Maine Authors and Illustrators
In 2013, a long-time dream of Ashley's was realized when money was raised to install two sets of his sea glass panels in the Islesford Congregational Church. Around that time, a group of island friends and some members of Ashley's family got together and decided it was time to do more to make sure that Ashley's legacy would continue for generations to come.
official website of children's book author-illustrator Matt Tavares
Gary Urey is the author of The Super Schnoz children's book series
Dahlov Ipcar, painter, artist, illustrator, author, has written and illustrated more than thirty books for children and young adults including "The Cat at Night" and "My Wonderful Christmas Tree."
Barbara Cooney is the illustrator of "When the Sky Is Like Lace," a children's picture book written by Elinor Lander Horwitz.
Angeli Perrow is a Maine author of children's books. Her published works include Captain's Castaway, Sirius the Dog Star, and Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue.
E. B. White, the author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. E.B.
In THANKS TO THE ANIMALS, by Allen Sockabasin, Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to the deep woods for the winter, traveling on a big bobsled pulled by big horses.
By Elizabeth Kennedy Robert McCloskey, the author and illustrator of a number of award-winning children's picture books, occupies an important position in our family. My husband's family is from Maine. All of the children in the widespread family must be introduced to Maine even before they visit.