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Andrew Clements is an American author who writes children’s books. He has written a few series, including the Pets to the Rescue series, the Jake Drake series and more. His children’s novel Frindle won several different book awards. He’s also worked as an editor. His books have been translated into many different languages.

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy adventure novel written by English author J.R.R. Tolkien. The novel follows hobbits Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took and others including Aragorn, Boromir, Gimli, Legolas and Gandalf during the War of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings was adapted into a […]

Henning Mankell was a Swedish author of crime fiction and children’s books. He was best known for his mystery series of novels featuring Kurt Wallander. Aside from being an author, Mankell was well-known for his left-wing political activism. His grandfather, who he shares a name with, was a piano composer. He is married to Eva […]

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of children’s fantasy novels by Irish author C.S. Lewis. The series has sold over 100 million copies in 47 different languages. The series is set in a magical place called Narnia, a fictional realm where animals talk and good battles evil. The series contains many different Christian themes […]

Jo Nesbo is a Norwegian novelist who is best known for his Harry Hole book series. Besides his crime fiction, he also writes the children’s book series Doctor Proctor. He has sold over a million and a half copies of his books in Norway alone.

Descendants of J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens are set to team up for two children’s fantasy books.

Terry Pratchett was an English author who is best known for his Discworld comic fantasy series. Terry Pratchett sadly passed away on March 12th, 2015. Pratchett battled Alzheimer’s disease for years after announcing it online in 2007. He died after a chest infection, as well as complications from the Alzheimers. In true Terry Pratchett style, […]

The Diamond Brothers is a series of novels by English author Anthony Horowitz. The books are targeted at children and are full of humour (puns, pop culture references and wacky scenarios). Tim Diamond is a horrible detective, whereas his brother Nick is the more intelligent of the two. In 1989, The Falcon’s Malteser was adapted […]

Anthony Horowitz is an English author who has written many novels for children as well as quite a few standalone novels for adults. If you count up all of his published works, the number would top fifty.

The Secret Series is a series of novels written by prolific English author Enid Blyton. This excellent children’s series is full of mystery and adventure, as you can expect from just about anything written by Blyton.