Category
page 1American children's poets

Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010.
Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
L. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919)

John Greenleaf Whittier
American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

Shel Silverstein
American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930-1999)
Nikki Giovanni
American poet, writer and activist
Jacqueline Woodson
American children's writer and novelist (born 1963)
James Whitcomb Riley
American poet from Indianapolis (1849–1916)
Eugene Field
American writer (1850-1895)
Judith Viorst
American writer

Rachel Field
American novelist, poet, and children's author (1894–1942)
Sarah Bradford
American head teacher, writer and biographer (1818–1912)
Francisco X. Alarcón
American poet and faculty at the University of California, Davis (1954-2016)
Josephine Pollard
Hymn writer and poet (1834-1892)

Laura E. Richards
American writer (1850-1943)
Paul Fleischman
American children's writer, novelist, poet, playwright

Lilian Moore
American writer (1909–2004)