Great Authors of Children's Literature

by Wendy Mass

Profiles the lives and innovative work of the following popular A. A. Milne, C. S. Lewis, E.B. White, Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, Maurice Sendak, and Judy Blume.

112 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Wendy Mass is the author of thirty novels for young people, including A Mango-Shaped Space, which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award, Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, the Willow Falls, Space Taxi and Candymakers series. Wendy wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season. She tells people her hobbies are hiking and photography, but really they're collecting candy bar wrappers and searching for buried treasure with her metal detector. Wendy lives with her family in New Jersey.

Reviews

[Whitney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finally finished finished this great overview of classic kids' book authors. It features brief and interesting biographies and beautiful, stirring quotes from and about them. I used about a dozen book darts just on the excellent and well-chosen quotes.

Thank you, Wendy Mass! This book could have read like homework but was instead a great pleasure.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Patterned off of Plutarch's Lives of notable Romans, this is a collection of short bios of some of the world's greatest authors writing for children. Quick and easy read.