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Grades K-2 Students:

Patricia Polacco

Award winning author and illustrator of over 115 children's picture books.

Brad Meltzer

Author of the biography series Ordinary People Change the World.

Mary Pope Osborne

Children's author best known for writing the Magic Tree House series.

Grace Lin

Award winning children's book author who lives here in Massachusetts!

Jon Scieszka

Award-winning children's book author guaranteed to make you laugh.

Fran Manushkin

Best known author of the Katie Woo early reader book series.

Kevin Henkes

Caldecott winning author/illustrator reads his beloved book Owen.

Aisha Saeed

Enjoy this read aloud book called Bilal Cooks Daal.

Grades 3-5 students:

Kate Messner

Former teacher, now author, shares an excerpt from her Ranger in Time historical fiction series.

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Award-winning author, reads her biography about the Williams sisters.

J. K. Rowling

Best-selling author of the Harry Potter series reading book 1 at the White House in 2010.

Dav Pilkey

Hilarious children's book author, best known for his Dog Man graphic novel series.

Lauren Tarshis

Reads 2 chapters from her I Survived series.

Grace Lin

Celebrated children's book author and illustrator.

Alane Adams

Enjoy this animated read aloud of a picture book about the circus.

Tom Watson

For all the Stick Dog and Stick Cat fans out there!

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Additional Author/Book Links to Explore:

Brad Meltzer: https://www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com/TV-and-Video/Storytime-Best-Videos

Magic Tree House Home Adventures: https://www.magictreehouse.com/go/

Grace Lin https://www.gracelin.com/

Kate Messner https://www.katemessner.com/

Fran Manushkin http://franmanushkin.com/

Lesa Cline-Ransome https://www.lesaclineransome.com/

Kevin Henkes https://kevinhenkes.com/

Harry Potter at Home https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

Aisha Saeed https://aishasaeed.com/

I Survived series https://www.laurentarshis.com/i-survived

Tom Watson-reads the entire Stick Dog book! https://stickdogbooks.com/the_author