Authors
To discover which authors are favorites of my studentsy, check out Our Favorite Authors . You just might decide to give one of these authors a try yourself! If you know of a good author web site, please email it to me. My email address is at the bottom of this page.
Author Resources
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Poets' Corner If you're searching for poems by a particular poet, try this wonderful site.
Literary Locales "Picture links to the lives and writings of famous authors." Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages This site contains an extensive, alphabetized listing of links to authors and illustrators of works for young adults.
Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Reach Out & Touch An Author
More Authors and Poets . . .
Louisa May Alcott Page
Judy Blume's Home Base
Ray Bradbury Online
Virtual Emily (Dickinson)Dickinson I wonder what Miss Dickinson would say if she knew her poems were being posted on the web for the whole world to read??? Also, visit Emily Dickinson on the Web
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1830 - 1882: A Guide to Resources on Transcendentalism and Emerson
About Washington Irving
Louis L'Amour . . .
"I think of myself in the oral tradition -
as a troubadour, a village tale-teller,
the man in the shadows of the campfire.
That's the way I'd like to be remembered -
as a storyteller. A good storyteller."
Louis L'Amour. . . A Fan's Tribute . . . Louis L'Amour was not just a good storyteller; he was a great storyteller. His novel Bendigo Shafter is a wonderful novel about the settling of the west and a terriffic read!!!
Jack London
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Author of "Anne of Green Gables"
Explore Cyber Tour: Edgar Allan Poe and learn about this literary critic, poet, father of the modern detective story, and master of the macabre. Edgar Allan Poe's "House of Usher" and National Park Brochure
J. K. Rowling
Dr. Seuss
For fans of Theodor Geisel, here's a link;
And that makes me, stop and think,
If you want a child to love to read
A book by Dr. Seuss is all you'll need."
The Life and Times of Henry D. Thoreau
Cynthia Voight
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series
Last updated: May 25, 2006
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