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		Many successful authors, actors, illustrators, and athletes have supported Books for Kids by volunteering their time (and books) at our annual Children's Author Breakfast. These include: Nate "Tiny" Archibald, former Boston Celtic Judy Blume, author of Blubber, Tiger Eyes and the "Fudge" books John Bemelmans Marciano, illustrator and author of Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales and Bemelmans: The Life & Art of Madeline's Creator Bryan Collier, author and illustrator of Uptown Floyd Cooper, illustrator of Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea Paula Danziger, author of the Amber Brown series Jules Feiffer, author and illustrator of I Lost My Bear and The Phantom Tollbooth Olivier Dunrea, author and illustrator of BooBoo, Peedie and Gossie Spike Lee and Tonya Lee Lewis, authors of Please Baby, Please Michael Rex, author of The Pie is Cherry, My Fire Engine, Who Digs?, Who Builds? Elizabeth Levy author of My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian and Keep Ms. Sugarman in the Fourth Grade Betsy Lewin, illustrator of Duck for President; John Lithgow, author of The Remarkable Farkle McBride, Marsupial Sue, and Micawber Sonia Manzano, "Maria" of Sesame Street and author of No Dogs Allowed Lloyd Moss, of WQXR author of Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin!, Our Marching Band and Music Is Roxie Munro, artist whose works have appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, and author and illustrator of many children's books including Mazescapes and Amazement Park. Josephine Nobisso, author of Hot Cha Ch. Herman Parish, author of Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia; Bravo, Amelia Bedelia!; Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor and Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia Todd Parr, author of be hospitable, Underwear: Do's and Don'ts, and many more! Robert Quackenbush, author of Miss Mallard Mysteries and Batbaby Deborah Roberts, ABC News Correspondent Al Roker, The Today Show Robert Sabuda, creator of the Pop-Up Wizard of Oz and the Pop-Up Alice in Wonderland Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Diane Stanley, author of Bella at Midnigh and Raising Sweetness. R.L. Stine, author of the Fear Street and Goosebumps series Bernard Waber, author of Lyle the Crocodile,The House on East 88 th Street, and Courage Dr. Ruth Westheimer, author of Grandma on Wheels, Who Am I? Where Did I Come From? and Grandparenthood Yale Whiffenpoofs There was not enough space to list all the authors' works. Check online bookstores for more.