Our family celebrated over 340 author and illustrator birthdays when I was a stay-at-home dad. Please use the calendar to plan your own celebrations in your home, classroom, or library!
| - January - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 2 | 3 Lisa Wheeler J.R.R. Tolkien Chris Soentpiet |
4 Katie Davis Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Jonathan Stutzman |
5 Lynne Cherry Drew Daywalt |
6 Wendelin Van Draanen | 7 Aaron Zenz |
8 Floyd Cooper |
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10 Remy Charlip Victoria Jamieson |
11 Brian Floca |
12 Iza Trapani Jarrett Lerner |
13 Theodore Taylor III Angie Karcher |
14 |
15 Dianne de Las Casas Shaun Tan |
| 16 Kate McMullan Laura Rankin Rebecca Stead Marla Frazee |
17 Janet Stevens |
18 Raymond Briggs Katie Kath A.A. Milne |
19 Pat Mora |
20 Tedd Arnold Merrill Rainey |
21 |
22 Blair Lent Brian Wildsmith |
| 23 Katharine Holabird |
24 Matthew Winner |
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26 Jules Feiffer Ashley Wolff Shannon Hale | 27 Alan Gratz Harry Allard Lewis Carroll |
28 Vera B.Williams Ann Jonas |
29 Rosemary Wells Bill Peet |
| 30 Anne Drozd Tony Johnston |
31 Denise Fleming Gerald McDermott Bryan Collier |
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| - February - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Jerry Spinelli |
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| 2 Judith Viorst |
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4 Russell Hoban Deborah Hopkinson |
5 David Wiesner |
6 |
7 Deb Lund |
8 Anne Rockwell |
| 9 Matt de la Peña |
10 Stephen Gammell Mark Teague Lucy Cousins E.L. Konigsburg |
11 Jane Yolen Mo Willems |
12 David Small Judy Blume |
13 Simms Taback Carole Boston Weatherford Terry Fan |
14 Brian Lies Phyllis Root Stephen Savage Paul O. Zelinsky |
15 Norman Bridwell |
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17 Michael McCurdy |
18 Barbara Joosse Pamela Zagarenski Karen Beaumont Gloria Adams |
19 John Bemelmans Marciano Jen Corace Jeff Kinney |
20 |
21 Jim Aylesworth Mike Wu John Lewis |
22 Elisha Cooper Edward Gorey |
| 23 Walter Wick Heather Fox |
24 Peter Brown Kevan Atteberry Matthew Holm Rainbow Rowell |
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26 Judith St. George |
27 Uri Shulevitz Jeff Smith |
28 Lemony Snicket Mike Curato Bill Thomson |
29 Susan L. Roth |
| - March - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Jessica Kensky |
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| 2 Dr. Seuss Leo Dillon |
3 Suse MacDonald Susan Stevens Crummel Mike Lester Patricia MacLachlan |
4 Dav Pilkey David A. Carter Peggy Rathmann |
5 Roger Roth Mem Fox |
6 Chris Raschka Lynne Avril |
7 Jane Dyer |
8 Penny Parker Klostermann Allison Black Robert Sabuda |
| 9 Harry Bliss Brian Biggs |
10 Jack Kent |
11 Ezra Jack Keats Jonathan London |
12 Carl Hiaasen Virginia Hamilton |
13 Joanna Marple Georgette Noulett Rachel Renee Russell Diane Dillon Carter Higgins |
14 Michelle Houts Marc Tyler Nobleman Katherine Roy Salina Yoon |
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| 16 Peter H. Reynolds James Warhola Charles Santore |
17 Chris Van Dusen Keith Baker Wendell Minor |
18 |
19 Steve Light Virginia Wright |
20 Bill Martin Jr. Louis Sachar Lois Lowry |
21 David Wisniewski Peter Catalanatto |
22 James Patterson Jen Wang |
| 23 Jonathan Bean |
24 |
25 Kate DiCamillo Linda Sue Park |
26 Jerry Pallotta |
27 Ame Dyckman Blythe Russo |
28 Doreen Cronin |
29 Brendan Wenzel Eric VanRaepenbusch Tom Hannah Debbi Ridpath Ohi Erin Dealey |
| 30 Katie O'Neill |
31 Julie Falatko |
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| - April - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Tad Hills Jan Wahl |
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| 2 Sally Cook Ethan Long |
3 Sandra Boynton |
4 Maya Angelou Lindsay Leslie |
5 Kathy Ellen Davis |
6 Jerdine Nolen Graeme Base |
7 Donald Carrick |
8 Trina Schart Hyman Kazu Kibuishi |
| 9 Cale Atkinson Josh Funk Diana Murray |
10 David A. Adler Wendy Anderson Halperin Elise Parsley Martin Waddell |
11 April Pulley Sayre |
12 Beverly Cleary Gianna Marino Timothy Young Gary Soto |
13 Chris Riddell |
14 Susanna Leonard Hill Robert Lopshire |
15 Emma J. Virjan |
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17 Jane Kurtz Melissa Ivey-Staehli Marcie Colleen Jillian Tamaki |
18 Mitchell Sharmat |
19 Jon Agee Javaka Steptoe |
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21 Denise Dufala Barbara Park |
22 Eileen Christelow Ellen Oh |
| 23 Dana Simpson |
24 Lori Mitchell Loren Long Lindsay Bonilla |
25 Stuart J.Murphy Alvin Schwartz George Ella Lyon |
26 Renee LaTulippe Drew Brockington |
27 Ludwig Bemelmans Jamie L.B. Deenihan |
28 Amy Hest |
29 Amy Krouse Rosenthal Ron Roy Nicole Rubel |
| 30 Janet Morgan Stoeke Barney Saltzberg Lita Judge |
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| - May - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Daniel Kirk Janie Reinart Ingrid Law |
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| 2 Boris Kulikov Jeff Mack Allison Taylor |
3 Pete Seeger |
4 Rod Campell Don Wood |
5 Leo Lionni Matt Phelan Scott Westerfeld |
6 Deborah Freedman Barbara McClintock Nicole Kronzer |
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8 Gerda Klein |
| 9 Roger Hargreaves |
10 Bob Shea |
11 Peter Sis Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
12 Jennifer Armstrong Betsy Lewin |
13 Rescue (service dog from Rescue and Jessica) |
14 Eoin Colfer |
15 Kadir Nelson |
| 16 Adam Rex Bruce Coville Margret Rey |
17 Grace Lin Gary Paulsen |
18 Lillian Hoban |
19 Arthur Dorros Elise Primavera |
20 Dan Yaccarino Mary Pope Osborne Ruth Chan Kristy Caldwell |
21 Jeremy Tankard |
22 Arnold Lobel |
| 23 Margaret Wise Brown |
24 Candace Fleming Julie Hedlund Diane DeGroat Jeri Chase Ferris |
25 Joyce Carol Thomas Sophie Cayless |
26 Raina Telgemeier |
27 Chris Colfer |
28 Chad Sell |
29 Alex Rodgers Andrew Clements |
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31 Will Hillenbrand |
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| - June - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Edith Hope Fine Lauren Castillo |
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| 2 Paul Galdone Norton Juster |
3 Anita Lobel |
4 Joyce Sidman Aaron Reynolds Ben Hatke |
5 Richard Scarry Carol Wulff Rick Riordan Julie Rowan-Zoch |
6 Cynthia Rylant Gareth Hinds |
7 Nikki Giovanni |
8 Julia Cook Judy Sierra Barry Gott Patrick Downes Christina Soontornvat |
| 9 Molly Idle |
10 Maurice Sendak |
11 Laura Vaccaro Seeger Meg Medina Robert Munsch Stuart Gibbs |
12 Sheila McGraw |
13 |
14 Bruce Degen Tom Lichtenheld |
15 Loreen Leedy Jess Keating Brian Jacques |
| 16 Jennifer Holm |
17 Marie-Louise Gay |
18 Pat Hutchins Chris Van Allsburg Angela Johnson |
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20 Wendie Old Vicki Stracensky Steve Johnson |
21 Tara Lazar Julie Rubini Mike DeSantis Robert Kraus |
22 Michael Hall |
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24 Jean Marzollo Leslie Patricelli Matt Forrest Esenwine Kathryn Lasky |
25 Eric Carle |
26 Charlotte Zolotow Travis Foster |
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28 Adam Lehrhaupt |
29 Janet Tashjian |
| 30 David McPhail |
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| - September - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Jim Arnosky |
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| 2 Margarita Engle Chris Grabenstein |
3 Anita Silvey Aliki Jenny Han | 4 Syd Hoff Mike Wohnoutka |
5 Paul Fleischman Roxie Munro |
6 Tony DiTerlizzi |
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8 Jack Prelutsky Jon Scieszka Max Brallier |
| 9 Mildred Pitts Walter |
10 Betsy Snyder |
11 Carmen Agra Deedy Matthew Cordell Anthony Browne Stephen Tako |
12 Jeffrey Ebbeler Rob Buyea Eileen Ryan Ewen |
13 Roald Dahl Lou Fancher Mildred D. Taylor |
14 John Steptoe William H. Armstrong |
15 Tricia Springstubb Tomie dePaola Robert McCloskey |
| 16 H.A. Rey Charise Mericle Harper Karen Katz |
17 Hope Larson |
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19 Andrea Cheng Tim Miller |
20 Michael J. Rosen Arthur Geisert |
21 Matthew Reinhart Rebecca Colby |
22 Esphyr Slobodkina |
| 23 Jake Burt |
24 Wilson Rawls |
25 Andrea Davis Pinkney Shel Silverstein James Ransome Jenn Harney |
26 Bob Staake |
27 G. Brian Karas Diane Muldrow Paul Goble Bernard Waber |
28 Joe Sutphin |
29 Stan Berenstain Faith Erin Hicks |
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| - October - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Akiko White Brian P. Cleary |
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| 2 David Diaz Dan Santat |
3 Marilyn Singer Melissa Gijsbers |
4 Susan Meddaugh Robin Glasser Donald J. Sobol |
5 David Shannon Oliver Jeffers Gene Zion |
6 Lori Degman |
7 Andrea Beaty Susan Jeffers |
8 Faith Ringgold R.L. Stine Mike Thaler Karma Wilson |
| 9 Stacey Schuett |
10 James Marshall Nancy Carlson Robert D. San Souci Daniel San Souci |
11 Tess Hannah Becca Stadtlander Russell Freedman |
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13 Minh Lê |
14 E.E. Cummings Elisa Kleven |
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| 16 Peter McCarty Edward Ardizzone Kayla Miller |
17 Christopher Myers |
18 Eugene Yelchin |
19 Ed Emberley B.B. Swann Philip Pullman Dan Gutman |
20 Crockett Johnson Nikki Grimes Matthew Loux |
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22 Florence Minor |
| 23 Daniel Salmieri Laurie Halse Anderson Lincoln Peirce Gordon Korman |
24 Monica Brown |
25 Lori Richmond Stephanie Tolan |
26 Eric Rohmann Steven Kellogg David LaRochelle |
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28 Michelle Berg |
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| 30 Eric A. Kimmel |
31 Katherine Paterson Doreen Rappaport |
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| - November - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Nicolasa Mohr Hilary Knight |
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| 2 Alyssa Satin Capucilli Lisa J. Amstutz |
3 Janell Cannon |
4 M.T. Anderson Rick Yancey |
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6 Lothar Meggendorfer |
7 Maria Carluccio Yuyi Morales |
8 Stephen R. Swinburne |
| 9 Lois Ehlert Pat Cummings |
10 Neil Gaiman |
11 Meghan McCarthy |
12 Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Renata Liwska (name day) Tammi Sauer |
13 Jez Alborough Ryan T. Higgins |
14 William Steig Nancy Tafuri |
15 Maira Kalman Daniel Pinkwater |
| 16 Barbara Reid |
17 Marilyn Sadler Christopher Paolini |
18 Jim Averbeck Charlie Eve Ryan |
19 Margaret Musgrove |
20 Marion Dane Bauer |
21 Mary Jane Auch |
22 Josh Alves Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 23 Marc Simont Abby Cooper Lauren Tarshis |
24 Miranda Paul |
25 Marc Brown P.D. Eastman |
26 Charles Schultz |
27 Kevin Henkes Bill Nye |
28 Ed Young Chris Gall Tomi Ungerer Sergio Ruzzier |
29 Jon Klassen Colleen Kessler Shutta Crum C.S. Lewis |
| 30 Mark Twain |
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| - December - Children's Author and Illustrator Birthdays |
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| 1 Jan Brett Randall de Sève |
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| 2 David Macaulay Andrea Zimmerman |
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4 Matt Tavares |
5 Jason Chin |
6 Jason Reynolds |
7 Lee Harper Kevin Sylvester |
8 Henry Cole |
| 9 Jean de Brunoff Hannah Holt |
10 Emily Dickinson Cornelia Funke |
11 Patricia Newman William Joyce |
12 Jerzy Drozd Adam Watkins Barbara Emberley |
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| 16 Quentin Blake David Catrow E.B. Lewis |
17 James Dean Raúl Colón |
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19 Eve Bunting |
20 Lulu Delacre |
21 Susan Pearson Don Tate Nancy Tillman |
22 Jarrett Krosoczka Jerry Pinkney |
| 23 Keiko Kasza Tanya Lee Stone Avi |
24 Mary Higgins Clark Sharon G. Flake |
25 Pam Muñoz Ryan Anna Dewdney |
26 Cece Bell |
27 Erin E. Stead Laura Gehl |
28 Ethan Murrow |
29 Divya Srinivasan Phil Bildner |
| 30 Mercer Mayer |
31 Cynthia Leitich Smith Margery Cuyler Vita Murrow Marcy Campbell Noelle Stevenson |
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