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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Mary James

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author Mary James. A link to a list of her books is available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Polly Horvath

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

Scholastic: Biography: Rafe Martin

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

Scholastic: Biography: Robert Neubecker

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read this biography to learn about award-winning author and illustrator Robert Neubecker. A link to a list of his books is provided.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Tony Mitton

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about award-winning poet and children's book author Tony Mitton. A link to a list of his books is provided.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Bill Martin, Jr.

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Bill Martin, Jr. A link to a list of his books is also available.
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A&E Television

Biography: Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on Ray Bradbury, author and poet best known for his science fiction works. Includes information about Bradbury's early life, literary works and honors, and death and legacy.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Joanna Cole's Biography

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about children's book author Joanna Cole, author of the "Magic School Bus" series. A list of her books and a transcript of an interview also available.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of famous Civil War writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. Includes list of additional titles about author.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Christopher Myers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about award-winning illustrator Christopher Myers, son of Walter Dean Myers. A link to a list of books is provided.
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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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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Gilbert K. Chesterton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Gilbert K. Chesterton including a biography, the full text of eight novels including The Innocence of Father Brown and The Man Who Knew Too Much and the nonfiction work All Things Considered.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Franz Kafka

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Franz Kafka including a biography and the full text of the novel The Metamorphosis.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Emily Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Emily Bronte including a biography and the full text of the novel Wuthering Heights.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Jean Marzollo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Joyce Hansen

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Joyce Hansen. Links to an author visit kit and a list of her 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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Other

Monticello: Brief Biography of Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
Monticello.org provides a brief but detailed biography of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 CE), 3rd President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Lisa Burnett Bossi

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about illustrator and graphic designer Lisa Burnett Bossi. Links to her website and to a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Mordicai Gerstein

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about illustrator Mordicai Gerstein. A link to a list of his books is available.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Edgar Rice Burroughs including a biography and the full text of 24 novels including At the Earth's Core and the Tarzan series.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Samuel Taylor Coleridge including a biography and the full text of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Charles Dickens including a biography, the full text of 28 novels and 12 short stories.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: T. S. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features the author T. S. Eliot including a biography and the full text of the poetry collection Poems, which contains 24 poems including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "A Cooking Egg."

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