Illinois Authors

Browndeer Press/Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1999.

Poems recount the stories of fourteen girls, some of whom later became famous, who performed acts of daring, determination, and heroic courage at a young age.

HarperCollins, New York : ©1991.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet with names of early American patchwork quilt patterns and explains the origins of the designs by describing the activity or occupation they derive from.

Dorling Kindersley, London : 1999.

DK Pub., New York : 2001, ©1999.

While showing her grandfather all the things, from A to Z, that she has brought with her to spend the night, a little girl suddenly realizes that she forgot one important item.

Harcourt, Orlando : 2007.

Scholastic Inc., New York : 1999, ©1998.

A girl takes delight in all the things she and her feet do throughout the day.

Melanie Kroupa Books, New York : 2003.

When Little Monkey says good night to the performers in the big top tent, he creates a circus act of his own.

Holiday House, New York : ©2004.

Iguana, Conejo, Tortuga, and Culebra are excited about having a spring party, but only Iguana is willing to do any of the work. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used.

Macdonald, London : 1987, ©1985.

Scholastic, New York : ©1992.

Shadows are alive, climbing, spinning, swooping, and stretching with everything around them during the bright sunny day but when night falls ... the shadows disappear.

Ready-to-Read Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 2001.

Although their actions sometimes seem silly to their sensible neighbor, Sadie and Samuel enjoy their nonsensical lives.

Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati, Ohio : ©2009.

Writing picture books is not easy. Picture books are a unique form of writing with a large audience of 2- to 8-year-olds, and they must appeal to both the adult purchaser and the child listener/reader. They are generally 32 pages long and must be tightly focused and told partly through illustrations. And novice picture book writers make a lot of mistakes--and get a lot of rejections from publishers flooded with inappropriate manuscripts. From this book these writers will learn the writing and revision process that will lead them to creating more salable picture book manuscripts.