Illinois Authors

Albert Whitman, Morton Grove, IL : ©2007.

Harvey the bear searches for the perfect Father's Day present and decides that thanking his dad is the best gift of all.

Albert Whitman & Company 2024

More than one million bats nest under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas, and fill the sky every evening from spring to fall. Discover how the people of Austin, Texas, stopped being afraid of the more than one million bats nesting under the Congress Avenue Bridge and, instead, welcomed them. This true story includes a foreword by bat biologist Dr. Merlin Tuttle, who came to Austin to advocate for the colony by educating residents about the ways in which bats are good for the environment, and for humans too. Now, tourists from all over the world come to Austin to watch the Brazilian free-tail bats fill the sky every evening in early spring.

Albert Whitman & Company 2024

Join a community of adorable animals as they prepare for the spookiest, sweetest night of the year! Make your costume and choose your pumpkin. But that’s not all! String outdoor lights, hang up the spiders and bats. But that’s not all! Shop for candy, smile for photos. But that’s not all! Here come your neighbors and friends. Trick or treat!

Albert Whitman & Company 2023

Students aren't the only ones who have to prepare for the first day of school. The custodian turns on the lights and sweeps the hallways. Is it time for school? Not yet! The cafeteria workers wash tables and stack lunch trays. Is it time for school? Not yet! Teachers unpack supplies and organize their classrooms. Is it time for school? Almost! The students are on their way, on foot, on bicycles, and in cars and buses. Welcome, everyone!

Describes the journey a sandwich has made before it is eaten, from planting, farming, and harvesting to production, delivery, and shopping.

There is a ship, a Navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other Navy ships, and it sails like other Navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana. Metal workers heated the beam to a high, high temperature. Chippers and grinders, painters and polishers worked on the beam for months. And then, seven and a half tons of steel, which had once been a beam in the World Trade Center, became a Navy ship's bow.

Tricycle Press, Berkeley [Calif.] : ©2010.

The true story of a light bulb in a firehouse located in Livermore, California, that has stayed lit for more than one hundred years.

A. Whitman & Co., Morton Grove, Ill. : 2002.

On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.