Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Don't tell the girls, a family memoir, by Patricia Reilly Giff
- For spacious skies, Katharine Lee Bates and "America the beautiful", Nancy Churnin ; illustrated by Olga Baumert
- A book, too, can be a star, the story of Madeleine L'Engle and the making of A wrinkle in time, written by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams ; illustrated by Adelina Lirius
- Christopher Paul Curtis, Jill C. Wheeler
- Shel Silverstein, by Molly Kolpin
- Imagine that!, how Dr. Seuss wrote The cat in the hat, by Judy Sierra ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
- Richard Wright, Joan Urban
- Barbara Park, by Molly Kolpin
- Under the royal palms, a childhood in Cuba, Alma Flor Ada
- Things will never be the same, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American dreamer, by John Tessitore
- Mr. McCloskey's marvelous mallards, the making of Make way for ducklings, Emma Bland Smith ; illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
- A story is to share, how Ruth Krauss found another way to tell a tale, words by Carter Higgins ; pictures by Isabelle Arsenault
- I am Scout, the biography of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields
- The worlds of Tomie dePaola, the art and stories of the legendary artist and author, by Barbara Elleman
- What a year!, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Guts, or, How I lived the same as Brian Robeson, Gary Paulsen
- Planting stories, the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré, words by Anika Aldamuy Denise ; illustrations by Paola Escobar
- Who is R. L. Stine?, by M.D. Payne ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Ezra Jack Keats, a biography with illustrations, Dean Engel and Florence B. Freedman
- Meet E.B. White, S. Ward
- The wall, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
- 26 Fairmount Avenue, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Dav Pilkey, by Kelli L. Hicks
- Jack London and the Klondike gold rush, Peter Lourie, with illustrations by Wendell Minor
- Zora Neale Hurston, writer and storyteller, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Alabama spitfire, the story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Bethany Hegedus ; illustrated by Erin McGuire
- Down a sunny dirt road, an autobiography, Stan & Jan Berenstain
- For the duration, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Bill Peet, an autobiography
- A portrait in poems, the storied life of Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas, written by Evie Robillard ; illustrated by Rachel Katstaller
- On my way, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- The boy on Fairfield Street, how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss, by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher
- Knots in my yo-yo string, the autobiography of a kid, by Jerry Spinelli
- Memories and life lessons from the Magic tree house, Mary Pope Osborne ; with illustrations by Sal Murdocca
- This side of wild, mutts, mares, and laughing dinosaurs, Gary Paulsen ; illustrated by Tim Jessell
- I'm still scared, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Marjory saves the Everglades, written by Sandra Neil Wallace ; illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon
- The road to Oz, twists, turns, bumps, and triumphs in the life of L. Frank Baum, by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
- Feed your mind, a story of August Wilson, by Jen Bryant ; illustrated by Cannaday Chapman
- The journey that saved Curious George, the true wartime escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, by Louise Borden ; illustrated by Allan Drummond
- Rascal, by Sterling North ; illustrated by John Schoenherr
- Here we all are, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Dr. Seuss, the great doodler, by Kate Klimo ; paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher ; with illustrations by Dr. Seuss
- The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown, written by Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Sarah Jacoby
- Maya Angelou, written by Lisbeth Kaiser ; illustrated by Leire Salaberria
- Island treasures, growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms, and the new collection Days at La Quinta Simoni, Alma Flor Ada ; illustrations by Edel Rodriguez and Antonio Martorell
- Big machines, the story of Virginia Lee Burton, by Sherri Duskey Rinker ; illustrated by John Rocco
- Zora!, the life of Zora Neal Hurston, Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin
- Make way, the story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and some very famous ducklings, written by Angela Burke Kunkel ; illustrated by Claire Keane
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