Celebrating January Authors
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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)
January 3—J. R. R. Tolkien
January 4—Jacob Grimm
January 4—Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shiloh—C
January 5—Lynne Cherry
January 11—Robert C. O’Brien
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH—C
January 12—Jack London
January 12—Charles Perrault
January 13—Michael Bond
January 16—Marla Frazee
Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages—P
January 16—Kate McMullan
I Stink!—P
January 18—A. A. Milne
January 19—Maribeth Boelts
January 22—Rafe Martin
January 23—Katharine Holabird
January 26—Jules Feiffer
January 27—Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass—C
January 28—Vera B. Williams
“More More More,” Said the Baby—P
January 29—Bill Peet
How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head—P
January 29—Rosemary Wells
January 30—Lloyd Alexander
January 30—Polly Horvarth
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