Authors & Illustrators

Learn about your favorite authors and illustrators!

Author and Illustrator Webpages
Authors and Illustrators on the Web, a page developed by the Bridge Elementary School Library, is a list of links to author and illustrator homepages. An excellent website!

Award-Winning Books
Learn about different literary awards -- why they are given, when they are given, and what books have won. Click on the award title for more information.

• The Caldecott Medal
  Awarded annually by the American Library Association to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book published in America.
  

• The Newbery Medal
  Awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the book that is the most signficant contribution to children's literature.
  
  

• The Coretta Scott King Award
  Awarded annually by the American Library Association to an African-American author and an African-American illustrator for their outstanding contributions to children's literature.
  

• The Pura Belpré Award
  Awarded annually by the American Library Association to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work "best celebrates and portrays the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children."

• The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
  This award, in honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder, is presented by the American Library Association to an author or illustrator "whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."
• The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
This American Library Association medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published in English.