Jacqueline Woodson (Spotlight on Children's Authors)
by Laura Sullivan
Examines the life and accomplishments of the African American writer, performer, and teacher. Includes a selection of her poetry.
Dr. Seuss (Spotlight on Children's Authors)
by Deborah Grahame-Smith
Franz Kafka (Bloom's BioCritiques (Paperback))
Franz Kafka's visionary fiction offers an unforgettable rendering of the anxiety and alienation prevalent in 20th-century Western society. ""The Trial"" and ""The Metamorphosis"" are among the works discussed in this new collection of contemporary critical commentary on the author. This new offering from Bloom's ""Modern Critical Views"" includes an introductory essay from esteemed scholar Harold Bloom, a bibliography, a chronology of the author's life, and an index for quick reference. Each tit...
A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who actually lived in the little houses about which she wrote.
Jeff Bezos:: Amazon.com Architect (Publishing Pioneers)
by Tom Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (Voices in Poetry (Child's World))
by Michael E. Goodman
Examines the life of the American poet and presents some of his poems.
Mark T-W-A-I-N! (A Carolrhoda creative minds book) (Creative Minds Biography (Paperback))
by David R. Collins
In this autobiographical account an author and illustrator of children's books shares his life, daily activities, and creative process, and shows how all are intertwined.
As a young girl growing up in El Paso, Texas, Pat Mora felt as though she belonged to two worlds - the American culture of Texas and the Latino culture of Mexico. When her parents gave her a typewriter as an 8th-grade graduation gift, Mora started expressing her feelings through poetry. She would go on to become the Chicana voice of the Southwest, telling stories about the desert and the Latino people who are forced to straddle two cultures. Mora has also turned her talents toward authoring stor...
Offers a biographical profile of the poet and provides analyses and critical views of his work.
Dr. Seuss (Checkerboard Biography Library) (Children's Authors)
by Mae Woods
