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Here are the top 2,100 authors and 1,000 illustrators from the whole heritage of children’s literature. And also the top Editors, Translators, and Compilers.

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A. Y. D.

This may have been Anne Yeomans Doxley. She was a friend and contemporary of Randolph Caldecott’s wife. We have not yet found a reliable biography or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please ... View More

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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Verna Aardema

Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen, best known by the name Verna Aardema, was an American writer of children's books. Her book Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears won the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1976.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1911 - 2000

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Salomon and Joseph Abbey (S. or J. Abbey)

Salomon van Abbé and Joseph van Abbé were two brothers who signed their work Abbey. The dates given are for Salomon who also used the name C. Morse. He was born in Amsterdam and was an artist, etcher and illustrator of books and magazin... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1883 - 1955

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Elenore Plaisted Abbott

Born in Lincoln, Maine, Elenore Plaisted Abbott studied under Howard Pyle. She was one of the many illustrators of books and magazines in the first half of the twentieth century. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have... View More

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Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1875 - 1935

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Donald Abbott

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Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Moreton Abbott

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott was an American author of children’s books, best known for his ‘Rollo’ and ‘Franconia’ series of stories.

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Author

Lived:
1803 - 1879

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Harriette Sheffer Abels

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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Kathleen Adams

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Compiler

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Sherred Willcox Adams

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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Henry Brooks Adams

Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and member of the Adams political family. He descended from two U.S. Presidents. His posthumously published memoir, The Education of Henry Adams, won the Pulitzer Prize.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1838 - 1918

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Andy Adams

American author Andy Adams lived as a real cowboy and gold miner. Then he wrote seven books.

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Author

Lived:
1859 - 1935

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Charles Marshall Adams

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1907 - 1990

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Adrienne Adams

Adrienne Adams was a children’s book illustrator as well as an artist and author of children’s books. She won the Caldecott Honor twice.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1906 - 2002

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Richard Adams

Richard George Adams was an English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down. He studied modern history at the university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterward he completed his studies and then joined the Britis... View More

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Author

Lived:
1920 - 2016

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George Adamson

Born in the Bronx George Worsley Adamson studied in England and spent his career there as a cartoonist and illustrator.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1913 - 2005

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Doris Adelberg (Doris Orgel)

Doris Adelberg was born in Vienna, Austria. She married Shelley Orgel. She currently lives in New York City and is a full-time children’s author.

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Author

Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.

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Janeen R. Adil

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Author
Editor

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Elmer Adler

Elmer Adler founded Pynson Printers in New York, producing exacting high-end work. He also founded The Colophon, a quarterly journal for book collectors. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you coul... View More

Type:
Editor

Lived:
1884 - 1962

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Irving Adler

Irving Adler was an author, mathematician, scientist, political activist and educator. He was the author of 57 books (some under the pen name Robert Irving) about mathematics, science, and education, and the co-author of 30 more, for both children an... View More

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Author

Lived:
1913 - 2012

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