children's literature authors

I have found some pretty informative websites on different children's authors. Of course there is always google to help you. I have googled and found sites like http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/child_lit/authors/ and http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai.html. Wikipedia is another website that can give you a general idea of what your particular author is about. Barnes and Nobles website is another source that is good to look up certain books your author has written. Chapter 1 of the Living Literature textbook explains how important it is for teachers to inspire their students to read. One quote in the book stated that books are significant tools for learning and I strongly believe that is true. Without books the scientists and famous explorers wouldn't have made their greatest discoveries that had made them famous without books of previous knowledge to guide them. Another thing the book mentioned that really struck me was that all children can learn and that the processes of learning never stop for students or teachers. Everyone has the ability to learn and there is the old saying that even an old dog can learn a new trick. It is every teachers' goal to not only teach the students how to read, but to inspire them to want to read. That is something that takes some ingenuity and creativity to make reading fun for the children. Learning should be fun for everyone. Books teach a person about responsibility, culture, other lands and countries, and different people. Without the knowledge of books and the authors who wrote them we would not be able to learn from past mistakes and of the morals and values that those books preach.