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Coolidge Fourth Graders
•is known for writing Borreguita and the Coyote• a cedar swamp by Verna Aardema’s house was her inspiration when she was
young•didn’t think about writing children’s books until many years after she was a mom
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Verna Aardema
• is known for writing The Ugly Duckling• another other fairy tale he wrote is The Emperor’s New Clothes
• wrote more than 200 stories
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Hans Christian Andersen
• is known for writing Like a Windy Day• for more than 30 years, Frank has been writing and illustrating books for kids
• in 1929, Frank Asch published a book named Here Comes the Cat
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Frank Asch
• is known for writing Pebbles in the Sky• has made a little bit more than 300 books and has gotten awards
• won great awards for his science writing
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Isaac Asimov
• is known for writing Crispin: The Cross of Lead• had a disability that made him write words incorrectly but he started to be a writer anyway
• published his first book in 1975 called No More Magic
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Avi
• is known for writing The Two Giants• her first story was the folktale named The Two Giants
• wrote more than 100 books for kids
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Eve Bunting
• is known for writing Alice in Wonderland• did not only write fiction, but also wrote books about Mathematics
• made up a story to tell his kids that became Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
• is known for writing The Mouse and the Motorcycle• wrote The Mouse and the Motorcycle in 1965
• some other famous books that people love are Ramona and her Father, Ramona Quimby Age 8, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beezus and Ramona, and Muggie
Maggie
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Beverly Cleary
• is known for writing The Magic School Bus• has written both nonfiction and fiction books for children• sometimes writes picture books with her husband, Phil
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Joanna Cole
• is known for writing James and the Giant Peach• in the year 1961 he published the book James and the Giant Peach• sometimes wrote a page a hundred times before he was OK with it
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Roald Dahl
• is known for writing Because of Winn-Dixie• she takes time to create books
• wrote Because of Winn-Dixie when she was home sick
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Kate DiCamillo
• is known for writing The Snowy Day• wrote about 20 books and illustrated a lot too
• got encouraged by a letter that inspired him to do more of his books
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Ezra Jack Keats
• is known for writing Diary of a Wimpy Kid• started writing ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid in 1998
• it takes a long time for Kinney to write a joke
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Jeff Kinney
• is known for writing The Chronicles of Narnia• one of the most famous books in the Narnia series is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• a lot of his books represent the Bible
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C. S. Lewis
• is known for writing The Baby-Sitters Club• sold 176 million copies of The Baby-Sitters Club making them famous
• In 1986, she published her first book
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Ann M. Martin
• is known for writing Sisters• Also wrote Mole Music
• won the Best Illustrated Book of the Year
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David McPhail
• is known for writing Winnie-the-Pooh• published Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926
• made his characters from his son’s stuffed animals
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A. A. Milne
• is known for writing Captain Underpants• created the books Dog Breath and Captain Underpants
• made his first story as a comic when he was in grade school
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Dav Pilkey
• is known for writing My Rotten Red-headed Older Brother• always got amazing stories from her family
• gets ideas from her imagination
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Patricia Polacco
• is known for writing The Tale of Peter Rabbit• was 27 when she wrote a book for a sick person, and she published it in 1901
• illustrated and wrote books for kids
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Beatrix Potter
• is known for writing Percy Jackson• got the idea to write about Greek gods after his son asked for a story about them
• published a book in 1994 after getting a lot of rejections
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Rick Riordan
• is known for writing Harry Potter• thought of the story Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when she was on a train that got delayed
• got her book, Harry Potter published in 1997
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J. K. Rowling
• is known for writing Where the Wild Things Are• got the National Medal of Arts for his work
• Wrote a book named The Night Kitchen which is a book about a boy who goes into a dream world
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Maurice Sendak
• is known for writing One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish• first book was And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street, published in 1937
• after he graduated, he became an illustrator and cartoonist
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Dr. Seuss
• is known for writing Crash• wrote a poem and it was published in the newspaper
• won the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee
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Jerry Spinelli
• is known for writing Goosebumps• uses his imagination and memory to write books
• got an idea for The Haunted Mask when his son couldn’t take his mask off
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R. L. Stein
• is known for writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer• in the years 1874-1875, he wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• other than Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain’s most popular book was Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
• is known for writing The Boxcar Children• retired at 60 after she had taught in the same room for 32 years
• was always very busy writing and teaching
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Gertrude Chandler Warner
• is known for writing Little House on the Prairie• made the Little House books to tell about her life and her family• the 8th book, These Happy Golden Years was completed in 1943
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
• is known for writing Knuffle Bunny• his first book in 2004 was Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus which got a Caldecott honor
• wrote 6 Pigeon books, 3 Knuffle Bunny books and 16 books about Elephant and Piggie
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Mo Willems
• is known for writing Owl Moon• many of her books have won awards
• has written more than 250 books
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Jane Yolen
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