A Collage of Top 126 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

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Garcelle Beauvais
Dapo Adeola
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery
Virginia Hamilton
Taye Diggs
John Steptoe
Chris Barton
Renée Watson
Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
Maya Angelou
Michelle Meadows
Leo and Diane Dillon
James Berry
Yolanda T. Marshall
Jerdine Nolen
Cedella Marley
Dominique Furukawa
Teffanie Thompson
Ibi Zoboi
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Tonya Bolden
Eric Velasquez
Mildred D. Taylor
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Matthew A. Cherry
Wade Hudson
Lisa Bullard
Robert M. Coles
Nikki Grimes
Patricia Hruby Powell
Angela Johnson
D. Amari Jackson
Nikki Giovanni
Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams
Quraysh Ali Lansana and Najah-Amatullah Hylton
Marilyn Nelson
Paula Young Shelton
Ilyasah Shabazz
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Bernette Ford
Chinua Achebe
Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
Atinuke
Matt Forté
Mechal Renee Roe
Cheryl Willis Hudson
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Mari Evans
Shauntay Grant
Laurie Ann Thompson
Cozbi A. Cabrera
Lebron James
O.T. Begho
Faith Ringgold
Carole Boston Weatherford
Sydney McGee
Kirsti Jewel
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Ashley Iman
Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill
Kelly McWilliams
Adijah & Atiya Brabham
Kekla Magoon
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Jason Reynolds
Hill Harper
Jamia Wilson
Olive Senior
Sharon M. Draper
Adrea Theodore
Lupita Nyong’o
Patricia C. Mckissack
Jacqueline Woodson
Gabrielle Union
Don Tate
Crystal Swain-Bates
Kwame Alexander
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
Derrick Barnes
Lesle Honore
Bill Pinkney
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Johnnie Christmas
Vashti Harrison
Langston Hughes
Angela Joy
Trish Cooke
Malaika Adero
Amanda Gorman
Kim Taylor
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Alicia D. Williams
Kelly Starling Lyons
Ashley Bryan
Sandra L. Richards
Nancy Redd
Nkechi Taifa
Margot Lee Shetterly
Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
T.R. Simon
Marguerite W. Davol
Tami Charles
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Rachel Isadora
Rita Williams-Garcia
Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison
Tiffany Golden
Wes Moore
Floyd Cooper
Jabari Asim
Camille Yarbrough
Debbie Allen
Tony Dungy
Grace Byers
Kadir Nelson
Misty Copeland
Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Jerry Craft
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Innosanto Nagara
Andrea Davis Pinkney