April Birthdays of Children’s Authors and Illustrators

02–Hans Christian Andersen

03–Washington Irving

04–Maya Angelou

05–Richard Peck

05–Anthony Horowitz 

06–Graeme Base 

08–Trina Schart Hyman

09–Margaret Peterson Haddix

10–Martin Waddell 

11–April Pulley Sayre

12–Beverly Cleary

12–Gary Soto

13–Marguerite Henry

15–Jacqueline Briggs Martin

16–Garth Williams

16–Gertrude Chandler Warner

18– Leigh Hobbs

19–Javaka Steptoe 

20–Mary Hoffman

21–Barbara Park

22–Wendy Mass

22–Paula Fox

22–Eileen Christelow

23–P.L. Travers

23–William Shakespeare

25–George Ella Lyon

26–Patricia Reilly Giff 

27–Ludwig Bemelmans

27– Nancy Shaw

28–Lois Duncan

28–Amy Hest

28–Harper Lee

29–Amy Krouse Rosenthal

29–Nicole Rubel

29–Jill Paton Walsh

(Is there an author or illustrator with a birthday in March you would like me to add? Let me know. If there is an official website, please include that in your e-mail. Did I get a date wrong, or you do have an official website, or the link is broken? Please let me know that too.)