Mrs. Poole's Favorite Authors and Illustrators
David Adler, Cam Jansen series
Frank Asch, Bread and Honey, Milk and Cookies, Sand Cake
Ben Baglio, Animal Ark series
Marion Dane Bauer, On My Honor, Runt
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline series
Judy Blume, Fudge series, Freckle Juice
Paulette Bourgeois, Franklin series
Jan Brett, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, Christmas Trolls, The Mitten
Norman Bridwell, Clifford series
Jeff Brown, Flat Stanley series
Marc Brown, Arthur series
Eve Bunting, Turkey for Thanksgiving, Night Tree, Nasty Stinky Sneakers
Meg Cabot, Allie Finkle series
Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Busy Spider
Matt Christopher, Baseball Pals, Catch that Pass, sports series
Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby series, Dear Mr. Henshaw
Andrew Clements, School Story, Frindle
Sharon Creech, Ruby Holler, Walk Two Moons, Love that Dog
Donald Crews, Freight Train, Shortcut
Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy, The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Debbie Dadey, Bailey School Kids series
Roald Dahl, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach
Paula Danziger, Amber Brown series
Carmen Deedy, The Library Dragon, The Last Dance, The Yellow Star
Cynthia DeFelice, Devil's Bridge, The Dancing Skeleton, The Ghost of Fossil Glen
Judy Delton, Pee Wee Scouts series
Tomie dePaola, Strega Nona series, Bill and Pete series
Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux
Sue Denim (Dav Pilkey), The Dumb Bunnies series, Captain Underpants series
Mem Fox, Time for Bed, Koala Lou
Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves, My Side of the Mountain
Patricia Reilly Giff, Polk Street School series
Margaret Peterson Haddix, The Hidden, 39 Clues series, Found, Sent
Mary Downing Hahn, All the Lovely Bad Ones, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, mysteries and ghost stories
Kevin Henkes, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum
Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day, Peter's Chair
Peg Kehret, The Hideout, My Brother Made Me Do It, Danger at the Fair
Steven Kellogg, The Island of the Skog, Best Friends, Pinkerton series
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Lester Laminack, Saturdays and Teacakes, The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins
Jack London, The Call of the Wild, White Fang
Jonathan London, Froggy series
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars, Anastasia series
Ann Martin, The Babysitters Club series, Belle Teal, A Dog's Life
Megan McDonald, Judy Moody series
Robert Munsch, Stephanie's Ponytail, Wait and See, Purple, Green and Yellow, The Paperbag Princess
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh series, The Boys Start the War, The Girls Get Even
Laura Numeroff, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin
Mary Pope Osborne, Magic Tree House series
Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia series
Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones series, Mick Harte was Here
Gary Paulsen, Hatchet, Lawn Boy, Danger on Midnight River
Bill Peet, Huge Harold, Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure
Patricia Polacco, Thunder Cake, Chicken Sunday, Thank You, Mr. Falker
Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit series
H.A. Rey, Curious George series
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter series
Ron Roy, A to Z Mysteries
Cynthia Rylant, When I Was Young in the Mountains, Henry and Mudge series, Poppleton series, Mr. Putter and Tabby series
Louis Sachar, Holes, Marvin Redpost series, Sideways Stories series
Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Nate the Great series
Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Lemony Snicket, The Series of Unfortunate Events series
Chris Soentpiet, Silver Packages, More Than Anything Else, Dear Santa, Please Come to the 19th Floor
Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee, Stargirl, Eggs
William Steig, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor DeSoto
R.L. Stine, Goosebumps series
Mike Thaler, The Black Lagoon series
Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express, Jumanji, The Wretched Stone, Zathura
Bill Wallace, Snot Stew, Trapped in Death Cave, A Dog Called Kitty
Gertrude Chandler Warner, Boxcar Children series
Rosemary Wells, Max and Ruby series, McDuff series
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie series
Audrey and Don Wood, Heckedy Peg, Rude Giants, The Napping House