Children's Book Links

This is a list of links to other children's books sites on the web

Sites about Children's Books
Illustrators' Sites

Sites about Children's Books

ACHUKA

This United Kingdom based children's books site covers everything from toddler's board books to teenage novels. The site is independent (it doesn't belong to a publisher or a bookshop) and has a selection of news, reviews and interviews with leading children's authors as well as a blog.
It used to be THE best children's book's site on the web, however a revamp in 2003 resulted in a lot of the site's best material being taken off-line. However, it's still an excellent site and well worth a visit.

Word Pool

This UK-based site has lots of useful information including reviews, author profiles and advice for aspiring author's and illustrators. Its main shortcoming is a lack of graphics and illustrations (even book covers).

Mrs Mad's Book-a-rama

Another good UK-based children's books site with a searchable database containing lots of in-depth reviews.

Author Hotline

Aimed chiefly at schools, this site is a resource of author, illustrator and poet profiles.

Books Unlimited - Children and Teens

This is the children's literature section of the UK Guardian and Observer Newspapers' web site . It's a bit difficult to find your way around and it's rather unimaginatively presented - but there are many interesting articles, interviews and reviews.

The UK Top 20 Children's Chart

The top 50 best-selling children's books in the UK (updated weekly).

The Publishers Weekly Children's Best-seller Lists

The top 10 best-selling children's fiction and picture books in the US (updated weekly).


Illustrators' Sites

Here are a some sites belonging to illustrators I've worked with.
The UK Children's Books site feature links to many more author and illustrator sites.

Poly Bernatene

The Argentinian illustrator of The Santa Trap. Make sure you check out Poly's blog, where he posts samples of his beautifully detailed artwork.

Do You Mind If I Knit

The blog of Mole illustrator, Vanessa Cabban.
Vanessa also has a site featuring her fine art here.

Caroline Jayne Church

The illustrator of Leaf Trouble, A Mouse Inside the Marmalade and A Turtle in the Toilet.

Steve Cox

The illustrator of Pigs Might Fly and several hideously complicated pop-ups.

Rebecca Harry

The illustrator of the Ruby Books.

Bada Bling

Curtis Jobling, the illustrator of Dinosaurs After Dark is also the designer behind the animated series Bob the Builder and Frankenstein's Cat.

Mark Oliver

The illustrator of Tom's Clockwork Dragon.

Andy Parker

The illustrator of the Captain Comet books


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