Welcome

This is the place to learn about Kelly Goldman Bennett and her books.

Kelly has authored or co-authored 12 books for children—both fiction and non-fiction. Her titles include Not Norman, Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America and the just-released Strangers in Black.

Features for Kelly's readers

You can learn more about Kelly Bennett on her bio page, or you may read what the author had to say in some recent interviews.

Want to be sure you've read everything you can by this author? Be sure to check out the complete publications page!

Want to ask the author a question or tell her how you liked one of her books? Use the contact page to send your email right to her.

Resources for teachers, librarians, and event planners

Everything you need to know to bring Kelly into your classroom or to your book-related event is all right here!

Book News!

Kelly has two new picture books in the works!

DAD AND POP, in which a young boy introduces readers to his two dads and shows that even though they may be very different, in the most important way they are exactly the same! Award-winning illustrator, Paul Meisel will be creating the art.

YOUR DADDY WAS JUST LIKE YOU! A grandmother shares a secret with her grandchild—Daddy, who seems so clever now, was just as silly, funny, frustrating, and naughty when he was a boy.

Check back for more news as these stories grow from ideas into picture books.

And NOT NORMAN, A GOLDFISH STORY is a 2006 Oppenheimer Gold Medal Award winner, and a 2007-2008 South Carolina SCASL Picture Book Award nominee.