Gayhead Elementary School

Authors of Books for Students in Primary Grades

This list is constantly being updated. Some authors are already linked to websites and others are provided to guide your selection of good authors for this age group. Eventually, all authors listed will be linked to an online resource. Enjoy! 

• Marc Brown: Interactive games and lesson plan ideas for Arthur books.
• Jan Brett: an endless supply of ideas and activities
• Eric Carle's Official Website: A great place to learn about authors and their techniques
• Clifford: Read-alongs, offline activities and coloring sheets.
• Joanne Cole's Magic Schoolbus homepage and games to download
• Dr. Seuss: Enter into Suessville with games and activities
• Jan Thornhill: View information on her books, how she makes her illustrations, and explore her "museums-in-a-bag"-items that she takes along when she visits schools.
• Pat Hutchins' stories features the popular character named Titch.
• Stan & Jan Berenstain: Authors of the Berenstain Bears Activities, interactive books, email replies from characters and videos.
• Robert Munsch: Poetry, photos, audio clips, response projects from students
• Audrey and Don Wood: Printables, directions by kids, biographies, Q & A's
• Beatrice Potter's Peter Rabbit: Audio clips, greeting cards, and playground
• Arnold Lobel: Teacher Resource File; also a Teacher Cyberguide on Frog and Toad Are Friends
• Lio Lionni: Literature based lesson plans, resources and biographies
• Mem Fox: Biographical information, lesson ideas and book reviews
• Kevin Henkes: resources from the Internet School Library Media Center
• Bill Martin, Jr.
• Barbara Park, author of Junie B. Jones books
• Jerry Pollatta
• Peggy Rathman
• Laura Numeroff: Lesson plans for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie from Kiddyhouse
• Rosemary Wells
• Margaret Wise Brown
• Verna Aardema Teacher Resource File
• Molly Bang
• Tomi dePaola
• Betsy Lewin
• Margaret Rey, author of Curious George books
• Marcus Pfister Teacher Resource File
• Charlotte Zolotow
• http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/k2chilit.htm