Stephanie Campisi
Stephanie Campisi is an Australian author living in the US. Her picture books to date include the Kirkus-starred Ugly Dumpling, Luis and Tabitha, Very Lulu, and Five Sisters. Quacks Like a Duck is her fifth book, and it combines two of her very favorite Aussie things: platypuses and pavlovas.
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Kelley M Likes
Kelley M Likes is a wife and mother of five spectacular children, who loves writing and creating stories to share with children and teens. She's a retired T6 certified teacher. She has a knack for storytelling, lesson plans, and curriculum development. She's a mini-stroke survivor and brain tumor host.
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Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Rita Lorraine Hubbard is the author of Hammering for Freedom: The Willism Lewis Story, which won the Lee & Low Books New Voices Award and was a Junior Library Guild selection. She also wrote a number of nonfiction books for adults, and she runs the children's book review site Picture Book Depot. She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Kevin Henkes
Kevin Henkes is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Two of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Year of Billy Miller in 2014. His picture book Waiting was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book. It was only the second time any author has won that combination of awards.
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Mem Fox
Merrion Frances Fox is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still gives seminars and lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Extremely popular works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, in the United States in his lifetime, include The Song of Hiawatha in 1855 and a translation from 1865 to 1867 of Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow educated. His originally wrote the "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline." From New England, he first completed work of the fireside.
Bowdoin College graduated Longefellow, who served as a professor, afterward studied in Europe, and later moved at Harvard. After a miscarriage, Mary Potter Longfellow, his first wife, died in 1835. He first collected Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841).
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Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lives in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.
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Michelle Knudsen
I'm the New York Times best-selling author of more than 50 books for young readers for all ages, including the award-winning picture book Library Lion, which was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Children's Books of All Time. My other books include the picture book Marilyn's Monster (NPR's Best Books of 2015) and the novels The Dragon of Trelian (VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers) and Evil Librarian (YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults; Sid Fleischman Humor Award Winner). My newest book is LUIGI, THE SPIDER WHO WANTED TO BE A KITTEN (a new picture book with the wonderful Kevin Hawkes, published 3/5/2024). Next up will be INTO THE WILD MAGIC, a new middle grade fantasy novel coming August 2025.
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Laura Joffe Numeroff
Laura Joffe Numeroff is the NYT best-selling author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies/Daddies Do Best and Raising a Hero. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Pratt Institute. Laura grew up as the youngest of three girls, surrounded by art, music, and books. An avid animal lover, Laura has always wanted to write a book about service dogs. She now lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Kelly Bingham
Kelly Bingham is the author of the award-winning novel Shark Girl as well as Z Is for Moose, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. Recipient of an MFA in writing for children and young adults, Kelly Bingham lives in Georgia.
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Angela DiTerlizzi
Angela DiTerlizzi is a mom, wife, and author who loves writing books for children. Her picture books include Some Pets, Some Bugs, Baby Love, and Just Add Glitter. She and her husband, bestselling author/illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, reside with their daughter in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Keith Baker
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Keith Baker lives in Seattle. He has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books for young children, including the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas; 1-2-3 Peas; Little Green Peas; Hap-pea All Year; LMNO Pea-quel; My Octopus Arms; and No Two Alike. -
Kate Hosford
Kate Hosford is the author of six picture books and two poetry collections, garnering awards such as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Her books have been published in eight languages. She is a graduate of Amherst College and Vermont College of Fine Arts where she earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her most recent picture book, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY CHICKADEE was published by Chronicle in April, 2024.
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Saadia Faruqi
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author, essayist and interfaith activist. She writes the children’s early reader series “Yasmin” published by Capstone and other books for children, including middle grade novels “A Place At The Table” (HMH/Clarion 2020) co-written with Laura Shovan, and “A Thousand Questions” (Harper Collins 2020). She has also written “Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage from Pakistan” a short story collection for adults and teens. Saadia is editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry and prose, and was featured in Oprah Magazine in 2017 as a woman making a difference in her community. She resides in Houston, TX with her husband and children.
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Drew Daywalt
Ever since his childhood in one of Ohio’s most haunted houses, writer director Drew Daywalt has been writing escapist fantasy and building worlds of his own. With a degree in Creative Writing, and a concentration in Children’s Literature from Emerson College in Boston, Daywalt set off to Hollywood where he spent years writing for Disney and Universal on such beloved shows as Timon & Pumba, Buzz Lightyear, and Woody Woodpecker, and where his animated series The Wacky World of Tex Avery garnered an Emmy nomination.
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His first trip into live action landed him studio screenwriting and feature film directing work with such Hollywood luminaries as Quentin Tarrantino, Lawrence Bender, Tony Scott, Brett Ratner and Jerry Bruckheimer.
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Kelley M Likes
Kelley M Likes is a wife and mother of five spectacular children, who loves writing and creating stories to share with children and teens. She's a retired T6 certified teacher. She has a knack for storytelling, lesson plans, and curriculum development. She's a mini-stroke survivor and brain tumor host.
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EDUCATION:
Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) in Media and Technology
Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Business Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration
Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Marketing and Management
MEMBER:
SCBWI
Storyteller Academy
Visit her personal website @ www.kelleymlikes.com
Recovering Codependent - find her journey @ www.inheritedcodependency.com
In her free time, she is the CEO of Likes Skincare - learn more @ www.Like -
Elaine Vickers
Elaine Vickers lives with her husband and three kids in Southern Utah, where she writes books and teaches college chemistry. She always wanted to be a writer and a teacher, except when she wanted to be an architect, an artist, a pediatrician, a judge, or a famous actress. Visit her at elainevickers.com.
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Traci Sorell
Best-selling author and Cherokee Nation citizen Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. In 2023, she shares Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series, a Kirkus Reviews starred nonfiction picture book biography illustrated by Arigon Starr, and Mascot, a middle grade fiction novel-in-verse co-authored with Charles Waters. Traci is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree for her nonfiction work. Her first five books have received awards from the American Indian Library Association. Learn more at www.tracisorell.com.
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Bluey
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Half of a Yellow Sun, which was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Best of the Best” award; Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck and the essays We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. Her most recent work is an essay about losing her father, Notes on Grief, and Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, a children’s book written as Nwa Grace-James. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the Unit
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Make Believe Ideas
We bring amazing-quality books to families around the world at an accessible price point.
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Established in 2004, Make Believe Ideas has been creating exciting children’s books for over fifteen years. Growing in size and expertise every year, we publish into a multitude of languages and foster relationships with incredible collaborators around the world.
Our books are translated into over 40 languages!
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Natalie Horseman
Natalie Horseman is a passionate storyteller and nurse with nearly two decades of expertise in child and family development. Drawing from her background in healthcare, Natalie combines her knowledge of resilience, compassion, and personal growth with her love for writing. Her work spans from empowering stories of strength and overcoming adversity to playful, imaginative tales that spark curiosity in young readers. Whether guiding individuals through life's toughest moments or captivating children with lighthearted adventures, Natalie believes in the transformative power of storytelling to inspire and connect. Through her words, she encourages readers of all ages to embrace their inner strength and explore the world with wonder.
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Jane Calame
Jane Calame is a childcare professional with almost 20 years experience in the field. She is presently working as a PreKindergarten teacher in her native city of San Francisco. The daughter of two environmentalists, sustainability and the natural world have been her passions from an early age. As an educator she hopes to teach and inspire future generations to live with an eco-conscious mindset as well. In her free time Jane enjoys: gardening, hiking, biking, taking the bus to museums, lounging around with her two cats, drinking tea, and playing Scrabble with her family.
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