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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Elementary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Authors kids loveSummary Note: A biography of author Alma Flor Ada, describing her life, how she became an author, her books, and includes her advice for young writers.
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1998., Greenwood Press Call No: 813.54 TAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,Summary Note: A guide to reading and understanding three novels written by Asian American writer Amy Tan that includes information on the characters, narrative strategies, plot development, literary devices, setting, and major themes of each novel.
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1997., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.
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c2001., Primary, Abdo Pub. Call No: B Cle Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Children's authorsSummary Note: Provides information about the childhood, education, and career of children's book author Beverly Cleary, creator of the Ramona Quimby character.
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c2001., Primary, Abdo Pub. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Children's authorsSummary Note: Provides information about the childhood, education, and career of children's book author Beverly Cleary, creator of the Ramona Quimby character.
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By Ring, Susanc2003., Weigl Call No: B CLE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: My favorite writerSummary Note: A biography of American author Beverly Cleary, who is best known for her books featuring Ramona Quimby, plus a chapter of creative writing tips.
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-- Beyond little women, Louisa May Alcottc2004., Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Creative minds biographySummary Note: Tells the life story of nineteenth-century author Louisa May Alcott, describing the New England childhood with her three sisters that she immortalized in "Little Women," her development as a writer, and her years of sacrifice for her family.
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c1995., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers of English
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c2003, University Press of America Call No: 811 .52099287 0896073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a critical assessment of the creative achievements of five African-American women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, including Georgia Douglas Johnson, Anne Spencer, Helen Johnson, Gwen Bennett, and Angelina Grimke, and includes discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
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c1997., Pre-adolescent, Richard C. Owen Call No: 813 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Meet the authorSummary Note: The author of the Newbery Honor Book, "The Dark Thirty," describes her life, how she became a writer, how her family helps with her writing, and how she gets her ideas.
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By Harjo, Joyc2012., W. W. Norton Call No: NL B HAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2009., Primary, Abdo Call No: B RYLANT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Checkerboard biography library.Summary Note: Provides information about the childhood, education, and career of children's book author Cyntia Rylant, and is known for writing "Missing May," "A Fine White Dust," and "The Islander.".
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2015., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: HI-INT B ENG Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother's tropical island country. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Then a revolution breaks out in Cuba. Margarita fears for her faraway family. When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupts into the Bay of Pigs invasion, Margarita's worlds collide in the worst way possible. How can the two countries she loves hate each other so much? And will she ever get to visit her beautiful island again?.
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c1994., Juvenile, R.C. Owen Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Meet the authorSummary Note: Children's author and illustrator Patricia Polacco recounts her life and describes how her daily activities and writing and drawing process are interwoven.
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c2001., Capstone Press Call No: B ALC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Diaries, letters, and memoirsSummary Note: Excerpts from the girlhood diary of Louisa May Alcott, describing her family life, lessons, and experiences on a communal farm in the 1840s. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
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c2001., Capstone Press Call No: B GAG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Diaries, letters, and memoirsSummary Note: The diary of Wanda Gag records her childhood experiences in school, hardships at home, and dreams of becoming a great artist. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
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c1996., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American profiles
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c1990, Harvard University Press Call No: 810.9 9287 03 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the lives and works of one hundred African-American women authors writing in the United States between 1900 and 1945.
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1997, Pre-adolescent, Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Quotes from the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer life in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800s.