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Summary: A young reader's biography of Beatrix Potter, the author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Herkert, Barbara
Summary: A biography of the author known for such beloved classics as "Charlotte's Web" and "Stuart Little," explores how his lifelong fascination with the outdoors inspired his most popular work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WHIShea, Therese
Summary: Newbery Medal-Winning Author Afflicted with chronic pneumonia as a child, Kate DiCamillo found solace in books and dreamed of becoming a writer. Her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, the story of a lonely girl and her dog, resonated with audiences and earned DiCamillo a Newbery Honor. A later book, The Tale of Despereaux, won her the Newbery Medal. DiCamillo has written many more stories, some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DICSexton, Colleen A.
Summary: Presents a biography of celebrated author, J.K. Rowling, and chronicles her life, personal and professional challenges and achievements, and how she rose from poverty to eventually set records in the publishing industry with her Harry Potter series.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ROWLING SexPeet, Bill.
Summary: The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PEECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 PEEPollack, Pam
Summary: "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 and Through the Looking Glass, by one of the Dean's daughters, Alice Liddell. The books were hugely successful and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 CARRinker, Sherri Duskey
Summary: Describes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 BURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 BURCollins, David R.
Summary: A biography of the English author and illustrator who grew up during the Victorian era and whose detailed drawings of plants and animals found their way into her famous picture books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 POTEngel, Dean
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Moon Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEASickels, Amy.
Contents: Wild about Harry -- "Quiet, freckly, short-sighted" -- Harry appears -- Half a suitcase of stories -- Bidding war -- A phenomenon in publishing -- Breaking records -- Creating Harry's world -- Harry's place in children's literature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROWGuillain, Charlotte.
Summary: Provides a brief overview of the life and career of the author best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 SENKinney, Patrick.
Summary: "Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional. Then, an idea struck: Jeff would write a journal from the perspective of a child, illustrated...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Hill, Pamela Smith.
Summary: "[E]xamines Wilder's tumultuous, but ultimately successful, professional and personal relationship with her daughter-the hidden editor-Rose Wilder Lane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: South Dakota State Historical Society Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS HILMyers, Walter Dean
Summary: Biography of Walter Dean Myers which describes the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a loving home life with his adopted parents, Bible school, street games, and the vitality of his neighborhood. Although Walter spent much of his time either getting into trouble or on the basketball court, secretly he was a voracious reader and an aspiring writer. But as his prospects for...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 813.54 MYEWebster, Christine.
Summary: Jeff Kinney is the author of the popular book series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. More than 50 million copies of the Wimpy Kid series have been sold around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 by Weigl 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB KINNEY WEBHarmin, Karen Leigh.
Summary: In 1990, Jo Rowling was sitting on a train when she began to envision the story of a young wizard. She raced home to capture her ideas in a notebook creating the first few pages of Harry Potter. For years Rowling held fast to the dream of publishing her work, but tumultuous events and poverty made it nearly impossible even to finish writing the story. Little did she know, her "quirky little...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 RowWoog, Adam
Summary: Discusses children's book author Roald Dahl including his childhood, his time spent in the military, his marriages and children, his books and screenplays, and the film and stage versions of his books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DAHL WOOLester, Helen.
Summary: Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LESWadsworth, Ginger.
Summary: Examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's life as a pioneer girl and her work as a writer describing that life for others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILPascal, Janet B
Summary: "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. His love of childrens books began early: often sick and confined to bed, little Maurice read and read and read....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET SENDAKAnderson, William
Summary: A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books, from her Wisconsin childhood until her death at the age of ninety.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 WilderLittle, Jean
Summary: One of Canada's most popular children's book authors recalls the challenges of her youth -- wrenching moves from home, the fight for acceptance in a new school, and her battles against failing eyesight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LITPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: An autobiography of the well-known author and illustrator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: R.C. Owen 1994