Authors+by+Grade+Level

  Favorite Authors by Grade Level Here is a list of favorite authors by grade levels. This is not an exhaustive list but it's a great place to start!


 * These are 2 great website to find lists of books by grade level and by genre:**

PBS Parents Book finder: http://www.pbs.org/parents/bookfinder/ BookAdventure: [|http://www.bookadventure.org]

||  **   Favorite Author Lists     ****  (3rd –5th) **  ||     Amy Axelrod Stan Berenstain Jan Brett <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Norman Bridwell (Clifford) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Marc Brown (Arthur) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Margaret Wise Brown <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Eric Carle <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Donald Crews <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Tomie DePaola <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Judi Delton (Pee Wee Scouts) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">P.D. Eastman <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Lois Ehlert <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Lisa Campbell Ernst <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Denise Fleming <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Don Freeman <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Kevin Henkes <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Tana Hoban <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Pat Hutchins <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Ezra Jack Keats <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Steven Kellogg <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Stephen Krensky (Arthur chapter books) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Theo LeSeig <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Helen Lester Arnold    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Lobel (Frog & Toad) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Jonathan London (Froggy) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">James Marshall <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Bill Martin Jr.    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Mercer Mayer <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Robert McClosky <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">David McPhail <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Else Minarik (Little Bear) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Robert Munsch <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Stuart Murphy <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Laura Numeroff Peggy Parish (Amelia Bedilia) Margie Palatini <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Bill Peet <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Marcus Pfister (Rainbow Fish) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Patricia Polacco <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Peggy Rathman <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Anne Rockwell <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Cynthia Rylant (Henry & Mudge, Mr. Putter & Tabby, High Rise Private Eyes) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Maurice Sendak <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Dr. Seuss <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">William Steig <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Rosemary Wells Mo Willems <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Audrey Wood <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Disney Print'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt">Harriet Ziefert      <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  ||   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> David Adler ( Cam       <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Jansen) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Lloyd Alexander <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Avi <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Natalie Babbitt <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Lynne Reid Banks (Indian in the Cupboard) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Judy Blume (Fudge) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Eve Bunting <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Betsy Byars Matt Christopher Beverly  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Cleary (Ramona, Mouse & Motorcycle) Debbie Dadey <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Roald Dahl Paula Danzinger Cynthia DeFelice Judy Delton (Pee Wee Scouts) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Franklin Dixon (Hardy Boys) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">John Erickson (Hank the Cowdog) Jonathan Etra (Aliens for...) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Sid Fleischman Patricia Reilly Giff Jean Craighead George Dan Greenburg (Zack Files) Dan Gutman (Baseball Card Adventures) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Margaret Peterson Haddix (Among the Hidden) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Mary Downing Hahn Bruce Hale (Chet Gecko) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">James Howe (Bunnicula) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Brian Jacques (Redwall) Will Hobbs Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew) Suzy Kline (Horrible Harry) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">E.L. Konigsburg Gordon Korman (Shipwreck) Kathryn Lasky <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">C. S. Lewis (Narnia Chronicles) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Lois Lowry (Anastasia) Ann M. Martin <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Anne Mazer (Amazing Days of Abby Hayes) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Joan Lowry Nixon <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Barbara Park (Junie B. Jones) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Christopher Paolini <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Peggy Parish (Amelia Bedelia) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Katherine Paterson <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Gary Paulsen Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">James Preller (Jigsaw Jones) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Phillip Pullman <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Wilson Rawls Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) Ron Roy (A to Z mysteries) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Cynthia Rylant (Henry & Mudge) Louis Sachar ( Wayside School       <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Jon Scieszka <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Lemony Snicket (Series of Unfortunate Events) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Donald Sobol (Encyclopedia Brown) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Jerry Spinelli R.L. Stine <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">J.R.R Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Bill Wallace Gertrude Chandler <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Warner (Boxcar Children) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">E.B. White <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Betty Ren Wright Lawrence    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">   Yep Jane Yolen || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Disney Print'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Disney Print'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">** Favorite Author Lists (K-2nd)  **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Disney Print'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Frank Asch