Celebrating January Authors

Many authors and illustrators have touched our minds and hearts. One way to celebrate them is to introduce or revisit their contributions on their birthdays.

This list will remind you of authors you already love and, ideally, introduce you to a few you haven’t encountered yet. You’ll find titles to interest all ages. Check them out from your local or school library, or click the Amazon links. (Chapter Book=C, Early Chapter Book=EC, Picture Book=P, Nonfiction=NF)

January 3—J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit—C

The Lord of the Rings—C

January 4—Jacob Grimm

Grimms’ Fairy Tales—C

January 4—Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Shiloh—C

January 5—Lynne Cherry

The Great Kapok Tree—P

January 11—Robert C. O’Brien

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH—C

January 12—Jack London

The Call of the Wild—C

January 12—Charles Perrault

The Tales of Mother Goose—P

Perrault’s Fairy Tales—C

January 13—Michael Bond

Paddington Bear—P

January 16—Marla Frazee

The Farmer and the Clown—P

The Boss Baby—P

Boot & Shoe—P

Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages—P

Roller Coaster—P

January 16—Kate McMullan

I Stink!—P

January 18—A. A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh—C

The House at Pooh Corner—C

January 19—Maribeth Boelts

Those Shoes—P

A Bike Like Sergio’s—P

Kaia and the Bees—P

January 22—Rafe Martin

The Rough-Face Girl—C

January 23—Katharine Holabird

Angelina Ballerina—P

January 26—Jules Feiffer

Bark, George—P

Meanwhile . . .—P

January 27—Lewis Carroll

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass—C

January 28—Vera B. Williams

A Chair for My Mother—P

“More More More,” Said the Baby—P

Cherries and Cherry Pits—P

January 29—Bill Peet

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head—P

Big Bad Bruce—P

January 29—Rosemary Wells

Bunny Cakes—P

Noisy Nora—P

Lincoln and His Boys—C

January 30—Lloyd Alexander

The Book of Three—C

January 30—Polly Horvarth

Everything on a Waffle—C

The Trolls—C

The Night Garden—C

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