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3) Rick Riordan
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This biography introduces readers to Rick Riordan, best-selling author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Readers will learn about Riordan's childhood in Texas, his career as a teacher there and in California, his early success with his adult mystery novel series about Tres Navarre, and the family inspiration for his Percy Jackson series, about a boy with ADHD and dyslexia. Readers will discover Riordan's lifelong love of mythology, which...
6) Dr. Seuss
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"This title introduces readers to the life and works of Dr. Seuss, including The Cat in the Hat and Horton Hears a Who. Complete with . . . photographs and a timeline!"--Provided by publisher.
8) Maya Angelou
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Examines the life and accomplishments of the African American writer, performer, and teacher, as well as her impact on literature and black culture.
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In 1904 Sam Clemens leads a reclusive life in New York City after the death of his wife, who was also his editor, until his cat Bambino influences him to re-join society. Includes brief notes on the life and work of Samuel Langhorne Clemens who was known to the world by his pen name, Mark Twain.
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Filled with her trademark humor and heart, Paterson's life stories tell tales from her childhood growing up with missionaries, to living as a single woman in Japan, to raising four children in surburban Maryland with her minister husband. --Provided by the Publisher.
14) Gordon Korman
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades two through five, this title provides readers with basic information about Gordon Korman"--
15) L. Frank Baum
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Introduces young readers to L. Frank Baum, the best-selling author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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"The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle...
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