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This biography introduces readers to Cynthia Kadohata, the Newbery Medal winning author of Kira-Kira. She is also the author of A Million Shades of Gray, Outside Beauty, Weedflower, Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam, and other young adult and adult novels. Readers will learn about Kadohata's early life in the South, the influence of her Japanese heritage, her struggle to get short stories published in magazines, her switch to young adult fiction,...
2) Dav Pilkey
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This biography introduces readers to humorous author and illustrator Dav Pilkey, creator of the Captain Underpants series and Caldecott Honor winnerfor The Paperboy. Readers will learn about Pilkey's childhood and college days in Ohio, his difficulty in school that led to the inspiration for Captain Underpants, his move to the West Coast, and the success and controversy that have accompanied the publication of his books. He is the successful author...
3) E. B. White
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This biography introduces readers to beloved, award-winning author E.B. White. Readers will learn about White's childhood in New York, his work at the New Yorker, his farm in Maine, and his authorship of and inspiration for Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight White's childhood, education, family, and life as an author. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing...
4) Rick Riordan
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This biography introduces readers to Rick Riordan, best-selling author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Readers will learn about Riordan's childhood in Texas, his career as a teacher there and in California, his early success with his adult mystery novel series about Tres Navarre, and the family inspiration for his Percy Jackson series, about a boy with ADHD and dyslexia. Readers will discover Riordan's lifelong love of mythology, which...
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This biography introduces readers to Suzanne Collins, the best-selling author of the Underland Chronicles series and the Hunger Games series. Her books include Gregor the Overlander, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. Readers will learn about Collins's childhood in the United States and Belgium, the influence of her father's military career, her early love of reading, and her initial work as a writer for television shows such as Clarissa...
6) Yuyi Morales
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This biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré Award winning author and illustrator Yuyi Morales. She has worked on Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book, Los Gatos Black on Halloween, My Abuelita, Ladder to the Moon, and other titles. Readers will learn about Morales's early years in Mexico, her immigration to the United States,...
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Few stories have the power to stay with us the way the tales we hear in childhood do. Great children's book authors have at their disposal countless techniques to channel young imaginations and appeal directly to their audience's tender sensibilities. They craft colorful characters whose circumstances and actions resonate with readers in a way that carries through well into adulthood. The creators of some of the most whimsical, witty, thought-provoking,...
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Of the many millions of books written over the course of history, only a relatively small percentage have been deemed classics. Authors of classic literature are those who have penned works definitive of a style, movement, era, or ethos. Their works are timeless in message and scope. This essential volume chronicles the lives of many literary luminaries-including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, and Virginia Woolf-examining their early...
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Mysteries, horror stories, and thrillers keep readers' hearts pounding and their bodies firmly planted on the edge of their seats. The authors who have provided some of the greatest literary adrenaline rushes in history are profiled in this book. These individuals challenge readers to solve crimes, delve into the supernatural, and face their deepest fears-all in the name of entertainment and edification. By examining the lives of many of the writers...
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Of the many millions of books written over the course of history, only a relatively small percentage have been deemed classics. Authors of classic literature are those who have penned works definitive of a style, movement, era, or ethos. Their works are timeless in message and scope. This essential volume chronicles the lives of many literary luminaries-including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, and Virginia Woolf-examining their early...
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While a number of genres-including mystery, romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, literary fiction, and thrillers, among others-comprise the broader category of fiction, few authors in those genres can claim popular crossover appeal. Culled from a variety of these genres, the authors profiled in this appealing volume have penned books that have done just that. Readers will be introduced to the lives and works of such writers as Judy Blume, Michael...
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Fantastical realms, enchanted creatures, and imaginative technologies are but a few of the many elements that draw readers to the science fiction and fantasy genres of literature. Great science fiction and fantasy authors are skilled at blending the unfamiliar with the familiar, making their imaginative tales both grounded and, in some cases, prescient. Writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.K. Rowling, and J.R.R. Tolkien, to name a few,...
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As with novelists and short story writers, the job of poets and playwrights is to elicit emotion and generate thought. The difference is that the latter authors do so while adhering to rules different than those governing standard prose works. Where poets create rich verses loaded with subtext, playwrights rely largely on dialogue to create poignant scenes that become all the more powerful when performed onstage. This captivating collection of biographies...
14) Alvin Schwartz
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This biography introduces readers to Alvin Schwartz, the successful author of three volumes of Scary Stories books, I Can Read series, and Witcracks. Readers will learn about Schwartz's childhood in New York, his love of folklore, his switch to young adult fiction, and the success and controversy that have accompanied the publication of his books. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Schwartz's childhood, education, and life as an author....
15) Gary Paulsen
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This biography introduces readers to Gary Paulsen, the Newbery Medal winning author of Hatchet. Readers will learn about Paulsen's childhood in the Philippines and Minnesota, the night he received a library card, his love of dog sledding, and the adventures that inspire his award-winning books. He is also the author of Tracker, Mr. Tucket, and Woodsong. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Paulsen's childhood, education, and life as an...
16) L. Frank Baum
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This biography introduces reader to L. Frank Baum, the best-selling author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Readers will learn about Baum's childhood in New York, his work as a writer, actor, and traveling salesman, and the inspiration for his famous book that continues to be popular today. Baum wrote 13 books in his Oz series. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Baum's childhood, family, education, and life as an author. Checkerboard...
17) Scott O'Dell
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This biography introduces readers to Scott O'Dell, the Newbery Medal winning author of Island of the Blue Dolphins. He is also the author of The King's Fifth, The Black Pearl, and Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. Readers will learn about O'Dell's childhood in California, his work in film business, and his switch to young adult fiction. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight O'Dell's childhood, family, education, and life as an author....
18) Sharon Creech
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This biography introduces readers to Newbery Medal and Carnegie Medal winning author Sharon Creech. Her books include Absolutely Normal Chaos, Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, and Love That Dog. Readers will learn about her childhood and college days in Ohio, her move to London, England, and how her life and family influence her award-winning titles. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Creech's childhood, education, and life as an author....
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This biography introduces readers to the five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Walter Dean Myers. Readers will learn about Myers's childhood in Harlem, his difficulty in school with a speech impediment, and the inspiration behind his award-winning titles. His books include Monster, Scorpions, and Fallen Angels. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Myers's childhood, education, and life as an author. Checkerboard Library is...
20) Charles Schulz
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This title will introduce readers to the life and works of Charles Schulz, including the Peanuts characters. Complete with great photographs and a timeline!
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