Read this autobiography to learn about illustrator Bruce Degen. Links to an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Jean Marzollo. Links to a list of her books, her website, and an author's visit kit are also available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Joyce Hansen. Links to an author visit kit and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Kate DiCamillo. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Michael Dorris. Links to his website and a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author and illustrator David Kirk. Links to an interview and a list of his books are also available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author and illustrator Jan Brett. Links to her website, an interview, and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about photographer and author Susan Kuklin. Links to an author visit kit and a list of her books are also available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author and artist Nicholasa Mohr. A link to a list of her books is also available.

Read this biography to learn about author and illustrator Saxton Freymann. A link to a list of his books is available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Bruce Coville. Links to an interview and a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Caroline B. Cooney. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Dan Gutman. Links to his website, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.

Read this biography to learn about author David A. Adler. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.

Read this biography to learn about illustrator George Ancona. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about award winning author John Coy. Links to his website, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Karen Cushman. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about children and young adult author Ken Mochizuki. Links to a list of his books and a transcript of an interview with him are provided.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Shana Corey. Links to her website, a downloadable PDF biography, an author's note to readers, and author visit kit, and a list of her books are available.

Read this biography to learn about author and illustrator Betsy Franco. Links to her website, an interview, and a list of her books are available.

Read about George Seldes (1890-1995), a muckraker and press critic. Read some of his writings from his column "In Fact." Read his autobiography and a brief biography. There are links to other sites about George Seldes. Site by Brass Check.

Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.

Five primary source materials on African American history: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr., My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois, Up From...

Lesson in which learners are required to read and analyze biographies and autobiographies and use them as a model for writing about an autobiographical experience. Students complete the writing process and share written work with the class.