Dori Hillestad Butler (born August 25, 1965 in Fairmont, Minnesota)[1] is an American author of more than 40 children's books, as well as magazine stories, plays and educational materials.
She is known particularly for The Truth about Truman School, a 2008 young adult title focusing on the subject of cyber bullying,[2] and for My Mom's Having a Baby (illustrated by Carol Thompson), which in 2011 appeared on the American Library Association's list of most commonly challenged books in the United States for its portrayal of conception and childbirth.
book has frequently been the source of censorship due to inclusions of nudity and sex education, as well as being considered "sexually explicit" and "unsuited to age group.
[15] The following are also JLG books: Dear Beast (2020),[16] Mr. Summerling's Secret Code (2021),[17] The Pet Parade (2021),[18] The Hidden Room (2021),[19] Summer Island (2021),[20] and The Final Treasure (2022).
[12] The Buddy Files are illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau and published by Albert Whitman Company.