Picture Book Bios of Poets and Authors

1.
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen 4.32 avg rating — 876 ratings
2.
Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost
Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost 4.17 avg rating — 421 ratings
3.
Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel
Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel 4.23 avg rating — 413 ratings
4.
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus 4.07 avg rating — 6,647 ratings
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Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary 4.41 avg rating — 638 ratings
6.
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare 4.14 avg rating — 756 ratings
7.
Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit
Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit 4.45 avg rating — 485 ratings
8.
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown 4.20 avg rating — 1,679 ratings
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A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers 3.64 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
10.
The Extraordinary Mark Twain
The Extraordinary Mark Twain 3.98 avg rating — 987 ratings
11.
My Uncle Emily
My Uncle Emily 3.76 avg rating — 332 ratings
12.
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams 4.11 avg rating — 2,603 ratings
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John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien 4.43 avg rating — 1,101 ratings
14.
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People 4.15 avg rating — 717 ratings
15.
Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes
Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes 4.20 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Emily
Emily 4.14 avg rating — 829 ratings
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Mary Shelley (Volume 32) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 32)
Mary Shelley (Volume 32) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 32) 4.12 avg rating — 416 ratings
18.
Agatha Christie (Pequeña & GRANDE, #5)
Agatha Christie (Pequeña & GRANDE, #5) 4.06 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
19.
Finding Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother
Finding Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother 4.16 avg rating — 480 ratings
20.
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein 4.39 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
21.
The Brontes: Scenes from the Childhood of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne
The Brontes: Scenes from the Childhood of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
22.
Through The Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein
Through The Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein 4.15 avg rating — 98 ratings
22.
Fred's Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers
Fred's Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers 4.32 avg rating — 652 ratings
22.
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré 4.42 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
22.
Emily Dickinson: American Poet
Emily Dickinson: American Poet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
26.
Bambino and Mr. Twain
Bambino and Mr. Twain 3.76 avg rating — 130 ratings
26.
Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko
Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko 4.49 avg rating — 453 ratings
26.
Frances Hodgson Burnett: Author of the Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett: Author of the Secret Garden it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
29.
The Boy on Fairfield Street
The Boy on Fairfield Street 4.17 avg rating — 661 ratings
29.
The Brontës: Children of the Moors
The Brontës: Children of the Moors 4.50 avg rating — 66 ratings
29.
Robert Louis Stevenson: Author of a Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson: Author of a Child's Garden of Verses really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 59) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 59)
Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 59) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 59) 4.13 avg rating — 300 ratings
33.
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein 4.11 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
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Only Margaret: A Story about Margaret Wise Brown (Incredible Lives for Young Readers
Only Margaret: A Story about Margaret Wise Brown (Incredible Lives for Young Readers 3.89 avg rating — 102 ratings
33.
Phillis Wheatley: First African-American Poet
Phillis Wheatley: First African-American Poet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
33.
J. R. R. Tolkien (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 79)
J. R. R. Tolkien (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 79) 4.30 avg rating — 424 ratings
37.
Walt Whitman: Words for America
Walt Whitman: Words for America 4.04 avg rating — 304 ratings
37.
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks 4.38 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
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Louisa May Alcott: Author, Nurse, Suffragette
Louisa May Alcott: Author, Nurse, Suffragette 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
37.
Charles Dickens (Volume 70) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 69)
Charles Dickens (Volume 70) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 69) 4.13 avg rating — 214 ratings
41.
The Other Alice: The Story of Alice Liddell and Alice in Wonderland
The Other Alice: The Story of Alice Liddell and Alice in Wonderland 4.10 avg rating — 368 ratings
41.
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by: Don Tate
4.36 avg rating — 839 ratings
41.
Benjamin Franklin: A Man With Many Jobs
Benjamin Franklin: A Man With Many Jobs 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
41.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 121)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 121) 4.20 avg rating — 95 ratings
45.
Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey
Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey 4.19 avg rating — 683 ratings
45.
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White 4.15 avg rating — 5,764 ratings
45.
Desmond Tutu: Bishop of Peace
Desmond Tutu: Bishop of Peace 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
48.
Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe
Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe 3.94 avg rating — 157 ratings
48.
One Fun Day with Lewis Carroll: A Celebration of Wordplay and a Girl Named Alice
One Fun Day with Lewis Carroll: A Celebration of Wordplay and a Girl Named Alice 3.73 avg rating — 304 ratings
48.
Hans Christian Andersen: Teller of Tales
Hans Christian Andersen: Teller of Tales 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
51.
Kipling
Kipling
by: Kamen
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
51.
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan 3.86 avg rating — 280 ratings
51.
Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist
Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist 3.88 avg rating — 349 ratings
51.
Elie Wiesel: Messenger from the Holocaust
Elie Wiesel: Messenger from the Holocaust really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
55.
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty 4.19 avg rating — 490 ratings
55.
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Man Who Changed Things
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Man Who Changed Things really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
57.
The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill: Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson
The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill: Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings
57.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Author of the Little House Books
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Author of the Little House Books 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings
59.
A Boy Called Dickens
A Boy Called Dickens 3.82 avg rating — 740 ratings
59.
Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda and His Muse
Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda and His Muse 4.33 avg rating — 278 ratings
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Lewis Carroll: Author of Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll: Author of Alice in Wonderland 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
62.
Grass Sandals : The Travels of Basho
Grass Sandals : The Travels of Basho 3.91 avg rating — 150 ratings
62.
Mark Twain: Author of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain: Author of Tom Sawyer 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
64.
A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop
A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop 3.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
64.
Dr. Seuss: Writer and Artist for Children
Dr. Seuss: Writer and Artist for Children 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
66.
Margaret Wise Brown
Margaret Wise Brown 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
67.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery 3.72 avg rating — 127 ratings
67.
Christina Rossetti: Poet
Christina Rossetti: Poet 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
69.
Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat
Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57 ratings
69.
Eugene Field: The Children's Poet
Eugene Field: The Children's Poet it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
71.
Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.16 avg rating — 567 ratings
71.
L. Frank Baum: Author of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum: Author of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
73.
Beatrix
Beatrix 3.71 avg rating — 59 ratings
73.
Rachel Carson: Friend of Nature
Rachel Carson: Friend of Nature 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
75.
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box 3.89 avg rating — 296 ratings
75.
Albert Schweitzer: Friend of All Life
Albert Schweitzer: Friend of All Life 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
77.
Rudyard Kipling: Author of the Jungle Books
Rudyard Kipling: Author of the Jungle Books 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
78.
Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird 4.18 avg rating — 514 ratings
78.
A.A. Milne: Author of Winnie-The-Pooh
A.A. Milne: Author of Winnie-The-Pooh 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
80.
Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women
Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women 3.95 avg rating — 331 ratings
80.
Hans Christian Andersen: Prince of Storytellers
Hans Christian Andersen: Prince of Storytellers 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
82.
Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig 3.59 avg rating — 312 ratings
82.
James M. Barrie: Author of Peter Pan
James M. Barrie: Author of Peter Pan 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
84.
Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott 3.90 avg rating — 378 ratings
85.
Charles Dickens: The Man who had Great Expectations
Charles Dickens: The Man who had Great Expectations really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 109 ratings