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Kid authors : true tales of childhood from famous writers
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- ISBN: 9781594749872
- ISBN: 1594749876
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Physical Description:
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199 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-193) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: It's not easy being a kid. J.R.R. Tolkien meets a baboon tarantula -- J.K. Rowling, a storybook life -- Edgar Allan Poe, little orphan Edgar -- Sherman Alexie, off the reservation -- Lewis Carroll, one tough nerd -- Laura Ingalls Wilder, heart of a pioneer -- Part two: All in the family. Zora Neale Hurston, jumping at the sun -- Mark Twain, bad boy makes good -- Langston Hughes, history lessons -- Jules Verne, castaway for a day -- Part three: The write stuff. Roald Dahl, the boy who loved candy -- Stan Lee, the incredible reader -- Beverly Cleary, flight of the blackbird -- Lucy Maud Montgomery, the adventures of story girl -- Jeff Kinney, stuck in the middle -- Fun facts about famous authors. |
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