Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Incoming Resources
- A girl from Yamhill, a memoir, Beverly Cleary
- R.L. Stine, author with a flair for scare, by Martha London ; content consultant, James Blasingame, PHD, Professor, Department of English, Arizona State University
- Imagine that!, How Dr. Seuss wrote The cat in the hat, Judy Sierra ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
- Island treasures, growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms, and the new collection Days at La Quinta Simoni, Alma Flor Ada ; illustrations by Edel Rodriguez and Antonio Martorell
- Caught by the sea, my life on boats, Gary Paulsen
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, a biography, by William Anderson
- The abracadabra kid, a writer's life, Sid Fleischman
- Ezra Jack Keats, a biography with illustrations, by Dean Engel and Florence B. Freedman
- July, by James Stevenson
- Walter Dean Myers, by Elizabeth Hoover
- The road to Oz, twists, turns, bumps, and triumphs in the life of L. Frank Baum, by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
- Fun, no fun, by James Stevenson
- Flora and Tiger, 19 very short stories from my life, Eric Carle
- Laura Ingalls Wilder in her own words, Kristen Rajczak
- Bad boy, a memoir, by Walter Dean Myers
- E.B. White, some writer!, by Beverly Gherman
- Maya Angelou, writer and activist, Del Sandeen
- Chris Van Allsburg, children's storytellers, by Chris Bowman
- Maya Angelou, by Judith E. Harper
- Zora Neale Hurston, writer and storyteller, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; illustrations by Michael Bryant
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Pamela Walker
- Who was Maya Angelou?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- A student's guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eva Weisbrod
- James Baldwin, novelist and critic, Glynnis Reed
- Ernest Hemingway, a writer's life, by Catherine Reef
- Prairie girl, the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by William Anderson ; illustrations by Renée Graef
- Laura's album, a remembrance scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder, compiled by William Anderson ; [new prologue by William Anderson]
- Gordon Korman, by Chris Bowman
- Purple mountain majesties, the story of Katharine Lee Bates and America the beautiful, by Barbara Younger ; illustrated by Stacey Schuett
- Guts, the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books, Gary Paulsen
- Alice Walker, freedom writer, Caroline Lazo
- What a year, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Down a sunny dirt road, an autobiography, Stan & Jan Berenstain
- All the way to America, the story of a big Italian family and a little shovel, Dan Yaccarino
- Oh, the places he went, a story about Dr. Seuss--Theodore Seuss Geisel, by Maryann N. Weidt ; illustrations by Kerry Maguire
- Maurice Sendak, king of the wild things, by Jodie Shepherd
- Under the royal palms, a childhood in Cuba, Alma Flor Ada
- I am Scout, the biography of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields
- Dr. Seuss, great story teller, by Janeen R. Adil
- Only Margaret, a story about Margaret Wise Brown, written by Candice Ransom ; illustrated by Nan Lawson
- Looking back, a book of memories, Lois Lowry
- It came from Ohio!, my life as a writer, by R.L. Stine ; as told to Joe Arthur and Susan Lurie
- Maurice Sendak, Charlotte Guillain
- Jeff Kinney, children's book author and cartoonist, Kathy Furgang
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