•
Louis Sachar (born 1954) –
Sideways Stories From Wayside School series,
Holes •
Angie Sage (born 1952) –
Septimus Heap series •
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) –
The Little Prince •
Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) –
The Tigers of Mompracem,
The Black Corsair •
Felix Salten (1869–1945) –
Bambi •
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) –
Rootabaga Stories •
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) –
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians •
Yōko Sano (1938–2010) –
The Cat that Lived a Million Times •
Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) –
Beautiful Joe •
Constance Savery (1897–1999) –
Enemy Brothers •
Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) –
Lone Pine Club series •
Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970) –
Roller Skates •
Allen Say (born 1937) – ''
Grandfather's Journey, The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice'' •
Kurtis Scaletta –
Mudville,
Mamba Point,
The Tanglewood Terror •
Richard Scarry (1919–1994) –
Busytown series •
Annet Schaap (born 1965) –
Lampje •
Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) –
Overdue Kangaroo,
Ape Cape,
The Crane Loves Grain •
Jon Scieszka (born 1954) –
The Time Warp Trio,
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!,
Science Verse •
Miriam Schlein (1926–2004) –
The Year of the Panda,
I, Tut,
The Way Mothers Are •
Mark Schlichting (born 1948) –
Harry and the Haunted House •
Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955) –
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village •
Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) –
The Basket of Flowers,
Easter Eggs •
Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995) –
Jip and Janneke,
Abeltje,
Pluk van de Petteflet •
Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) –
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark •
Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943) –
Aboard the Bulger,
Auntie Robbo •
Michael Scott (born 1959) –
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series •
Will Scott (1893–1964) –
The Cherrys series •
Sam Sedgman (born 1987) –
Adventures on Trains series with
M. G. Leonard,
The Clockwork Conspiracy •
Laura Vaccaro Seeger –
First the Egg,
Green •
Countess of Ségur (1799–1874) – ''
Sophie's Misfortunes, Good Little Girls, Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey'' •
Tor Seidler (born 1952) – ''A Rat's Tale
, The Wainscott Weasel
, Mean Margaret'' •
Joshua Seigal – ''I Don't Like Poetry
, Welcome to My Crazy Life'' •
George Selden (1929–1989) –
The Cricket in Times Square series •
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) –
Where the Wild Things Are •
Kate Seredy (1896–1975) –
The White Stag,
The Good Master,
The Singing Tree •
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) –
Wild Animals I Have Known,
Bannertail,
Two Little Savages •
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) –
The Cat in the Hat,
Green Eggs and Ham,
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! •
David Severn (1918–2010) –
Ponies and Poachers,
Dream Gold,
The Future Took Us •
Anna Sewell (1820–1878) –
Black Beauty •
Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906) –
Amy Herbert •
Miranda Seymour (born 1948) –
Mumtaz the Magical Cat •
Evelyn Sharp (1869–1955) –
All the Way to Fairyland,
The Other Side of the Sun •
Margery Sharp (1905–1991) –
The Rescuers •
Mark Shasha (born 1961) –
Night of the Moonjellies •
Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) –
It Looked Like Spilt Milk •
Jane Shaw (1910–2000) –
Susan Pulls the Strings •
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – ''
Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot'' •
Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990) –
The Story of a Little Gray Mouse •
Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) –
The History of Little Henry and his Bearer,
The History of the Fairchild Family •
Gary Shipman (born 1966) and
Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) – ''
Pakkins' Land'' •
Uri Shulevitz (1935–2025) –
The Treasure,
Snow,
How I Learned Geography •
Mark Shulman (born 1962) –
Scrawl,
Mom and Dad are Palindromes,
Secret Hiding Places •
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) –
In Desert and Wilderness •
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963) –
We Want Christmas in July,
Biobörn •
Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) –
The Giving Tree,
Where the Sidewalk Ends •
Francesca Simon (born 1955) –
Horrid Henry series •
Seymour Simon (born 1931) –
Einstein Anderson, Science Detective •
Ada Simond (1903–1989) – ''Let's Pretend'' series •
Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864) –
Holiday House: A Book for the Young •
Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974) –
Why Cows Moo •
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) –
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories,
A Day of Pleasure,
The Golem •
Marilyn Singer (born 1948) –
Turtle in July •
S. Sivadas (born 1940) –
Rasatantra Kathakal,
Pustaka Kalikal •
Steve Skidmore (born 1960) and Steve Barlow –
Outernet series •
Obert Skye –
Leven Thumps series •
Ioan Slavici (1848–1925) –
The Fairy Aurora,
The Twins with the Golden Star •
Arthur Slade (born 1967) –
Dust,
The Hunchback Assignments •
William Sleator (1945–2011) –
Singularity,
Rewind •
Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) –
Carbonel series,
Jessamy,
No One Must Know,
The Snowball •
Dodie Smith (1896–1990) –
The Hundred and One Dalmatians •
Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) –
The Marvellous Land of Snergs •
Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933) – ''Froggy's Little Brother'' •
Roland Smith (born 1951) –
Thunder Cave,
Peak,
Cryptid Hunters •
Barbara Smucker (1915–2003) –
Underground to Canada,
Days of Terror •
Pat Smythe (1928–1996) –
Three Jays series,
Adventure series •
Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956) –
Downright Dencey,
The Forgotten Daughter •
Lemony Snicket (born 1970) –
A Series of Unfortunate Events •
Jack Snow (1907–1956) –
The Magical Mimics in Oz,
The Shaggy Man of Oz •
Laurel Snyder –
Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains,
Any Which Wall,
Penny Dreadful •
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014) –
The Egypt Game,
The Headless Cupid,
The Witches of Worm •
Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012) –
Encyclopedia Brown series,
Two-Minute Mysteries series •
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) –
The Little Vampire series •
Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991) –
Miracles on Maple Hill •
Ivan Southall (1921–2008) –
Josh,
Ash Road,
Hills End,
To the Wild Sky,
Bread and Honey,
Fly West •
Stephen Southwold (1887–1964) –
Fiddlededee: A Medley of Stories •
Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) –
The Witch of Blackbird Pond,
The Bronze Bow,
The Sign of the Beaver •
Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976) –
Call It Courage •
Peter Spier (1927–2017) – ''
Noah's Ark'' •
Jerry Spinelli (born 1941) –
Loser,
Stargirl,
Maniac Magee,
Crash,
Wringer •
Nancy Springer (born 1948) –
The Enola Holmes Mysteries,
Tales of Rowan Hood •
Tricia Springstubb (born 1950) –
What Happened on Fox Street,
In the Dark, Phoebe and Digger •
E. C. Spykman (1896–1965) –
A Lemon and a Star,
The Wild Angel,
Terrible Horrible Edie,
Edie on the Warpath •
Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) –
Heidi •
Andy Stanton (born 1973) –
Mr Gum series •
Dugald Steer (born 1965) –
Ologies series •
William Steig (1907–2003) –
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,
Doctor De Soto,
Shrek! •
Andreas Steinhöfel (born 1962) –
The Center of the World •
John Steptoe (1950–1989) –
Stevie, ''Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters'' •
Robin Stevens (born 1988) –
Murder Most Unladylike •
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – ''
A Child's Garden of Verses, Treasure Island, Kidnapped'' •
Jennifer J. Stewart – ''If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!
, Close Encounters of a Third World Kind'' •
Mary Stewart (1916–2014) –
The Little Broomstick,
Ludo and the Star Horse,
A Walk in Wolf Wood •
Paul Stewart (born 1955) –
The Edge Chronicles,
Fergus Crane,
Muddle Earth,
Barnaby Grimes •
R. L. Stine (born 1943) –
Goosebumps,
Fear Street,
The Nightmare Room series •
Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) –
The Lady, or the Tiger? •
Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006) –
A Day on Skates,
The Winged Watchman •
Margaret Storey (1926–2022) –
Timothy and the Two Witches,
The Stone Sorcerer,
Pauline •
Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) –
Skinny Harrison Adventurer •
Herbert Strang (1866–1958) –
Round the World in Seven Days,
King of the Air,
Rob the Ranger •
Todd Strasser (born 1950) – ''
Help! I'm Trapped...'' series •
Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930) – founder of the
Stratemeyer Syndicate that produced many series, most famously
Rover Boys (by Stratemeyer as Arthur M. Winfield),
Bobbsey Twins,
Tom Swift,
Hardy Boys, and
Nancy Drew •
Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986) –
Ballet Shoes,
The Circus Is Coming,
Curtain Up,
White Boots,
The Painted Garden (US titles
Circus Shoes,
Theater Shoes,
Skating Shoes,
Movie Shoes) •
Jakob Streit (1910–2009) –
Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls •
Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – ''Jessica's First Prayer'' •
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) –
Tales from English History for Children,
The Rival Crusoes •
Charles S. Strong (1906–1962) –
The Hooded Hawk Mystery,
The Scarlet Slipper Mystery,
Snow King: Herd Dog of Lapland •
Jeremy Strong (1949–2024) – ''There's a Viking in My Bed'' •
Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) –
The Bartimaeus Trilogy,
Lockwood & Co. •
Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) – ''The Children's Chronicle
, The Young Clavengers'' •
Sheila Stuart (1892–1984) – ''Alison's Highland Holiday'' •
Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945) –
The Magic Apostrophe,
Gwydion and the Flying Wand •
Deirdre Sullivan –
Tangleweed and Brine,
Prim Improper •
Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) –
The Eagle of the Ninth,
The Lantern Bearers,
The Mark of the Horse Lord,
Black Ships Before Troy •
Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944) –
Nonni series •
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) – ''
Gulliver's Travels'' ==T==