Any of you have a favorite children's author?

[Circling Turtle]

Roald Dahl, definitely. His books transcend the genre and are just as enjoyable whether you're eight, eighteen or eighty. Another favourite children's author of mine is Philip Ridley. His novels are complex and imaginative and since I was young I have admired his gift for revealing character through dialogue.

Two of my favourite books of all time were originally written for children: 'Peter Pan' by J. M. Barrie and 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

[Eric Morris]

I'll jump on the Roald Dahl bandwagon.

I'm also currently very big on Brandon Mull (Fablehaven, Five Kingdoms), Holly Black (Spiderwick Chronicles, Magisterium), and Neil Gaiman (Coraline, The Graveyard Book). These authors have limitless imagination and are a joy to just pick up and read. I trust that they will always deliver.

-- 01 Jun 2015, 20:51 --

John Flanagan writes good children books, if they are a bit older atleast. Around the age of about 12.

I forgot about this guy!!! The Ranger's Apprentice series is extraordinarily good. My two preteen boys agree!!!

[cap78]

Roald Dahl and Matt Christopher were favorites for me

[Jenn_W]

C.S. Lewis definitely, The Chronicles of Narnia are a big staple in my love of reading. It is the series that opened my mind to a whole world of imagination. Along with Peter Pan, by J.M Barrie. I also like A.A Milne, Winnie the Pooh , and Margaret and H.A.Rey, Curious George.

[stacihunsinger]

My ten year old daughter is a huge fan of the books James Patterson writes for kids. She says that they are a lot of fun to read and really keep her interest! That to me is an A+

[Breeana605]

Barbara Park. She was the author for the Junie B. Jones series. I absolutely loved how she wrote this little girl and just how confident she was. We would read her books in my second grade class and I always loved it.

[DisneyR5Family]

Julie Andrews wrote my favorite children's book of all time called The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles.

[Gypsyluna1]

My favorite children's author is Mercer Mayer. He did a set of books separate from the Little Critter books they helped my sister see monsters as something funny not something to be afraid of.

[E_Goodwin]

Right now I am reading the Chronicles of Narnia to my girls. I can't say C.S Lewis is a children's author though. I love Scott O'Dell, his stuff is for older kids. Iland of the Blue Dolphins is my favorite. Jane O'Connor writes the Fancy Nancy books and they are so fun. I also love Shel Silverstein, Chris Van Allsburg, Laura Numeroff, and my favorite as a kid R. L Stine.

[Sarah Penney]

For slightly older children I've got to say C. S. Lewis, although J. K. Rowling is a very close second. However, if we're talking about picture books, I absolutely loved Kevin Henkes' books growing up. His book Chrysanthemum was, and still is, among my favorites I've ever read, even after all of this time.

[ellie_dp]

Donald Bisset, Gianni Rodari, Sergei Kozlov, Renе Goscinny. I still love to read them.

[Hannah_Graceful]

Wow, such a tough question to answer! I had so many favorites growing up! C.S. Lewis for sure. I loved Gertrude Chandler Warner's Boxcar Children series. Roald Dahl, E.B. White, Beverly Cleary, Marguerite Henry, Brian Jacques, and on and on the list goes...
To narrow it down, I read C.S. Lewis, Beverly Cleary, and Brian Jacques books the most frequently.

[Tsveti-Slava Asenova]

Astrid Lindgren is my favourite author for kids, I still read some her works and they are amazing! If any of you read her works to children you will laugh a lot too but her characters like Emil can give the little ones some ideas for what to do when you're not around Gianni Rodari is also a good choice.

[Zelex656]

I love children's books (being a nanny you read a lot of them) two of my favorite authors for kids are Holly Black she co wrote the Spiderwick Chronicles but also have a couple of young adult fictions series that I love, and Neil Gaiman he writes such wonderful stories and his ones for children and just as rivitoing as his ones for adults.

[rachel_bruhn]

I too share many of the same childhood memories as previous posters: Ronald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, Beverly Cleary, etc. I honestly love books written by (the pen name) Lemony Snicket. I read the Series of Unfortunate Events in high school (yes high school) and loved it! I jumped on the new series (All the Wrong Questions) and any other related book I can get my hands on. His writing style is so unique and I love trying to solve the mysteries. I can't wait to share these books with my son when he gets old enough to read.

P.S. - I was obsessed with R.L. Stine's Goosebumps growing up. I still have my collection.