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Artists Great Britain Biography Juvenile literature Authors, English Authors, English 20th century Biography Authors, English 20th century Biography Juvenile literature Children's stories Authorship Great Britain Potter, Beatrix 1866-1943 Potter, Beatrix 1866-1943 Juvenile literature Rowling, J. K Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973Fabiny, Sarah
Summary: A young reader's biography of Beatrix Potter, the author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Pollack, Pam
Summary: Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officers in World War II as well as in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TOLKIENPollack, Pam.
Summary: "In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J.K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ROWLINGO'Quinn, Amy M.
Summary: "Becoming Beatrix: The Life of Beatrix Potter and the World of Peter Rabbit covers Potter's early life and influences, artistic work, fascination with animals and the natural sciences, and interest and research with fungi, as well as her writing and illustration journey and her later years as a wife, farmer, businesswoman, environmentalist, and conservationist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2022
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Summary: Chronicles the life of children's illustrator and author Beatrix Potter, examining how art influenced her young life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015