MY ACCOUNT | MY BOOKS
Treasury of Great Children's Books Logo

Browse

Authors & Illustrators

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.

Sort by in order.
advanced search

Al Capp

Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li’l Abner. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an’ Slats and Long Sam. He won the National Cartoonists Socie... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1909 - 1979

Details »

Catherine Capp

Catherine Wingate Cameron Capp was married to Al Capp. She attended Boston Museum of Fine Arts and was a professional artist. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, plea... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1909 - 2006

Details »

Martha Ward Carey

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
Editor
Translator

Lived:
1837 - 0 B.C.

Details »

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Ernestine Moller Gilbreth, Mrs. Carey (April 5, 1908 – November 4, 2006) was an American author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1908 - 2006

Details »

Eric Carle

Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children’s books. He is most famous for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a picture book with few words that has been translated into more than 50 languages. Since i... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.

Details »

Milton Carleton (Dr. Reginal Milton Carleton)

Dr. Reginal Milton Carleton was a horticulturist, author and columnist. He cofounded the American Horticultural Society and wrote more than 1,000 articles and published 17 books on horticultural topics. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of ... View More

Type:
Author
Editor

Lived:
1899 - 1986

Details »

Natalie Savage Carlson

Natalie Savage Carlson was an American writer of children’s books. She published her first story at age 8 on the children’s page of the Baltimore Sunday Sun. For “The Family Under the Bridge,” she was a runner-up for the 1959 ... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1906 - 1997

Details »

Nancy White Carlstrom

Nancy White Carlstrom is an American author. She has written more than 50 books for children. She draws inspiration from 18 years of living in Alaska, volunteer experiences in Africa and Haiti, and raising her two sons.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1948 - 0 B.C.

Details »

Carl Carmer

Carl Lamson Carmer was an American author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and novels. He wrote 37 books, and was considered one of America's most popular writers during the 1940s and 1950s.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1893 - 1976

Details »

Frances Carpenter

The daughter of travel writer Frank G. Carpenter with whom she traveled, Frances Carpenter made the photographs that illustrated his works. She published a series of collections of folktales, including Tales of a Russian Grandmother, which were very ... View More

Type:
Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler

Lived:
1890 - 1972

Details »

Mrs. Comyns Carr (Mrs. J. W. Comyns Carr)

Alice Vansittart Comyns Carr, née Strettell, was a British costume designer. She was known as Mrs. J. W. Comyns Carr.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1850 - 1927

Details »

Donald Carrick

Author and illustrator Donald Carrick was born in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 8, 1929. He studied in Spain, at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the Vienna Academy of Art, and started his career as a portrait and landscape painter. He was a... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1929 - 1989

Details »

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-G... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1832 - 1898

Details »

Walter Carroll

Walter Carroll was an English composer, music lecturer and author. He composed a substantial body of educational original piano pieces for children learning the piano.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1869 - 1955

Details »

Clive H. Carruthers

Clive Harcourt Carruthers 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.... View More

Type:
Translator

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

Details »

Guy Wetmore Carryl

Guy Wetmore Carryl (March 4, 1873 – April 1, 1904) was an American humorist and poet.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1873 - 1904

Details »

Charles E. Carryl

Charles Edward Carryl (December 30, 1841 – July 3, 1920) was an American children’s literature author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1841 - 1920

Details »

Robert Carse

We do not have any information about this artist. Please contact us if you recognize the artist.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1902 - 1971

Details »

Michael Cart

An author and librarian, Michael Cart has written a biography of Walter R. Brooks, the creator of Freddy the Pig, and Mr. Ed.

Type:
Author
Editor

Lived:
1941 - 0 B.C.

Details »

Harry Graham Carter

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
Translator

Lived:
1901 - 1982

Details »

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required