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Who Was Roald Dahl?

True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous childrens book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also...
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Who Was Charles Dickens?

Pam Pollack - Grosset & Dunlap, 2014.
Format: Print book

As a child, Charles Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory where his gritty surroundings inspired some of the most memorable characters and settings in literary history. Known for his masterful storytelling in books like Oliver Twist , Great Expectations , and A Christmas Carol , Dickens...
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Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters

Charlotte Jones Voiklis - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle -- written by her granddaughters -- coming just in time for the all-new A Wrinkle in Time film, directed by Ava DuVernay.This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was written by her granddaughters,...
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Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush

Peter Lourie - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Here is a compelling middle grade nonfiction tale of how one classic writer drew upon a rugged life of adventure to create works of literature, punctuated by stunning black-and-white art by Wendell Minor and illustrative photographic material.Swept up in the Gold Rush of 1897, young Jack...
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Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

Melissa Sweet - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller A People Magazine Best Children's BookA Washington Post Best Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary...
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Virginia Hamilton: America's Storyteller

Julie Rubini - Ohio University Press
Format: Hardcover

In Virginia Hamilton, Julie K. Rubini brings us the biography of one of the most honored authors of children's literature in the twentieth century. The most expansive biography of Hamilton published for young readers, it was vetted for accuracy by Hamilton's husband, poet Arnold...
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Who Is R. L. Stine? (Who Was?)

M. D. Payne - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover

Reader beware! The biography of R. L. Stine, author of the hugely popular Goosebumps series, is a scary-good time! . R. L. Stine began writing stories at the age of nine, after finding a typewriter in his familys attic. (Was it a haunted typewriter? Who can be sure?) Often referred to as the "Stephen...
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House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery

LIZ ROSENBERG - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life.Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When...
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Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Yona Zeldis McDonough - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

Many girls in elementary and middle school fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What they don't always realize is that Wilder's books are autobiographical. This narrative biography describes more of the details of the young Laura's real life as a young pioneer...
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What's So Special About Dickens?

Michael Rosen
Format: Book

Michael Rosen's lively exploration of Dickens, reissued in an accessible new format for young middle-grade readers. From the Artful Dodger to Miss Havisham to Scrooge, Charles Dickens brought some of our favorite fictional characters to life. But what inspired him? Who was the man behind...
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What's So Special About Shakespeare?

Michael Rosen - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Michael Rosen's lively exploration of Shakespeare, reissued in an accessible new format for young middle-grade readers.More than four hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, his name is known in every corner of the world. Why? Celebrated poet, critic, and Shakespeare enthusiast...
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Who Was Dr. Seuss?

Janet B Pascal - ‎Penguin Young Readers Group; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books- like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with...
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Who Was Jane Austen?

Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback

Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author.Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series,...
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More than Marmalade: Michael Bond and the Story of Paddington Bear

Rosanne Tolin - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover

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A Hopeful Heart: Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women

Deborah Noyes - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. How did these cherished characters come to be? Louisa May Alcott, the author of one of the most famous "girl" books of all time, was anything but a well-mannered young lady. A tomboy as well as a ravenous reader, Louisa took comfort in fictional characters...
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No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One

Paul Fleischman - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

"Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reflects on growing up with his award-winning father, Sid Fleischman, and details his own path to becoming a writer"--
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Nothing Could Stop Her: The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber

Rona Arato - Kar-Ben Publishing ®
Format: Hardcover

Ruth Gruber didn't want to live an ordinary life, and she wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Born to a Jewish American family in 1911, she grew up to become a renowned journalist and activist. Her career spanned seven decades and led her to places that other reporters wouldn't...
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Who Was Nellie Bly?

Margaret Gurevich - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback

Get ready to journey around the world with Nellie Bly--one of America's first investigative journalists. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman had no idea that the open letter she'd written to a local newspaper in Pittsburgh in 1885 would change her life forever. The editor of the paper was so impressed...
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Who Was Maurice Sendak?

Janet B Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback

It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator....
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Who Was Lewis Carroll?

Pam Pollack - Penguin Workshop
Format: Library Binding

Meet the man who created Alice, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum!Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, a mathematician and church deacon, who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
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