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Book Browse: Barbara Kingsolver Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a well-written, detailed biography of the author Barbara Kingsolver. Also includes a small picture and a link to a list of her books.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Bridge to Terabithia [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
"Bridge to Terabithia", a Newbery Award winner by Katherine Paterson is a contemporary novel of friendship, accepting differences, giving, imagination, and caring for others. Friends, Jess and Leslie live in rural Virginia community....
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Zane Grey

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Zane Grey including a biography, the full text of 20 novels, and 11 short stories.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu including a biography and the full text of 9 novels and 13. He is called the father of the modern ghost story; his vampire story Carmilla influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Edna St. Vincent Millay

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Edna St. Vincent Millay including a biography and the full text of the poetry collection Second April.
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Jean Craighead George's Website

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...
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Trelease on Reading/beverly Cleary

For Students 3rd - 8th
The author of the Ramona series, Beverly Cleary, receives an appreciative biographical note by Jim Trelease.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features the author William Shakespeare including a biography and the full text of 39 of his famous plays. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Beatrix Potter

For Students 9th - 10th
Beatrix Potter may be a familiar name in children's literature, but what a lot do not know is that she is a notable woman of science as well. Find out in this short biography.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Holes

For Students 3rd - 8th
"Holes" by Louis Sachar, is a Newbery winner. Trouble seems to follow Stanley Yelnats and his family. Can Stanley "fulfill" the void/hole that exist? Make the smart choice by enjoying the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Fredric Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
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University of Pennsylvania

Romanticism: Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Charles Dickens Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information, list of works, and famous quotes about Charles Dickens, renowned British author.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: j.k. Rowling Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Useful biographical information and interesting facts about J.K. Rowling, the famous British author of the Harry Potter book series.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: James Boswell

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on the life and times of James Boswell, lawyer, essayist and author of The Life of Samuel Johnson.

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