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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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Irene Burns

Born in Boston, Massachuetts, Irene Burns has been an illustrator, teacher and sculptor.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1924 - 0 B.C.

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Burmah Burris

Burmah Hall Burris taught at the University of Texas. Her illustrations appeared in Harper’s and other national magazines. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, p... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1910 - 2007

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Loretta Burrough

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Type:
Author

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

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Elizabeth Burrows

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Type:
Author

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

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Katharine Newlin Burt

Katharine Burt homesteaded the Bar BC Ranch near Moose, Wyoming, along with her writer husband Maxwell Struthers Burt. She lived in Jackson Hole most of her life, spending summers there after her retirement to Southern Pines, North Carolina. She was ... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1882 - 1977

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Virginia Lee Burton

Virginia Lee Burton (August 30, 1909 – October 15, 1968), also known by her married name, Virginia Demetrios, was an American illustrator and children’s book author. She both wrote and illustrated seven children’s books, including t... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1909 - 1968

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Hester Burton

Hester Burton, née Wood-Hill, produced eighteen books for children. Many were illustrated by Victor Ambrus. In 1963 she was won the Carnegie Medal.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1913 - 2000

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Richard Francis Burton

Richard Francis Burton was a soldier, explorer, author, translator and diplomat. He made a journey to Mecca and Medina, translated The Thousand Nights and a Night, explored central Africa and reported on the war in Paraguay.

Type:
Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler

Lived:
1821 - 1890

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Laura Bush

Wife of George Walker Bush she served as first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1946 - 0 B.C.

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George Bush

Son of the 41st president of the United States, he was elected 43rd president in 2000.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1946 - 0 B.C.

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Robert William Buss

Robert William Buss was a British artist and engraver.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1804 - 1874

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Guy T. Buswell

We have not yet found a reliable biography or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.

Type:
Author

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

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William Butcher

A resident of Hong Kong, William Butcher has studied at Oxford and taught in Paris. He is a leading authority on Jules Verne, several of whose novels he has translated into English. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth (or year of death) of... View More

Type:
Translator

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

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Sydney Butchkes

Sydney Butchkes was an American artist, graphic designer, and art director. He served in World War II.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1920 - 2015

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William Mill Butler

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Type:
Author

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

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Ellis Parker Butler

Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story “Pigs Is Pigs”, in which a bur... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1869 - 1937

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Roger Butterfield (Roger Place Butterfield)

Roger Place Butterfield was an author, journalist and historian. 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:
1907 - 1981

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Ned Butterfield

Ned Butterfield is a graduate of the Pratt Institute Fine Arts Program. He has had a long career as a commercial artist and illustrator and now concentrates on seascapes and landscapes of Long Island’s south shore. We have not yet found a relia... View More

Type:
Illustrator

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

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Oliver Butterworth

Oliver Butterworth (May 23, 1915 – September 17, 1990) was an American children’s author and educator. Butterworth was born in Hartford, Connecticut and spent much of his life as a teacher, teaching at Kent School in Kent, Connecticut fro... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1915 - 1990

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Julia M. Buttree (Julia Moss Seton)

Julia M. Seton (nee Buttree) was an American author. She published extensively on Native American arts, crafts, and music. She was married to Ernest Thompson Seton.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1889 - 1975

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