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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world?
On the morning he was born, he nearly died. His dad grew up in the Pogey– the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell. While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line “I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid.” He once watched James...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A #1 New York Times best-selling author and Newbery Medalist offers a memoir that poetry, letters, recipes and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with"--
4) Mark Twain
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life, works, and legacy of Mark Twain, the most successful author of his day.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Born into the middle of World War II, Gary Paulsen's turbulent childhood provided plenty of subject matter for his bestselling novels, and the librarians in his life gave him the inspiration and support to explore the world through books. As a soldier himself, his storytelling technique developed, and for the first time he shares his own.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The inspiring true story of Harper Lee, the girl who grew up to write To Kill a Mockingbird, from Bethany Hegedus and Erin McGuire. Perfect for fans of The Right Word and I Dissent. Nelle Harper Lee grew up in the rocky red soil of Monroeville, Alabama. From the get-go she was a spitfire. Unlike most girls at that time and place, Nelle preferred overalls to dresses and climbing trees to tea parties. Nelle loved to watch her daddy try cases in the...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The story of Samuel Long, who escapes slavery in Virginia by traveling the Underground Railroad to Walden Woods, where he encounters Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Lloyd Garrison, and other transcendentalists and abolitionists. While Long will experience his coming-of-age at Walden Pond, his hosts will receive a lesson on human dignity, culminating in a climactic act of civil disobedience"--
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color iiustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten, an anxious Elwyn longed for the farm, where animal friends awaited him at the end of each day. Propelled by his fascination with the outside world, he began to jot down his reflections in a journal. Writing filled him with joy, and words became his world. Today, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are beloved classics of children's...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
In a story inspired by the modern and groundbreaking writing of Gertrude Stein herself, not alot makes sense. Enter the whimsical world of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. In this tribute to Gertrude Stein, a colorfully illustrated picture book captures the beauty and joy of appreciating art and reading words in a unique and imaginative way.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
282 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The authors describe their introspective journeys to Greece and France, during which they reconnected while Sue grappled with midlife challenges and writer's block and Ann struggled with heartbreak and post-college career questions.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 290 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank you, a Vintage Books Original. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But, behind all that new-found glam, Irby is just trying to...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose comes a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's roots and seeking a father's wisdom through an unusual woodworking project -- constructing his own coffin. With wisdom and humor, Giffels grapples with the hard questions as he and his father saw, hammer, and sand their way through a year bowed by loss.
When Giffels enlisted his dad to help...
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee, comic book legend and co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes, shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came into existence.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of E.B. White's life and career through personal letters, photographs, family ephemera, and original artwork, while offering glimpses into the origins of his iconic works.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1974]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
xviii, 124 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A selection of letters by Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband in which she describes the highlights of her visit to the west coast in 1915.
19) El deafo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
227 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares the author's experiences as an only child born to a single mother in Korea, who abruptly moved to the United States as a teenager and the difficulties she had fitting in in both countries.