Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Teaching with favorite Jan Brett books	Jacqueline Clarke	Engaging, activities that build essential reading and writing skills and explore the themes in these popular books	OL12039413W
The land remembers	Ben Logan	The Land Remembers is the autobiographical account of Ben Logan, first published in 1975 by Heartland Press. Logan was raised on his family's farm, Seldom Seen, in the southwest Wisconsin hill countr…	OL14852546W
An American childhood	Annie Dillard	A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in t…	OL14857922W
Meet Shel Silverstein	S. Ward	A brief biography of the author of "The Giving Tree."	OL14868212W
A Little House Sampler	Laura Ingalls Wilder,William T. Anderson,Rose Wilder Lane	Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose series of Little House books has charmed millions of readers, was first encouraged to write about her early days on the frontier by her daughter, Rose, who herself wrote a…	OL1719780W
Maker of things	Denise Fleming	This writer and illustrator describes her life, her daily activities, and her creative process, showing how all are intertwined.	OL17744677W
Brother, I'm dying	Edwidge Danticat	From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so …	OL1806975W
The pigman & me	Paul Zindel	An account of Paul Zindel's teenage years on Staten Island, when his life was enriched by finding his own personal pigman, or mentor.	OL1815146W
The furious passage of James Baldwin	Fern Marja Eckman	He has been called passionate and violent, cryptic and probing, hostile and eloquent. His works have been called brilliant and unbearable, poetic and documentary, classic and controversial. He is a m…	OL182403W
Dr. Seuss	Jill C. Wheeler	Discusses the life and works of Theodor Geisel.	OL1830694W
Peggy Parish	Jill C. Wheeler	A biography of the author of the well-loved "Amelia Bedelia" books.	OL1830809W
Virginia Hamilton	Jill C. Wheeler	A biography of the children's writer known for her varied novels and interest in black history.	OL1830855W
American writers of the 20th century	Carmen Bredeson	Describes the personal lives and professional accomplishments of ten American authors of the twentieth century including John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, and Ernest Hemi…	OL1847671W
A voice for the people	Nina Jaffe	A biography of the folklorist and novelist who recorded the traditional songs and stories of the people of Haiti, the Hopi Indians, and black communities in the South, connecting the African-American…	OL1858146W
Cast of thousands	Anita Loos	Loos shares her collection of memories, photos, and anecdotes of a life spanning over 80 years, roamign from New York to Hollywood, to Paris, Berlin and Rome. It features a case of the most famous an…	OL1863456W
The comedy writer	Peter Farrelly	A Confederacy of Dunces meets The Player in an offbeat, sidesplittingly hilarious novel about making it against all odds in 1990s' Hollywood, by the co-writer/director of Dumb and Dumber.When Henry H…	OL1863852W
Louisa May Alcott	Beatrice Gormley	Traces the life of the author of the well-loved stories of the March sisters, "Little Women" and its sequels.	OL1873997W
Chance encounters	A. C. Greene	""Chance Encounters in the 1930s-1940s" include such personalities as opera diva Jarmile Novotna, Bill Mauldin, Ann Sothern, Roy Rogers and Trigger, and China with the Marines during World War II. In…	OL1896561W
Willa Cather	Sara McIntosh Wooten	Describes the life, career, and writings of the Pulitzer Prize winner who immortalized the Great Plains and Nebraska countryside.	OL1917420W
Peter Taylor	Hubert Horton McAlexander	"Some years before Peter Taylor's death in 1994, the tacit agreement was made that Hubert McAlexander would be the author's biographer. Peter Taylor, McAlexander's accomplished portrait, achieves for…	OL1964585W