Celebrating February Authors

Many authors and illustrators have touched our minds and hearts. One way to celebrate them is to introduce or revisit their contributions on their birthdays.

This list will remind you of authors you already love and, ideally, introduce you to a few you haven’t encountered yet. You’ll find titles to interest all ages. Check them out from your local or school library or click the Amazon links. (Chapter Book=C, Early Chapter Book=EC, Picture Book=P, Nonfiction=NF)

February 2—Judith Viorst

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day—P
• Lulu and the Brontosaurus—EC

February 4—Russell Hoban

• Bread and Jam for Frances—P

February 4—Deborah Hopkinson

• Titanic: Voices From the Disaster—NF
• Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen—NF
• The Story of a Story—P, NF (If you haven’t already read this, we highly recommend it for writing workshop or Work on Writing inspiration.)
• A Letter to My Teacher—P
• Steamboat School—P

February 5—David Wiesner

• The Three Pigs—P
• Flotsam—P
• Mr. Wuffles!—P

February 7—Ed Vere

• Max the Brave—P
• How to Be a Lion—P

February 10—Lucy Cousins

• I’m the Best—P
• Hooray for Fish!—P
• Maisy Goes to the Library—P

February 10—E. L. Konigsburg

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler—C

February 11—Jane Yolen

• Owl Moon—P
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?—P
• The Scarecrow’s Dance—P
• Commander Toad in Space—EC

February 11—Mo Willems

• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!—P
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale—P
• Leonardo, the Terrible Monster—P
• Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs—P
• City Dog, Country Frog—P
• I Love My New Toy!—P
• Because—P
• Cat the Cat, Who Is That?—P

February 12—Judy Blume

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing—C
• Freckle Juice—C

February 12—Jacqueline Woodson

• Before the Ever After—C
• The Day You Begin—P
• The Other Side—P
• Each Kindness—P

February 14—Phyllis Root

• Looking for a Moose—P
• Anywhere Farm—P

February 14—Paul O. Zelinsky

• Rumpelstiltskin—P
• Rapunzel—P
• The Wheels on the Bus—P

February 15—Norman Bridwell

• Clifford (series)—P

February 20—Tana Hoban

• Look Book—P
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes—P
• Over, Under and Through—P

February 21—Jim Aylesworth

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears—P
• The Gingerbread Man—P
• Old Black Fly—P
• The Mitten—P

February 27—Uri Shulevitz

• Snow—P
• Chance: Escape from the Holocaust—NF

February 28—Megan McDonald

• Judy Moody (series)—C
• Stink (series)—C

February 28—Bill Thomson

• Chalk—P
• Fossil—P
• The Typewriter—P

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