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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, "I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them." Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, not a great deal was known about Maud's personal life. Her childhood was spent with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the English novelist notable for such works as "Oliver Twist" and "A Christmas Carol," including his rise from boyhood poverty, his literary career, and his personal life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her writing--principally her five novels--is a critique of the British landed...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's 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 wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.
8) Jane Austen
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of well-known English novelist, Jane Austen, including her childhood, and her works.
10) Toni Morrison
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and career of author Amy Tan, from her childhood in Oakland, California, through her struggle to accept her Chinese heritage, to her career as a writer.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any age.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
112 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death"--
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