Alexander Bunyip, created by children's author and illustrator Michael Salmon, first appeared in print in The Monster That Ate Canberra in 1972, Alexander Bunyip went on to appear in many other books and a live-action television series, Alexander Bunyip's Billabong.

* Sara Cone Bryant ( born 1873 ), the author of various children's book in the early 20th century

* 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English children's author

Theodor Geisel, better known as children's author Dr. Seuss, was a member of the class of 1925.

In April 2006, Jones recorded the single " Your Personal Penguin ", written by children's author Sandra Boynton, as a companion piece to her new board book of the same title.

Lewis, a children's author and Christian, preferred the traditional Father Christmas because of his clear connection with the Christian holiday of Christmas.

* The Gauntlet ( 1951 ), a children's book by English author Ronald Welch

Henry Mayhew was the great-grandfather of Audrey Mayhew Allen ( b. 1870 ), author of a number of children's stories published in various periodicals, and of a book Gladys in Grammarland, an imitation of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland books.

Terence Blacker, a profitable English publisher ( who helped publish Kosiński's books ) and author of children's books and mysteries for adults, wrote in his article published in The Independent in 2002: " The significant point about Jerzy Kosiński was that ... his books ... had a vision and a voice consistent with one another and with the man himself.

* 1885 – Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and children's author ( d. 1942 )

* 1877 – May Gibbs, Australian children's author ( d. 1969 )

She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.

The Katzenjammer Kids was inspired by Max and Moritz, a children's story of the 1860s by German author Wilhelm Busch.

Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919 ) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Mitchell's two favorite children's books were by author Edith Nesbit: Five Children and It ( 1902 ) and The Phoenix and the Carpet ( 1904 ).

* 1940 – Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.

* 1880 – Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author ( d. 1960 )

Eastman, American children's author and screenwriter ( d. 1986 )

* 2005 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author ( b. 1923 )

* 1924 – Donald Sobol, American children's author ( d. 2012 )

* 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese children's author

* 1938 – William Corlett, English children's author ( d. 2005 )

* Quagmire family, a principal family in the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by American author Lemony Snicket

* 3-William Steig, 95, American cartoonist and children's author ; creator of Shrek.

* Rhea Tregebov ( b. 1953 ), Canadian poet and children's author

Mary is cheery and gay when her husband comes home in the evenings, and the children's bed-time is frequently preceeded by a session of happy, family rough-housing.

Enid Mary Blyton ( 11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968 ) was a British children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.

The children's book Ten Mile Day by Mary Ann Fraser tells the story of the final, record setting push by the Central Pacific in which they set a record by laying of track in a single day on April 28, 1869 to settle a $ 10, 000 bet.

Individual Poles, both clerical and secular, also offered various forms of aid to the Jewish people. For example, the children's section of Żegota led by Irena Sendler saved 2, 500 Jewish children with cooperation of Polish families and the Warsaw orphanage of the Sisters of the Family of Mary, Roman Catholic convents such as the Little Sister Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary Conceived Immaculate.

Their daughter, Mary, is the composer of Once Upon a Mattress and an author of children's books.

Mary Rodgers ( born January 11, 1931 ) is an American composer of musicals and an author of children's books.

* Dee Wallace as Mary, the children's mother, recently separated from her husband.

He wrote " The Father of a Boy Named Sue ", in which he tells the story from the original song from the father's point of view, and the 1962 song " Boa Constrictor ", sung by a man who is being swallowed by a snake ( recorded by the folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary ) although it is now better known as a children's playground chant.

* Mary Q. Steele, Newbery Honor-winning children's author

One of her best-known film roles was that of Winifred Banks, the children's mother, a suffragette, in Mary Poppins ( 1964 ).

Black was born as Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois, in suburban Chicago, the daughter of Elsie Mary ( née Reif ), a writer of several prize-winning children's novels, and Norman Arthur Ziegler.

In the late 19th and early 20th century a small number of American and British artists made their living illustrating children's books, like Rose O ' Neill, Arthur Rackham, Cicely Mary Barker, Willy Pogany, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Howard Pyle, or Charles Robinson.

Wings released a children's song, " Mary Had a Little Lamb ", as its next single, which reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom.

* Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Mary Treadgold, We Couldn't Leave Dinah

* Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Mary Norton, The Borrowers

The Magic Tree House series is an award-winning series of children's books written by American author Mary Pope Osborne.

Mary Pope Osborne ( born May 20, 1949 ) is an American children's book author.

" Before her death, Mary Tudor expressed deep regret about her role in the study and maintained that Wendell Johnson should have done more to reverse the negative effects on the orphan children's speech.

After a few false starts as a straight actress she played Tom Thumb's mother in the 1958 children's film, and during the 1960s found new fame when she took over the leading role of Mary Dale in the BBC's long-running daily radio soap, The Dales, formerly Mrs Dale's Diary.

Charles Lamb ( 10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834 ) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb ( 1764 – 1847 ).

Philip Hinchcliffe later remarked, " I always felt that Mary Whitehouse thought of Doctor Who as a children's programme, for little children, and it wasn't.

Mary Adelaide began devoting her life to charity, serving as patron to Barnardo's and other children's charities.