an online quiz.

Anne's Land - The Prince Edward Island Visitor's Guide includes Green Gables-related tourist information, and information related to L.M. Montgomery.

Judi Moreillon - Author of a picture book, Sing Down the Rain, about the Tohono O'odham American Indians.

Deborah Morris - The author of the Real Kids, Real Adventures series has a page with biographical information, and summaries of the books.

Evelyn Clarke Mott - Author and illustrator of seven books for children of all ages.

Robert Munsch - The fabulously popular Canadian picture book author of The Paper Bag Princess and (grr) Love You Forever.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy - The author's website includes information about her children's books and young adult fantasies, as well as books written for adults.

Kenn Nesbitt - "Poetry for Kids."

Perry Nodelman - Canadian author and scholar

Kathy Noll - Author of Taking the Bully by the Horns.

Sheldon Oberman - The writer and storyteller has a web page that is particularly rich in resource material.

Robert C. O'Brien - A website for the Newbery-winning author, set up by a fan. It features several interesting essays on Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Ruth Ohi - Information about the Canadian illustrator.

Mary Pope Osborne - The Magic Treehouse series.

Katherine Paterson - The author's own web site, with descriptions of her books.

David Patneaude - A Web page by the author of three mystery/adventure books for young people.

Korky Paul - Award-winning illustrator.

Sylvia Peck - Author of Seal Child.

John Peterson - Author of "The Littles" book series and more.

Dav Pilkey - Fans of the author-illustrator (I'm one!) won't want to miss his Extra Crunchy Website o' Fun!

Patricia Polacco - Award-winning author/illustrator of The Keeping Quilt, Pink and Say, and many more.

Beatrix Potter - This mostly textual biography also includes a couple of links to information about Beatrix Potter's botanical drawings, and travel information about Beatrix Potter and the Lake District.

Natalie Jane Prior - "The Paw's Hideout."

Philip Pullman - A beautiful Web site to promote The Subtle Knife and The Golden Compass, the first two books of Philip Pullman's outstanding fantasy trilogy.

Robert Quackenbush - Author/illustrator of the Miss Mallard mysteries, and many other books.

Shoo Rayner - Illustrator, and creator of The Ginger Ninja.

Dave Ross - Author-illustrator.

Michael Elsohn Ross - The author of over twenty science and nature books for children.

Cynthia Rylant - Author of an astounding array of books including Missing May, and Henry and Mudge.

Allen Say - Author/illustrator of Tree of Cranes and Grandfather's Journey.

Aaron Shepard - Author Online! - Dozens of retold stories from around the world, plus reader's theater scripts, and other resources for educators, storytellers, writers, parents, and young people.

Seymour Simon - The author of over 150 science books for children.

Irene Smalls - Author of Johnkankus, and Irene and the Big Fine Nickel among others.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder - A website by the popular children's author, and recipient of three Newbery honor books.

Jerry Spinelli - Newbery Medal-winning author of Maniac Magee.

Johanna Spyri - A Website devoted to Heidi.

Janet Stevens - The award-winning author-illustrator.

R.L. Stine - A page created by Stine's publisher, Scholastic Books. Part of a larger site devoted to Goosebumps. There is also some biographical information in People Magazine's December 25, 1995 issue, as part of their "Most Intriguing People" feature.

Phoebe Stone - Author and illustrator of children's books including When the Wind Bears Go Dancing and What Night Do the Angels Wander.

Steve Swinburne - Author of nature books for kids.

Joyce Carol Thomas - Author of Marked By Fire and Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea.

Colin Thompson - The Australian author-illustrator has a Web page with information about his books and future projects.

J.R.R. Tolkien - An enormous amount of information about Tolkien and the world of his novels.

Geoffrey Trease

Mark Twain - A wide-ranging compilation of material by Twain and about Twain.

Lydia Ugoini - Author of The Story of A Rich Dog and A Poor Dog.

Chris Van Allsburg - Author/illustrator of Jumanji and many other picture books.

Nancy Van Laan - Author of several picture books.

Dennis Kytasaari's Jules Verne page - A complete list of his works, with links to information about movies based on the books.

Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection - The most complete site on Jules Verne, with links to online versions of the stories, and links to a wide assortment of Verne-related Web pages.

Cynthia Voigt - This is a sample chapter from Approaches to Literature through Authors, by Mary Elizabeth Wildberger, published by Oryx Press.

Eric Walters - Canadian author of Stranded and Stars.

Rick Walton - Author of poetry, picture books and riddle books.

Sandy Watson - The Canadian author of two books for children.

Will Weaver

T.H. White - England Have my Bones - Pages devoted to the author of The Sword in the Stone and many other books.

Diana Wieler - Canadian YA author of the RanVan trilogy and other books.

My Little House on the Prairie Home Page - Good information on the real-life characters and locations that inspired the books, as well as information on more recent spin-off book series.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl - Devoted to the life and works of the author of the "Little House" books.

Hans Wilhelm - Author and illustrator of such picture books as Bunny Trouble and Tyrone the Horrible.

Suse MacDonald - The picture book creator has an attractive, well designed web site that includes some activities.

Kevin Major - The award-winning Canadian author, has put up a website that includes teaching ideas for his novels.

Aesop’s Fables.  This online version of Aesop’s Fables includes the full public domain texts—638 fables. There are images from the Dore illustrations and the beginnings of audio texts. 

Aesop's Fables Read Aesop’s Fables, in two versions for each tale, all with illustrations done by students in a computing art class. 

The Alice Fan Club The characters in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Alice series endure all these dilemmas—and more. This fan area is your chance to read all about Alice and her friends, make some new friends of your own, and hear from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor herself. 

Roald dahl  - features resources for everyone from young readers to school teachers, and older devotees.

LisKidz - Funhouse allows users to become familiar with the world of Western Australian author Trevor Todd. 

Beatrix Potter - Information orientated site about Beatrix Potter's world, some playground activities for preschoolers, with appealing animations which are true to the original illustrations.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

The Lewis Carroll Home Page - A guide to Lewis Carroll resources and documents. Very thorough.

Fairrosa's Lewis Carroll page - Another approach to Lewis Carroll texts and information compiled by fairrosa, a regular contributor to children's literature discussions on the Net.

The Many Faces of Alice - A website based on a fourth-grade study of Alice in Wonderland. It includes background information, as well as the complete text of the novel as illustrated by the class!

Avi's Home Page Avi answers questions and talks about his books. 

Jan Brett's Home Page You'll find everything from trolls to armadillos on this author/illustrator's page

Official Eric Carle Web Site For fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books. 

Karen Pederson's Beverly Cleary Home Page A fun page by a big fan of this famous author. 

Official Brian Jacques Home Page If you're a fan of the Redwall books, here's the site for you! 

Tedd Arnold - The picture book author/illustrator (No Jumping on the Bed!, Green Wilma).

Mike Artell - Author-illustrator.

Avi - The award-winning author of Poppy, Beyond the Westen Sea, and many more novels.

Bruce Balan - Author of the Cyber.kdz series and more.

Haemi Balgassi - Author of Peacebound Trains and Tae's Sonata.

L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website

Piglet Press - This publisher of Oz audio books has a site with a great deal of Oz-information, including sound samples from the stories.

International Wizard of Oz Club

William Bell - The Canadian author of Forbidden City and River My Friend.

John Bellairs - The Compleat Bellairs - Summaries, excerpts, and sample artwork from the spooky books of this popular author.

Liat Binyamini Ariel - An illustrator living in Israel.

Judy Blume - Author of novels including Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.

Enid Blyton - The creator of Noddy, The Famous Five, and many others.

Karleen Bradford - The Canadian author of Dragonfire and There Will be Wolves.

Jan Brett - The author/illustrator of picture books such as The Mitten and Trouble wth Trolls has included some lovely printable ideas and drawings on her website.

Larry Dane Brimner - An author of picture books and nonfiction.

Ken and Debby Buchanan

Betsy Byars - The Newbery award-winner.

Eric Carle - "The Official Eric Carle Web Site" includes biographical and bibliographical information, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.

Nancy Carlson - Creator of such picture books as It's Going to be Perfect! and How to Lose All Your Friends

A.G. Cascone - The author of young adult thrillers, and other works of horror and humor (not necessarily both in the same book!).

Margaret Clark - Australian author of the Mango Street and HairRaiser series. She also writes as Lee Striker.

Beverly Cleary - A fine page, set up by a fan, that features a novel of the month.

Vicki Cobb - "Vicki Cobb's Kid's Science Page" includes information about the author and her books, and sample science experiments.

Roald Dahl - Includes biographical information, pictures, and links to other Roald Dahl resources.

Tomie DePaola - A no-frills website by a fan (who just happens to work for Tomie!)

Leo and Diane Dillon - Award-winning illustrators of children's books as well as album covers, posters, and more.

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Sherlock Holmes books

221B Baker Street - A nicely-designed site featuring stories, pictures, and sounds.

Sherlockian Holmepage - Sherlock Holmes information, and links to all things related (mystery and science-fiction pages, information from the British Tourist Authority; even information about pipes!)

Diane Duane and Peter Morwood - Homeward - Fantasy and science fiction writers have long maintained this Web site with information about their writing and their lives.

Lois Duncan - The author of many award-winning young adult suspense novels, including I Know what you Did Last Summer (It's nothing like the movie version). There are also teaching suggestions for Lois Duncan's Who Killed My Daughter?

Hazel Edwards - Australian author of over 100 books.

Sylvia Engdahl - The Newbery Honor-winning author of Enchantress from the Stars and Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains.

Mem Fox - Popular picture book author of Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and Koala Lou.

Evelyn Gallardo - Author and photographer of Among the Orangutans.

Priscilla Galloway - Author of Truly Grimm Tales and Daedalus and the Minotaur.

Alan Garner - An "unofficial" website about the British fantasy writer.

Jean Craighead George - The author of Julie of the Wolves, and My Side of the Mountain.

Kristine O'Connell George - The author of children's poetry provides poetry-related activities for teachers and young writers.

Charles Ghigna - The poet and children's writer (aka "Father Goose").

Morris Gleitzman - The Australian author of novels including Two Weeks with the Queen and Misery Guts.

Elizabeth Goudge - The British writer who won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse.

Andy Griffiths - "An Australian author of crazy books for children."

James Gurney - Author and illustrator of the Dinotopia children's book series.

Dan Gutman - Author of many children's books, mostly about sports.

Virginia Hamilton - The award-winning author of novels including The Planet of Junior Brown and The House of Dies Drear.

Gary Harbo - An illustrator whose web site provides activities as well as information about his books.

Christine and David Harris

Libby Hathorn - The award-winning Australian writer.

Gerald Hausman - Books of Native American and African-American traditional lore.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Information about the author, and the complete texts of many of his writings.

Daniel Hayes - YA author of books such as The Trouble with Lemons and Eye of the Beholder.

Stephen J. Hemenway - Author of the Slouch in the Couch series of children's learning books.

Hergé and Tintin - There are an astounding number of sites with information about Tintin and his creator, Hergé. I can't hope to keep up with them all, but this page seem to link to everything related.

Anna Grossnickle Hines - A website from the wonderful author/illustrator of picture books for young children.

Joan Holub - An author and illustrator has of books for young children. Joan has also created another website for a book she illustrated: The 100th Day of School, featuring activities and ideas for celebrating 100 day.

Ted Hughes' Books for Children - A web page from Germany that discusses The Iron Man and other works.

Hazel Hutchins - The website of this Canadian children's author contains quizzes, a monthly contest with prizes, background on how she writes and where she gets story ideas, bibliographical and biographical information.

Joan Irvine - The author of some fine books about how to make pop-up books. There are instructions here to get you started on your first pop-up.

Ellen Jackson - Advice for other children's writers from the author of Cinder Edna.

Brian Jacques - Check out this exceptionally thorough Redwall site created by a young fan.

Tove Jansson - The Moomintroll Home Page.

Paul Jennings - Popular Australian author of Unreal, The Gizmo, and many others.

Crockett Johnson - The influential author and illustrator of Harold and the Purple Crayon.

Diana Wynne Jones - "Chrestomanci Castle" celebrates the author of Howl's Moving Castle and many other novels (my favourite is still Charmed Life).

William Joyce - One of the most original picture book author/illustrators working today.

Susan Katz - Author of the novel for young readers, Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth.

Ezra Jack Keats - "A Multimedia Exhibition" featuring the author of The Snowy Day and many other picture books.

Jackie French Koller - The author lists her books and provides some biographical information.

Robin Michal Koontz - A nice-looking Web page with sample illustrations and some biographical information about the illustrator and author.

Paul Kropp - A web page by the Canadian author.

Jane Kurtz - An author whose books often draw on her experiences in Ethiopia.

Alexandria LaFaye - Author of The Year of the Sawdust Man.

Kathryn Lasky - A website by the author of over 50 fiction and nonfiction titles.

Edward Lear - There was an Old Derry Down Derry - This Web site includes the text and illustrations of many of Lear's limericks and nonsense poems, as well as some biographical and bibliographical information.

Marshall Leggett - An illustrator with a small online portfolio of illustrations from children's stories.

Madeleine L'Engle

The Madeleine L'Engle WWW Resource - A fan page that includes good links to articles, interviews, and reviews.

The Madeleine L'Engle Fan Homepage - Includes a list of the author's works.

The Wheaton College Gopher - Biographical information and finding aids describing the Madeleine L'Engle Papers housed at Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections.

Lois Lenski - The archival collections at UNC Greensboro.

Into the Wardrobe - A World-Wide Web page for C.S. Lewis and Narnia fans.

Alt.books.cs-lewis - A Usenet newsgroup.

Patricia Lillie - A website by an author of picture books, graphic designer, and typographer. The information about her books is on the page called My Other Life.

Jack London - A huge archive of his writings, as well as photos and documents related to his life.

Maud Hart Lovelace - The Betsy-Tacy Homepage - Information about the books, the characters, and their world.

Mary E. Lyons - A writer of several books for young people is now hosting her own page.