Children's books about writers

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature about writers and writing.

The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown / written by Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Sarah Jacoby.
Cover of The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3503 .R82184 Z37 2019 F
Ages 4-8; Gr.1-5
Shout : a poetry memoir / by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .N374443 Z46 2019
Ages 12+
Soaring earth : a companion memoir to Enchanted air / Margarita Engle.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 Z46 2019
Young adult
Jabberwalking / Juan Felipe Herrera.
Cover image of Jabberwalking
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN1059 .A9 H485 2018
Ages 10 and up; Gr.7 and up
Miguel de Cervantes : caballero de las desdichas / texto de Ignacio Padilla ; ilustraciones de Juan Palomino.
Primera edición.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ7298.26 .A285 M54 2015
Elementary
Mary who wrote Frankenstein / written by Linda Bailey ; illustrated by Júlia Sardà.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR5398 .B35 2018 F
Ages 5-8; K-Gr.3
Jack London and the Klondike gold rush / Peter Lourie ; with illustrations by Wendell Minor.
Cover image of Jack London and the Klondike gold rush
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3523 .O46 Z6144 2017
Lexile measure 1120; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8
Ordinary, extraordinary Jane Austen : the story of six novels, three notebooks, a writing box, and one clever girl / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrations by Qin Leng.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR4036 .H665 2018
Ages 4-8; K-Gr.2
Miguel's brave knight : young Cervantes and his dream of Don Quixote / poems by Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Raúl Colón.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 M55 2017 F
Lexile measure 920; Ages 8-12; Gr.3-6
A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson.
Cover image of A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .E25243 Z83 2016
Lexile measure 620; Ages 6-8; Gr.2-4
Some writer!: the story of E. B. White / by Melissa Sweet.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .H5187 Z926 2016
Lexile measure 1030; Ages 7-10; Gr3-5
The tree in the courtyard : looking through Anne Frank's window / by Jeff Gottesfeld ; illustrated by Peter McCarty.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .O8734 T74 2016
Lexile measure 590L; Ages 5-8; K-Gr.3; Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers, 2016
Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton / Don Tate.
Cover image of Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS1999 .H473 Z88 2015
Lexile measure 730; Ages 7-10; Gr.2-5
Beatrix Potter and her paint box / David McPhail.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6031 .O72 Z76 2015
How I discovered poetry / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrations by Hadley Hooper.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .A4795 H69 2014
Ages 10 and up; Gr.7-12; Autobiography and biography; Poetry and rhymes; Coretta Scott King Author Award honor, 2015
The Pilot and the Little Prince : the Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / Peter Sis.
Cover image of The Pilot and the Little Prince : the Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ2637 .A274 Z8295 2014 F
Lexile measure 880; Ages 6-12; Gr.4-8
Emma's poem : the voice of the Statue of Liberty / by Linda Glaser ; with paintings by Claire A. Nivola.
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS2234 .G55 2010
Lexile measure 790; Ages: 5-9; Book Level: 5.5; History & Biography, gr. K-3
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