Author Betsy Byars Dies: Newbery Medal winner Betsy Byars died on Feb. 26 at age 91 in South Carolina. Her first book, Clementine, was published in 1962 by Houghton Mifflin. She was awarded the Newbery [continue reading]
Obituary
Author Andrew Clements Dies
Author Andrew Clements Dies: Popular author of novels for tweens Andrew Clements died at age 70 on Nov. 28, 2019. Clements had been a middle school teacher early in his career, which inspired many of [continue reading]
Editor Richard Jackson Dies
Editor and Author Richard Jackson Dies: Children’s book editor Richard Jackson who later became an author has died at age 84. Authors he worked with included Judy Blume, Avi, Cythnia Rylant, Rosemary Wells, and Paula [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Mordicai Gerstein Dies
Caldecott Medalist Mordicai Gerstein Dies: Author/illustrator Mordicai Gerstein died on Sept. 24, 2019. He wrote and illustrated all types of children’s books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2003). [continue reading]
Lee Bennett Hopkins Dies
Lee Bennett Hopkins Dies at Age 81: Noted poet for children Lee Bennett Hopkins died in early August, 2019 from COPD. He is known for his many poetry anthologies for children (more than 120), using [continue reading]
Author Judith Kerr Dies
Author Judith Kerr Dies: Author of more than 30 books, Judith Kerr has died at age 95. She came to England in 1936 as a refugee from the Nazis. Her books include When Hitler Stole [continue reading]
Author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Dies
Author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Dies at Age 90: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, best-known as the creator of the “Nate the Great” series of beginning reader books, has dies at age 90. She wrote more than 130 [continue reading]
Author/Illustrator Tomi Ungerer Dies
Author/Illustrator Tomi Ungerer Dies: Noted picture book creator Tomi Ungerer died on Feb. 8, 2019 at age 87. His first book was The Mellops Go Flying (1957) about a family of unusual pigs. Other notable [continue reading]