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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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Art Seiden

Art Seiden was an American illustrator of children’s books. He worked with many famous authors including Margaret Wise Brown. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1923 - 2004

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Ned Seidler

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Oskar Seidlin

Oskar Seidlin was an emigre from Nazi Germany first to Switzerland and then to the U.S. He taught German language and literature as a professor at Smith College, Middlebury College, Ohio State University, and Indiana University from 1939 to 1979. He ... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1911 - 1984

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George Selden

George Selden Thompson was an American author, who wrote under the pseudonym George Selden. He is best known for his 1961 book The Cricket in Times Square, which received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963 and a Newbery Honor.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1929 - 1989

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Jean H. Seligmann

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Type:
Author

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

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J. M. Selleger-Elout

Johanna Madeleine Selleger-Elout was a Dutch author. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1875 - 1957

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Henry Courtney Selous

Henry Courtney Selous was an English painter, illustrator and lithographer. He wrote children’s books under the pseudonyms of “Kay Spen” and “Auntie Kay.”

Type:
Author

Lived:
1803 - 1890

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Edmund Selous

Edmund Selous was a British ornithologist and writer. He produced works on ornithology and natural history, including a natural history series for children. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you c... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1857 - 1934

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Millicent Selsam (Millicent Ellis Selsam)

A lifelong New Yorker, Millicent Selsam has taught biology at the high school and college level. She authored over one hundred books for children, chiefly on scientific topics. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have a... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1912 - 1996

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Maurice Sendak

Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American illustrator and writer of children’s books. He became widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963. Born to Jewish-Polish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1928 - 2012

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F. M. Senior

Frank M. Senior was born in Scotland. He was a director of the Cox Engraving Company of New York City. He contributed the frontispiece for The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894). We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do y... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1849 - 1903

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Kate Seredy

Kate Seredy (1899–1975) was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children’s books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Medal once, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her books were written in E... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator
Translator

Lived:
1899 - 1975

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Robert W. Service

Robert William Service was a British-Canadian bank clerk and poet and writer. He wrote vivid descriptions of the Yukon and its people. He is most famous for his poems, among them The Shooting of Dan McGrew.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1874 - 1958

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Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton was a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His first wife was fel... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator
Editor

Lived:
1860 - 1946

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Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson

Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson was an American author and suffragist. She was married to Ernest Thompson Seton.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

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

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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss was a pseudonym used by the American writer and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991). He was most widely known for his children’s books. He had used the pen name Dr. Theophrastus Seuss i... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1904 - 1991

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Dr. Theophrastus Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel was a real person. He wrote under the pseudonyms of Dr. Seuss, Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, Theo LeSieg, and Rosetta Stone.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1904 - 1991

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Prudence Seward

Prudence Seward was born in London in 1926. After studying in Rome, she returned to London and worked as a freelance illustrator. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1926 - 0 B.C.

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Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell was an English novelist. She is best known for Black Beauty, one of the top ten best-selling novels for children ever written.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1820 - 1878

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Helen Sewell

Helen Sewell was a children’s book illustrator and author. She won a 1955 Caldecott Honor for The Thanksgiving Story and illustrated several Newbery Honor novels. Some of her papers were donated to the University of Minnesota.... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1896 - 1957

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