Author and Illustrator Studies

Always use Teachingbooks (NYCDOE) when doing author studies!

PreK
Monica Wellington Read bio
Nancy Tafuri Read bio
Explore Denise Fleming

• Teaching books has a video interview

Kindergarten
Explore Mo Willems

• His bookpage interview!
• Don't let the Pigeon ride the bus ideas

Explore Dr. Seuss

• Audio file of The Cat in the Hat

Explore Mercer Mayer

• Sing-alongs

1st grade
Laura Ljungkvist
Nick Bruel

2nd grade
Arnold Lobel

• A nice biography

Anthony Browne
Gerald McDermott

3-5
Bruce Coville
Chris Van Allsburg
William Steig
Cynthia Rylant
Dav Pilkey
Dan Greenberg


6-8
Neil Gaiman
Joan Bauer
Jeff Smith