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The trouble begins at 8: a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West
Par Sid Fleischman. 2008
Biography of American humorist Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), who, after 1865, was better known by his pen name Mark Twain.…
Recounts Twain's childhood in Missouri and his later adventures in the West to explain the connections between Twain's life and his writing. For grades 6-9. 2008Knucklehead: tall tales & mostly true stories about growing up Scieszka
Par Jon Scieszka. 2008
The author of The Stinky Cheese Man... (RC 38039) and the Time Warp Trio series recalls things that he and…
his five brothers did inside and outside their childhood home in Flint, Michigan. Features family mishaps and adventures--invented games, Catholic-school boys' choir, and car trips. For grades 3-6. 2008Weeds in bloom: autobiography of an ordinary man
Par Robert Newton Peck. 2007
The author of more than sixty books for young people, including A Day No Pigs Would Die (DB 37104), discusses…
the folks he met--while growing up on a small Vermont farm and later in life--to show, he says, "how plain people can sparkle." For junior and senior high readers. 2005E.E. Cummings: A Poet's Life
Par Catherine Reef. 2006
Portrait of the experimental American poet E.E. Cummings (1894-1962). Discusses his life chronologically, emphasizing his feelings about war and fatherhood.…
Examines verse excerpts that demonstrate his inventive use of written language. Places his work in the cultural context of his times. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Girl sleuth: Nancy Drew and the women who created her
Par Melanie Rehak. 2005
Chronicles the history of the Nancy Drew mystery series from its 1930 creation by book mogul Edward Stratemeyer and original…
series writer Mildred Benson. Discusses the Stratemeyer Syndicate under daughter Harriet's leadership and explains how the books highlight the social era in which they were written. Edgar Award. 2005The journey that saved Curious George: the true wartime escape of Margret and H.A. Rey (Curious George)
Par Louise Borden, Allan Drummond. 2005
Biography of the Jewish writers who fled from Nazi-occupied France with the original manuscript for Curious George. Features the creation…
of the illustrated story and its four-month journey with the couple by bicycle, train, and ship to New York City, where the book was published. For grades 3-6. 2005The tender bar: a memoir
Par J. R. Moehringer. 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist recalls finding male role models at the local bar in Manhasset, Long Island, where his uncle worked.…
Describes the education he received from the tavern patrons as he struggled to cope with abandonment by his father and life with his mother's dysfunctional family. Strong language. Bestseller. 2005Langston Hughes (Single Titles Ser.)
Par Milton Meltzer, Stephen Alcorn. 1997
Biography of a leading poet, launched during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Describes how Langston Hughes (1902-1967) devoted his life to…
writing about the African American experience in poetry and other forms--the short story, novel, play, song, musical comedy, opera, history, humor, and autobiography. For grades 6-9. 1997The Brothers Grimm: two lives, one legacy
Par Donald R Hettinga, Donald R. Hettinga. 2001
A biography of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who devoted many years to traveling around Germany collecting fairy tales and legends.…
Describes their upbringing and career and places them in the framework of early-nineteenth-century European political and social events. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2001Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World: And the New York World (Makers of the Media Ser.)
Par Nancy Whitelaw. 2000
Biography of the "father of tabloid journalism," who used sensationalism to sell newspapers at the end of the nineteenth century.…
Discusses his career, his deteriorating vision, and his establishment of journalism prizes in his name. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2000Destination gold!
Par Julie Lawson. 2001
Canada, 1897. Sixteen-year-old Ned Turner leaves his widowed mother and younger sister, Sarah, to seek his fortune in the Klondike…
gold fields. The next year Sarah undertakes the treacherous journey to find him. Along with Catherine, a runaway, she joins Ned and shares his adventures. For grades 6-9. 2000Pick & shovel poet: the journeys of Pascal D'Angelo
Par Jim Murphy. 2000
Biography of an Italian peasant who immigrated to America at age sixteen in 1910. He endured poverty and the difficult…
life of an unskilled laborer, but was determined to become a published poet. For grades 5-8. 2000Under the royal palms: a childhood in Cuba
Par Alma Flor Ada. 1998
In this companion to Where the Flame Trees Bloom (DB 42823) the author continues the story of her childhood in…
a small town in Cuba. She reminisces about her uncles, a pilot and a doctor, and about the death of her beloved ballet teacher. For grades 3-6. 1998Bad boy: a memoir
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2001
Award-winning author and poet reminisces about his difficult childhood in Harlem as an African American youth in the 1940s and…
1950s. Discusses his love of reading, his feelings for his adoptive parents, and his reasons for not finishing high school. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001My life in dog years
Par Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen. 1998
Paulsen proudly refers to himself as a "dog person," someone who loves dogs, and always has at least five or…
six. He writes about eight of the dogs who shared his life through the years that have been especially memorable. In the dedication to Cookie, he tells how she saved his life in 1980 when he had fallen through ice. For grades 5-8The abracadabra kid: a writer's life
Par Sid Fleischman. 1996
Autobiography of the Newbery Award-winning author. Fleischman recalls wanting to be a magician since the fifth grade and teaching himself…
tricks from library books. He describes growing up in the depression, becoming a traveling showman, and finally embarking on a career as a writer. For grades 5-8Charles Dickens (The Importance of Ser.The Importance of Series)
Par Eleanor H Ayer, Eleanor H. Ayer. 1998
Traces the life and achievements of the author of David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two…
Cities, and Great Expectations. Avers that among the best-known English authors of all time, "Charles Dickens ranks at the top with William Shakespeare." For grades 6-9Ernest Hemingway: The Writer Who Suffered from Depression (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
Par Melissa McDaniel. 1996
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author who was also an avid sportsman. Includes excerpts from his writings. Describes his life…
in Europe between the wars and how his own actions contributed to his many accidents, physical injuries, and alcoholism. At sixty-two, anxious and depressed, he committed suicide--as had his father and brother before him. For grades 5-8 and older readersKnots in my yo-yo string: the autobiography of a kid
Par Jerry Spinelli. 1998
Jerry Spinelli, who grew up to be an award-winning children's author, tells of his own adventure-filled childhood in Pennsylvania. His…
dismay to learn he wasn't really cut out to be a cowboy, his embarrassment at being the only kid at a football game with a uniform on, and his decision to punch someone just for the experience are all humorously described. For grades 5-8Under the Tuscan sun: at home in Italy
Par Frances Mayes. 1996
American writer Frances Mayes finds a new lifestyle when she and her companion Ed purchase a large, abandoned, country home…
in Tuscany. The restoration of the house and garden are fraught with problems but also provide many pleasures. Mayes enjoys the flowers, the freshly grown vegetables, the cooking, and the quiet pace of sunny Tuscan summers. Bestseller