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June 16, 2007

Wanda Gag

Wanda Gag - Children's Book Illustrators site. Well written and sourced essay by Denise Ortakales.

June 25, 2007

Barbara Helen Berger Homepage

Barbara Helen Berger's homepage has a reasonably complete set of information about her, her books and what she is doing. And it is beautifully packaged. It's worth visiting just for the illustrations.

Kathleen Hale Wikipedia entry

Kathleen Hale's Wikipedia entry.

Kathleen Hale Gallery Site

Kathleen Hale's biography accompanied by a photo-essay of her life at the Redfern Gallery.

Gary Paulsen ISLMC site

Gary Paulsen's page at the Internet School Library Media Center

Gary Paulsen's Publisher Site

Gary Paulsen's site at the publisher Random House

Gary Paulsen interview at the NYPL

Gary Paulsen was interviewed at the New York Public Library July 9th, 2003.

Gary Paulsen TTLG profile

Gary Paulsen Author Profile at Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Daniel Carter Beard Wikipedia entry

Daniel Carter Beard's entry in Wikipedia.

D.P. Lathrop BPIP essay

A beautifully illustrated essay of D.P. Lathrop's work.

Virginia Lee Burton

Born August 30, 1909
Died October 15, 1968


Actually a pretty nice Viriginia Lee Burton site maintained by her publishers.

Through the Looking Glass's essay on Virginia Lee Burton.

A Virginia Lee Burton essay by Denise Ortakales; a well illustrated essay with key bibliographical information.

Virginia Lee Burton's Wikipedia entry.

An article in The Boston Globe, March 30, 2006 covering Dick Berkenbush (of Mike Mulligan fame).

Brief bio from the University of Oregon.

Cape Ann Historical Musuem background on the Folly Cove Designers.

Wikipedia entry on the Folly Cover Designers.


June 26, 2007

Robert McCloskey Wikipedia entry

Robert McCloskey's Wikipedia entry.

Robert McCloskey Ohioana Author entry

This is a very nicely organized site including all the basic information you would seek on Robert McCloskey including biography, bibliography, awards, etc., including an NPR MP3 file of an interview with the author.

Katherine Milhous essay

An essay on Katherine Milhous by Miranda Orso.

Katherine Milhous Wikipedia entry

Katherine Milhous Wikipedia entry.

Robert Lawson BPIP essay

A nicely illustrated essay on Robert Lawson courtesy of BPIP.

Robert Lawson Wikipedia entry

Robert Lawson's Wikipedia entry.

Louis Slobodkin de Grummond records

de Grummond Children's Literature Collection biographical entry for Louis Slobodkin.

Louis Slobodkin's Wikipedia entry

Louis Slobodkin's Wikipedia entry.

Louis Slobodkin Author's site

Now here is what an author's website ought to be. I don't who maintains it but it is worth a visit even if you are not, perhaps especially if you are not, familiar with Louis Slobodkin's work. Created and maintained by Carol Reid.

Louis Slobodkin blog entry at Rebecca Writes

An entry on the Rebecca Writes blog for Louis Slobodkin.

Lynd Ward

Lynd Ward's Wikipedia entry.

A short essay on Lynd Ward at Beaver Pond.

Georgetown University mounted an exhibit of Lynd Ward's work in 2001. Background essays and illustrations form the exhibit.

The University of Florida's Center for Children's Literature and Culture co-produced a brief essay on Lynd Ward, available in transcript or audio file at this site.

Ludwig Bemelmans fan site

Ludwig Bemelmans fan site, and a pretty professional one at that.

Ludwig Bemelmans - TTLG Profile

Ludwig Bemelmans author profile in the Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Marcia Brown de Grummond entry

The biographical entry for Marcia Brown at the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

Marcia Brown article

An article by Christine Hanson McKnight about Marcia Brown from the Spring 1996 edition of Albany Magazine.

Marcia Brown Wikipedia entry

Marcia Brown's Wikipedia entry.

Marcia Brown Research Room

Marcia Brown Research Room at the University at Albany in the State University of New York. The site has some biographical information as well as a couple of links to gallery displays of her work.

Marcia Brown Wikipedia entry

Marcia Brown's Wikipedia entry.

Margaret Wise Brown

An article in the October 29, 2008 New York Times that mentions a house in which Margaret Wise Brown once lived, From Another Time and Place by Penelope Green

A pretty well organized, content-rich site dedicated to Margaret Wise Brown. Constructed by Kyrstin Allen, Erin Joiner, Anna Lukes, Rachael Williams, and Amy Wright

Margaret Wise Brown's biographical sketch at the de Grummond Children's Literature collection.

Margaret Wise Brown's Wikipedia entry.

An author's profile of Margaret Wise Brown from Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Barbara Cooney article

An article by Barbara Cooney in March/April 1998 edition of Horn Book Magazine.

Barbara Cooney de Grummond

Barbara Cooney's biographical entry for the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

Barbara Cooney essay

A well illustrated and sourced essay on Barbara Cooney by Deinse Ortakales.

Barbara Cooney Publisher's site

A reasonably lengthy biographical essay on Barbara Cooney at Penquin.

Barbara Cooney TTLG author profile

Barbara Cooney's author profile at Through the Looking Glass Chilren's Book Review.

Barbara Cooney Wikipedia entry

Barbara Cooney's Wikipedia entry

Roger Duvoisin de Grummond entry

Roger Duvoisin's biographical essay for the de Grummond CHildren's Literature Collection.

Roger Duvoisin collection at Rutgers

Rutgers University has a signifcant collection and archive of Roger Duvoisin's work and this site presents a variety of resources and information by and about Duvoisin.

Roger Duvoisin Wikipedia entry

Roger Duvoisin's Wikipedia entry.

Ed Emberley author's site

Ed Emberley's author site. Bio, in-print bibliography, etc.

Ed Emberley TTLG profile

Ed Emberley's Author/illustrator profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Ed Emberley Wikipedia entry

Ed Emberley's Wikipedia entry.

Rachel Field Cranberry Isles author page

Rachel Field site with a couple of her obituary notices.

Rachel Field Wikipedia entry

Rachel Field's Wikipedia entry.

Rachel Field article

Rachel Field brief bio and good bibliography from the Waterboro Public Library.

Rachel Field article

Rachel Field brief bio and good bibliography from the Waterboro Public Library.

Berta & Elmer Hader de Grummond entry

Berta and Elmer Hader's biographical entry for the de Grummond Children's Literature collection.

Berta and Elmer Hader Wikipedia entry

Berta and Elmer Hader's Wikipedia entry.

Nonny Hogrogian de Grummond entry

Nonny Hogrogian's biographical entry in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

Nonny Hogrogian TTLG profile

Nonny Hogrogian's profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Nonny Hogrogian Wikipedia entry

Nonny Hogrogian's very brief Wikipedia entry.

Ezra Jack Keats de Grummond entry

Ezra Jack Keats' biographical entry in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

Ezra Jack Keats author site

Ezra Jack Keats' offial author site. Quite a good site with a lot of information and resources.

Ezra Jack Keats Wikipedia entry

Ezra Jack Keats' Wikipedia entry.

Ezra Jack Keats EPA entry

Ezra Jack Keats' biographical entry for the Educational Paperback Association.

John Langstaff

John Langstaff was also the director of the Christmas Revels as well and is commemorated by them at this site.

John Langstaff obituary

John Langstaff's obituary Boston Globe, December 14th, 2005

John Langstaff Wikipedia entry

John Langstaff's Wikipedia entry.

Robert Lawson BPIP essay

A Robert Lawson essay at BPIP, as always, beautifully illustrated.

Robert Lawson Wikipedia entry

Robert Lawson's Wikipedia entry.

William Lipkind Wipideia entry

William Lipkind's very brief Wikipedia entry.

Evaline Ness de Grummond entry

Evaline Ness' de Grummond Children's Literature Collection biographical sketch.

Evaline Ness Wikipedia entry

Evaline Ness' Wikipedia entry.

Evaline Ness' obituary

Evaline Ness' obituary in the August 14, 1986 New York Times.

Nicholas Mordvinoff Wikipedia entry

Nicholas Mordvinoff's minimalist Wikipedia entry.

Maud and Miska Petersham Wikipedia entry

Maud and Miska Petersham's Wikipedia entry.

Maud and Miska Petersham de Grummond entry

Maud and Miska Petersham's biographical note in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

Maud and Miska Petersham UM Collection

Maud and Miska Petersham collection in the Children's Literature Research Collection at the University of Minnesota.

Arthur Ransome BBC article

An article about the location of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of books.

Arthur Ransome Society

The Aruthr Ransome Society. Content rich site.

Arthur Ransome TTLG profile

A profile of Arthur Ransome in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Arthur Ransome Wikipedia entry

Arthur Ransome's Wikipedia entry.

Arthur Ransome article

An article about Arthur Ransome in the March 10, 2005 Guardian.

Arthur Ransome article

An article about travelling the area's of England in which Arthur Ransome set his stories. June 2, 2007, The Independent.

Feodor Rojankovsky Wikipedia entry

Feodor Rojankovsky's Wikipedia entry.

Feodor Rojankovsky

Feodor Rojankovsky entry - scroll down half the page.

Feodor Rojankovsky de Grummond

Feodro Rojankosky's de Grummonds Children's Literature Collection biographical entry.

Feodor Rojankovsky gallery

Feodor Rojankovsky - a brief biographical blurb but a nice collection of Rojankovsky's illustrations.

Alvin Tresselt

Alvin Tresselt's Wikipedia entry.

A brief biographical sketch of Alvin Tresselt at the Children's Literature Network.

James Thurber

James Thurber's entry at Books and Writers.

James Thurber Wikipedia entry

James Thurber's Wikipedia entry.

James Thurber interview

James Thurber interview in the Fall 1955 Paris Review.

James Thurber House

James Thurber House with good content.

James Thurber sites

A collection of websites related to James Thurber.

James Thurber article

An article about James Thurber in the December 7, 1995 edition of The Review.

Marc Simont publishers site

Brief biographical sketch of Marc Simont at HarperCollins.

Marc Simont article

An article by Marc Simont in the CBC Magazine.

Marc Simont Wikipedia entry

Marc Simont's relatively brief Wikipedia entry.

Marc Simont article

An article on Marc Simont in the March/April 2004 edition of Horn Book Magazine with illustrations by Simont.

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak's Wikipedia entry.

A good interview with Sendak from Homearts, Maurice Sendak: A Western Canon, Jr. Recovered through The Wayback Machine.

Maurice Sendak author profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

An essay on Maurice Sendak.

Maurice Sendak interview by PBS

A second Maurice Sendak interview with PBS.


Uri Shulevitz

Parent's Choice article on Uri Shulevitz.

Uri Shulevitz speech

Uri Shulevitz's 1998 acceptance speech, The Golden Kite Award.

William Steig author's homepage

William Steig's homepage.

Wiliam Steig TTLG profile

William Steig profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

William Steig Wikipedia entry

William Steig's Wikipedia entry.

Janice Udry Wikipedia entry

A very brief Janice May Udry entry in Wikipedia.

Leonard Weisgard

A very professional Leonard Weisgard author's homepage; very clean, well illustrated and with good content.

Leonard Weisgard entry at Fun All Aorund blog.

Leonard Weisgard blog entry

Leonard Weisgard entry at Fun All Aorund blog.

June 27, 2007

Karen Ackerman Wikipedia entry

Karen Ackerman's Wikipedia entry.

Leo & Diane Dillon fan site

Leo & Diane Dillon fan site with a brief background but many examples of their art work.

Leo & Diane Dillon TTLG profile

Leo & Diane Dillon profiled in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Leo & Diane Dillon WIkipedia entry

Leo & Diane Dillon's Wikipedia entry.

Richard Egielski

A reasonanly extensive and detailed essay on Richard Egielski's life and work.

Richard Egielski's very brief Wikipedia entry.

Donald Hall TTLG profile

Donald Hall's profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Donald Hall Wikipedia entry

Donald Hall's Wikipedia entry.

Donald Hall readings

Readings by Donald Hall from his work.

Gail E. Haley author's homepage

Gail E. Haley's homepage.

Margaret Hodges collection at University of Pitssburgh

Margaret Hodges collection at University of Pitssburgh. Biographical, award, and bibliographical information.

Margaret Hodges de Grummond entry

Margaret Hodges biographical entry at the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

Margaret Hodges Wikipedia entry

Margaret Hodges' Wikipedia entry.

Stephen Gammell Wikipedia entry

Stephen Gammell's Wikipedia entry.

Trina Schart Hyman essay

A beautifully illustrated essay on Trina Schart Hyman with plenty of links by Denise Ortakales.

Trina Schart Hyman TTLG profile

Trina Schart Hyman profile at Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Trina Schart Hyman Wikipedia entry

Trina Schart Hyman's Wikipedia entry.

Arnold Lobel Wikipedia entry

Arnold Lobel's Wikipedia entry.

Blair Lent Wikipedia

Blair Lent's brief Wikipedia entry.

Gerald McDermott Wikipedia entry

Gerald McDermott's WIkipedia entry.

Gerald McDermott, authors homepage.

Alice & Martin Provensen Wikipedia entry

Alice & Martin Provensen's Wikipedia entry.

Alice & Martin Provensen library entry

Alice & Martin Provensen entry at The Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

Alice & Martin Provensen CLN entry

Alice & Martin Provensen's Children's Literature Network entry.

Alice & Martin Provensen Wikipedia entry

Alice & Martin Provensen's Wikipedia entry

Peter Spier TTLG profile

Peter Spier's profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Peter Spier Wikipedia entry

Peter Spier's Wikipedia entry

Chris van Allsburg

Chris van Allsburg's Wikipedia entry.

The Chris van Allsburg author's homepage. Very artful.

An interview of Van Allsburg by the old Homearts site. Recovered through The Wayback Machine.

Arthur Yorinks

A brief biographical essay in Arthur Yorinks' capacity as a theater director.

Arthur Yorinks interview

An interview with Arthur Yorinks from Just One More Book!!

Arthur Yorinks Wikipedia entry

Arthur Yorinks' Wikipedia entry

Jane Yolen homepage

Jane Yolen's author's homepage.

Jane Yolen TTLG profile

Jane Yolen's Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review profile.

Jane Yolen Wikipedia entry

Jane Yolen's Wikipedia entry.

Jane Yolen interview

Jane Yolen interview by Lisa Horak in Book Page.

Jane Yolen interview

Extended interview with Jane Yolen by Raymond Thompson.

Margot Zemach biographical sketch

A biographical sketch of Margot Zemach including a bibliogrpahy.

Margot Zemach Wikipedia entry

Margot Zemach's Wikipedia entry.

June 29, 2007

Eve Bunting TTLG profile

Eve Bunting's Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review profile.

Eve Bunting Wikipedia entry

Eve Bunting's Wikipedia entry

Eve Bunting article

Article on Eve Bunting by Patricia Norman in California Kida!, October 2002

Mary Azarian homepage

Mary Azarian's homepage. I am in general a sucker for woodcut artwork and I love children's books. It's hard to beat the combination of a talented children's illustrator working in woodcuts then as illustrated in this wonderful homepage.

Mary Azarian TTLG profile

Mary Azarian profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review

David Diaz NCCIL profile

David Diazprofile at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.

Mary Azarian NCCIL profile

Mary Azarianprofile at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.

David Small

David Small's profile at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.



An article in the Grand Rapids Press, September 27th, 2009 by Terri Finch Hamilton, Profile: Illustrator, writer David Small.



A profile in Tha Grand Rapids Living, Profile: Illustrator, writer David Small by Terri Finch Hamilton, September 27, 2009

Ed Young NCCIL profile

Ed Young'sprofile at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.

Mary Azarian Wikipedia entry

Mary Azarian's Wikipedia entry.

David Diaz article

Thomson Gale article on David Diaz with a good bibliographical record.

David Diaz Wikiepedia entry

David Diaz's very brief Wikiepedia entry

David Diaz article

Biographical article on David Diaz with extensive bibliographical and reference lists.

Kevin Henkes homepage

Kevin Henkes' homepage.

Kevin Henkes TTLG profile

The Kevin Henkes profile in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Kevin Henkes Wikipedia entry

Kevin Henkes's Wikipedia entry.

Mordicai Gerstein homepage

Mordicai Gerstein's homepage with a nice section covering speeches and articles.

Mordicai Gerstein TTLG profile

A profile of Mordicai Gerstein in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review.

Mordicai Gerstein Wikipedia entry

Mordicai Gerstein's Wikipedia entry.

Mordicai Gerstein article

An article on Mordicai Gerstein in the The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

Mordicai Gerstein gallery

A nice collection of Mordicai Gerstein illustrations.

Norton Juster TTLG profile

A profile of Norton Juster in Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review

Norton Juster Wikipedia entry

Norton Juster's Wikipedia entry.

Norton Juster interview

An interview with Norton Juster.

Norton Juster interview

An interview with Norton Juster.

Norton Juster interview

A nice meaty interview with Norton Juster by Laura Miller at Salon.com

William Joyce publisher's site

William Joyce has a site at his publisher, HarperCollins, which is pretty decent compared to most publisher's sites.

William Joyce interview

William Joyce interview on CNN, September 29, 2000.

William Joyce homepage

William Joyce homepage.

William Joyce Wikipedia entry

William Joyce's Wikipedia entry

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