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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J.K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic"--...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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 with doodles just like a kid might do. And so, the Diary...
8) J.K. Rowling
Author
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A former United States Poet Laureate shares secrets about viewing the world from a poet's perspective, explaining how "jabberwalking" poets draw inspiration from everything they experience to express themselves in creative ways.
11) Dav Pilkey
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and career of the children's author and illustrator known for penning the "Captain Underpants" series.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From acrostics and ballads to meter and metaphor, author and poet Judy Young has written a collection of poems to illustrate poetic tools, terms, and techniques. Each term or technique is demonstrated in an accompanying poem so readers can see the method at work"--Provided by publisher.
13) Roald Dahl
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A description of the personal life and career of the twentieth-century English writer of such successful books as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Matilda."
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her brother, Bertram, Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The book was rejected by several publishes until Frederick Warne eventually took a risk and published the story...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Learn how Judy Blume went from a stay-at-home mother to one of the most beloved American authors of the twentieth century. Readers adore Judy Blume for her personal stories about the journey from childhood to adolescence. She has always been an imaginative person and an avid reader. As a child, Judy spent time looking through library shelves for the perfect books, and if she couldn't find the right ones, she entertained herself by making up stories...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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. Though many of his own stories were light and funny,...
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