Some of my kids favorite websites to go back to again and again are the author sites. Many of their favorite authors and book have fabulous sites that include printable activities, online games, videos, facts about writing and much more. We’ve used many of the sites to begin Author Studies, explore features of the Internet, brain breaks and just for fun. They’re also a wonderful resource for teachers and often include lesson plans, activity ideas and questions to go along with their books.
Books and Characters:
Fancy Nancy
Junie B. Jones
Little Critter
Little Golden Books
Magic Tree House
Olivia
Peter Rabbit
Pinkalicious
Ramona
Authors
Jan Brett
Marc Brown
Eric Carle
Tomie dePaola
Mem Fox
Kevin Henkes
Ezra Jack Keats
Steven Kellogg
Jeff Kinney–Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Robert Munsch
Stuart J. Murphy
Laura Numeroff
Todd Parr
*Check out Todd Parr videos on his YouTube page.
Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants, etc.)
Patricia Pollaco
Jack Prelutsky
Shel Silverstein
Chris Van Allsburg (Jumanji, Polar Express, etc.)
Mo Willems
Audrey Wood
For older kids:
Roald Dahl
Neil Gaiman
Philip Pullman
Rick Riordan
JK Rowling
Jerry Spinelli