Picture Book Biographies About Writers

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The books below are biographies all about writers.

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A Poem for Peter
Emily
Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider — The Story of E. B. White
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss
Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary (Growing to Greatness)
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton
A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland (She Made History)
John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien
The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia
Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
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