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Here are the top 2,100 authors and 1,000 illustrators from the whole heritage of children’s literature. And also the top Editors, Translators, and Compilers.

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Anthea Peppin

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys FRS was an administrator of the navy of England and a Member of Parliament. He is most famous for the diary that he kept while a young man.

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Author

Lived:
1633 - 1703

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Victor Pérard (Victor Semon Pérard)

Victor Pérard was an internationally known illustrator and painter. He was born in Paris in France and immigrated to the United States. He painted landscapes and illustrated books. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1870 - 1957

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Thomas Percy

Thomas Percy was Bishop of Dromore, County Down, Ireland. He collected and republished ballads.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1729 - 1811

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Victoria F. C. Percy (Victoria Frederica Caroline Percy)

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Author

Lived:
1859 - 1920

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Raymond Perlman

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Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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William Perlmutter

William Perlmutter is an academic administrator who has worked at Kent State University and Saint John’s University, Collegeville. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information you could share with u... View More

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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E. G. Perman

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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault (January 12, 1628 – May 16, 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. Th... View More

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Author

Lived:
1628 - 1703

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Haydn Perry

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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Powell Perry

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Roland Pertwee

Roland Pertwee (17 May 1885 – 26 April 1963) was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He wrote a number of works of juvenile fiction, most prominently the The Islanders series, which serves up typical Boy... View More

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Author

Lived:
1885 - 1963

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John Peter

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Clinton Peters

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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Michael Petersham (Miska Petersham)

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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Maud Petersham

Maud Fuller Petersham (August 5, 1890 – November 29, 1971) and Miska Petersham (September 20, 1888 – May 15, 1960) were American writers and illustrators who helped set the direction for illustrated children’s books as we know them ... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1971

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Miska Petersham

Maud Fuller Petersham (August 5, 1890 – November 29, 1971) and Miska Petersham (September 20, 1888 – May 15, 1960) were American writers and illustrators who helped set the direction for illustrated children’s books as we know them ... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1888 - 1960

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Florence Peterson

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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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John Peterson

John Lawrence Peterson was an American author of children’s books. He was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania and attended Pratt Institute before volunteering and serving as a paratrooper of the 11th Airborne Division in World War II. Peterson was a... View More

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Author

Lived:
1924 - 2002

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David Pether

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Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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