Our Presenters
CLiF is honored to partner with more than 40 accomplished children’s book authors, children’s book illustrators, poets, and storytellers who give inspiring presentations on our behalf to thousands of children across New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Rick Agran
Rick is the author of Pumpkin Shivaree, a picture book for children, and a collection of poems called Crow Milk.
Jim Arnosky
Jim is an award-winning author and illustrator of 86 books about nature. He has also illustrated 46 books by other authors.
Marek Bennett
Marek is a comic artist who leads arts residences across New England. His weekly comic strip, Mimi’s Doughnuts, appears in New England newspapers.
Elizabeth Bluemle
Elizabeth is the author of several children’s books and co-owner of the Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, VT.
Kathy Brodsky
Kathy is a psychotherapist, poet, and award-winning author of picture books. Her books include Stover, The Winner Is, and Purrsnikitty.
Simon Brooks
Simon is a storyteller who combines his passion for children’s literature and folklore to create fun programs for children and adults.
Deborah Bruss
Deborah writes for all ages and never goes anywhere without her backpack full of farm animal puppets who join the audience during her readings of Book! Book! Book!
David Budbill
David is a prolific author whose work includes seven books of poems, eight plays, a novel, and a picture book for children.
Layne Case
Layne wrote her first children’s book, Charlie, over 40 years ago. She has since published three more in the Charlie series.
Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Maryann is the author and illustrator of more than 40 books for children. Her books include the award-winning Mr. Tanen’s Ties books.
Glenn Currie
Glenn is a poet, humorist, and essayist. His children’s book of poems, A Boy’s First Diary, was published in 2007.
Michael J. Daley
Michael’s life-long love of science fiction informs his writing for children, including the books Space Station Rat and Shanghaied to the Moon.
Kathleeen W. Deady
Kathleen is the author of more than 40 books for children, including All Year Long and It’s Time! Her work has appeared in Highlights and Boys’ Life.
Jennifer A. Ericsson
Jennifer is the award-winning author of books such as No Milk!, The Most Beautiful Kid in the World, and She Did It!
Terry Farish
Terry is an author and magazine writer whose books for children include The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup and Why I’m Already Blue.
Gail Gibbons
Gail is the author and illustrator of more than 100 non-fiction children’s books, including Ladybugs, Snakes, Coral Reefs, and Galaxies.
Lynda Graham-Barber
Lynda is the author of 13 books, including KokoCat Inside and Out and The Animals' Winter Sleep.
John Steven Gurney
John is the illustrator of more than 100 books for children, including The A to Z Mysteries series and The Bailey School Kids.
Jessie Haas
Jessie is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for children, including Unbroken, Shaper, and Chase.
Karen Hesse
Karen is the author of many books for young people, including Out of the Dust, winner of the Newbery Medal.
Geof Hewitt
Geof is the author of three books of poetry and three books for teachers. His most recent book is Hewitt’s Guide to Slam Poetry and Poetry Slam.
Henry Homeyer
Henry's first children's book, Wobar and the Quest for the Magic Calumet, is a story he first told on a summer playground when he was in college
Amy Huntington
Amy is a children’s book illustrator and author. Her most recent book is Grandma Drove the Lobster Boat.
Erick Ingraham
Erick is a fine artist, designer, and the illustrator of 13 children’s books, including Cross-Country Cat, Old Blue, and Hot-Air Henry.
William Jaspersohn
William is the author of more than 20 children’s books, including The Ballpark, which was a New York Times Best Book and American Book Award nominee.
Donald Johnson
Donald is the author and illustrator of the beloved Henry series, including Henry Hikes to Fitchburg and others.
Marty Kelley
Marty is a recovering second grade teacher who writes and illustrates books for kids. His books include The Rules and Summer Stinks.
Leland Kinsey
Leland is the author of six collections of poetry, including In the Rain Shadow, Sledding on Hospital Hill, and The Immigrant’s Contract.
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Natalie is the author of 20 books, including the picture books The Bear that Heard Crying, Nora’s Ark, and From Dawn till Dusk.
Marv Klassen-Landis
Marv is a performer, writer, and educator. He is also the author and illustrator of Jump, Children, Jump and the co-author of Please Talk With Me.
Peter Lourie
Peter is the author of many adventure books for children, including Amazon, Lost Treasure of the Inca, and Hidden World of the Aztec.
David Martin
David is the author of several children’s books, including We’ve All Got Bellybuttons, Lucy and Bob, and Let’s Have a Tree Party!
Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Marilyn has brought children and books together for more than 25 years, as a volunteer school librarian, a cultural arts chairperson, and a storyteller.
Sy Montgomery
Sy is a naturalist and the author of 15 books, including The Good Good Pig and Walking with the Great Apes.
Erin E. Moulton
Erin is the author of Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and One Incredible Journey and Tracing Stars, which will be released in 2012.
Denise Ortakales
Denise has sculpted paper illustrations for dozens of publications and children’s books, including Good Morning Garden and Carrot in My Pocket.
Katherine Paterson
Katherine is an award-winning author of dozens of books for children and young adults, including Bridge to Terabithia and Come Sing.
Tracy Campbell Pearson
Tracy is the award-winning children’s book author and illustrator of more than 35 books, including Bob and Where Does Joe Go?
Verandah Porche
Verandah is a poet and performer. She is the author of the poetry collections The Body’s Symmetry and Glancing Off.
Jan Reynolds
Jan is a writer and photographer. She is the author of the Vanishing Culture Series, which includes Mongolia, Far North, and Down Under.
Ted Scheu
Ted is a former elementary school teacher and the author of I Froze My Mother and Other Seriously Funny Family Poems.
Leda Schubert
Leda is the author of several books for children, including Ballet of the Elephants, Here Comes Darrell, and The Princess of Borscht.
John Stadler
John is the author and illustrator of more than 20 books for children, including Big and Little and Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
Tanya Lee Stone
Tanya is the award-winning author of nearly 90 books for young readers, including A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl.
S.S. Taylor
S. S. Taylor lives for books of all kinds, expeditions, old libraries, mysterious situations, long-hidden secrets, missing explorers, and traveling to known and unknown places.
Linda Urban
Linda Urban is the author of the children's book, Mouse was Mad, and two young adult novels: Hound Dog True and A Crooked Kind of Perfect.
Dianalee Velie
Dianalee is a poet, teacher, and the author of three books of poetry: Glass House, First Edition, and The Many Roads to Paradise.