Organizations
American Library Association
National Council of Teachers of English
International Reading Association
The Children’s Book Council
The Author’s Guild
Graphic Arts Guild
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Children’s Literature Network
Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
Reading Rockets
Useful sites for professional development
The Purple Crayon, A Children’s Book Editor’s Site
Kathy Schrock School House
Discovery School
Authors and illustrators in our region
Debora Allie
Sheri Amsel
Jennifer Armstrong
Mary Jane Auch
Karen Beil
Robin Brickman
Joe Bruchac
L. D. Campbell
Joseph Bruchac
Nancy Castaldo
Liz Chipman
Dale Christopher (son of Matt Chistopher)
Bruce Coville
Katie Davis
Cynthia deFelice
Diane DeGroat
Peter DeWitt
Jennifer Donnelly
Debbi Michiko Florence
John Steven Gurney
Laura Hamor
Daniel Hayes
Bruce Hiscock
Jennifer Holm
Sylvie Kantorovitz (aka Wickstrom)
Rose Kent
Patrice Kindl
London Ladd
Thomas Locker
Daniel J. Mahoney
Peter Marino
Matt McElligott
Marlene Newman
Coleen Paratore
Linda Sue Park
James Preller
Jacqueline Rogers
Alexandra Siy
Carol Parenzan Smalley
Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Tanya Lee Stone
Kyra Teis
Leyla Torres
Erica Pelton Villnave
Bonnie A. Wayne
Jane Yolen
Liz Zunon