Favorite Author Biographies
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A Girl from Yamhill
by Beverly Cleary  Publisher Comments Generations of children have grown up with Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and all of their friends, families, and assorted pets. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing moments, and all of the other poignant and colorful images...
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Looking Back: A Book of Memories
by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments People are constantly asking two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry where she gets her ideas. In this fascinating memoir, Lowry answers this question, through recollections of childhood friends and pictures and memories that explore her rich family history....
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The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright
by Jean Nathan 
Powells.com Staff Pick The fey daughter of a successful portrait artist and sister to a fishing lure inventor, Dare Wright conducted her life like an actress in an autobiographical production. Juxtaposed between innocence and erotica she created nineteen children's books, had...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography (Little House)
by William Anderson Publisher Comments From her pioneer days on the prairie to her golden years with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder has become a friend to all who have read about her adventures. This behind-the-scenes account chronicles the real events in...
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Mary Poppins, She Wrote: The Life of P. L. Travers
by Valerie Lawson Publisher Comments The story of Mary Poppins, the quintessentially English and utterly magical children's nanny, is remarkable enough. She flew into the lives of the unsuspecting Banks family in a children's book that was instantly hailed as a classic, then became a...
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Through the Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein
by Sharon Darrow and Angela Barrett Publisher Comments Haunting and deeply moving — a beautifully illustrated, fictionalized account of a formative time in the life of the teenage girl who wrote our most enduring horror story. Long before Mary Shelley published her Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein...
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Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of Green Gables
by Alexandra Wallner Publisher Comments Before she grew up to be a best-selling author whose books captivated the hearts of readers throughout the world, young Lucy Maud Montgomery was raised by her strict grandparents on Prince Edward Island in Canada....
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Girl Sleuth : Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her (05 Edition)
by Melanie Rehak
Publisher Comments In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit, ready to restore a stolen inheritance to its rightful owner. Tied up by the villains, she managed to free herself and bring them to justice - all while...
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Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon
by Leonard S. Marcus Publisher Comments Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moonand dozens of other children's classics, all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she knew of a child's need for security,...
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Beatrix
by Jeanette Winter Publisher Comments Beatrix Potter's childhood was characterized by a distinctly Victorian mixture of privilege and neglect. Her parents were distant and distracted, so she was left largely to her own devices. She found companionship in nature, in the small animals she met...
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