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4) Me-- Jane
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 740L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
186, xxv, 150, 114 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Dorothea Brande's Becoming a Writer remains evergreen decades after it was first, written. Brande believed passionately that although people have varying amounts of talent, anyone can write. She also insists that writing can be both, taught and learned. This is Dorothea Brande's legacy to all those who have ever wanted to express their ideas in written form. A sound, practical, inspirational and charming approach to writing, it fulfills on finding...
10) Someone like me
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.
11) Growing up
Author
Pub. Date
1982
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Ranging from the backwoods of Virginia to a New Jersey commuter town to the city of Baltimore, this remarkable memoir recounts Russell Baker's experience of growing up in pre–World War II America, before he went on to a celebrated career in journalism. With poignant, humorous tales of powerful love, awkward sex, and courage in the face of adversity, Baker reveals how he helped his mother and family through the Great Depression by delivering papers...
Author
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose is a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate-candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse...
Author
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
" Duluth may be the city of "untold delights" as lampooned in a Kentucky congressman's speech in 1871. Or it may be portrayed by a joke in Woody Allen's film Manhattan. Or then again, it may be the "Zenith City of the unsalted seas" celebrated by Dr. Thomas Preston Foster, founder of the city's first newspaper. But whatever else it may be, this city of granite hills, foghorns, and gritty history, the last stop on the shipping lanes of the Great Lakes,...
Author
Pub. Date
1987
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
255 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Black Boy exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, it caused a sensation. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that "if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy." Opposing forces felt compelled to comment: addressing Congress, Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi argued that the purpose of this book "was...
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
279 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.
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