Jane Yolen is going to kick off the Children’s Book Authors Everyone Should Know because she’s a favorite of mine and her remarkable collection of books means truly everyone should know this name. (Likely many of you do!)
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Jane Yolen
Website: https://www.janeyolen.com/
A Few Books
Jane Yolen is the author of over 400 children’s books. Yes, FOUR HUNDRED. It is astonishing really. She is one of the first author’s I fell in love with as a kid – so it is truly incredible that she is still producing beautiful books today, decade later.
She has shown up on a large number of booklists and storytime posts on My Storytime Corner in the past decade. Depending on the reader, I would recommend a variety of her books, however here are a more recent favorite and two of her most known to get you started.
Author or Book Study Ideas
Reading is enough, always! But if you want to do more with a newfound or familiar favorite, here are some ideas.
Ideas for Parents and Caregivers
- Go on a winter walk like in OWL MOON
- Read a huge collection of her stories and pick your favorites.
Ideas for Teachers and Classrooms
- Learn about poetry. Jane Yolen is first and foremost a poet. Her lyrical language sings in all of her books. Here are some of my favorite kids poetry books to get you started.
- Rank favorite books by Jane Yolen or favorite books in the Dinosaur series.
- She also has loads of teacher resources on her website.
Ideas for Librarians
- In the Small Pond Storytime featuring Dimity Duck
- Hoot Owl Storytime featuring Owl Moon
