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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Kate Di Camillo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Kate DiCamillo. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Michael Dorris

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Michael Dorris. Links to his website and a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Susan Kuklin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Suzy Kline

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Suzy Kline. A link to a list of his books is also available.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain, an autobiography which has no relationship to Twain's real life.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Tony Mitton

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Nicholasa Mohr

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author and artist Nicholasa Mohr. A link to a list of her books is also available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Saxton Freymann

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author and illustrator Saxton Freymann. A link to a list of his books is available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Shana Corey

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Betsy Franco

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Bruce Coville

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Bruce Coville. Links to an interview and a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Caroline B. Cooney

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Caroline B. Cooney. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Dan Gutman

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: David A. Adler

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author David A. Adler. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: George Ancona

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about illustrator George Ancona. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Jack Gantos

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Jack Gantos. A link to a list of his books is available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: John Coy

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Karen Cushman

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Karen Cushman. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.
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Other

Autobiography: e.l. Konigsburg

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Following this brief autobiographical sketch, there are is a biographical statement, a list of works written by the author, and a list of works about the author.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Louis Sachar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Delve into this resource featuring links to biographical information, and lesson plans for some of Louis Sachar's work.
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Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College: Evelyn Boyd Granville Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This autobiography of Evelyn Boyd Granville gives an outline of the various jobs she held as a mathematician in the United States.
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Who2 Biographies: Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical page on Mandela. Includes links to various other resources, including excerpts of his autobiography.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Zines for Kids Multigenre Texts About Media Icons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for nine lessons that ask students to create multigenre zines for popular culture figures that include letter, persuasive, narrative, acrostic poetry, comic, and biography/autobiography writing. To accomplish this,...
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Michael Snow Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Featured is Michael Snow's own autobiography. A Toronto born painter and sculptor, he is also an award winning musician, filmmaker, and photographer.

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