10 favorite children's book authors
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magidIn no particular order, since I wouldn't be able to rank them, anyway.
Diana Wynne Jones
Edward Eager
Joan Aiken
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Cynthia Voight
Ellen Raskin
Daniel Pinkwater
Joan Bauer
E. L. Konigsburg
Mildred Taylor
Some of these write light, funny books, some more serious ones, but all write wonderful books.
Why are so many of these authors women? Am I biased, or do more kid (sorry, young adult) books get written by women?
Oh, and Madeline L'Engle might've made it onto the list if she weren't so uneven: there are some of hers I love, and some I thought were just blah. Not to mention not so subtle religious undertones (that goes for C. S. Lewis, too).
[22:10 Addendum: I didn't include authors who have just one or two kid books in this list, so no Norton Juster, for instance, though The Phantom Tollbooth is absolutely wonderful.]
Diana Wynne Jones
Edward Eager
Joan Aiken
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Cynthia Voight
Ellen Raskin
Daniel Pinkwater
Joan Bauer
E. L. Konigsburg
Mildred Taylor
Some of these write light, funny books, some more serious ones, but all write wonderful books.
Why are so many of these authors women? Am I biased, or do more kid (sorry, young adult) books get written by women?
Oh, and Madeline L'Engle might've made it onto the list if she weren't so uneven: there are some of hers I love, and some I thought were just blah. Not to mention not so subtle religious undertones (that goes for C. S. Lewis, too).
[22:10 Addendum: I didn't include authors who have just one or two kid books in this list, so no Norton Juster, for instance, though The Phantom Tollbooth is absolutely wonderful.]