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Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide For spacious skies : Katharine Lee Bates and the inspiration for "America the beautiful" by Churnin, Nancy BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)Publication Date: 04/15/2020 BTSB #: 214846 Available Dewey: 811/BAges: 5-8 Lexile: 790 AD Genres: Subjects: Bates, Katharine Lee,|d1859-1929 American authors|y19th century - Biography American authors|y20th century - Biography Women - Biography Summary: Katharine Lee Bates first wrote the lines to "America the Beautiful" on a summer evening after a stirring visit to Pikes Peak in 1893. But the story behind the song begins with Katharine herself, who grew up with memories of the country divided by the Civil War and pushed beyond conventional expectations of women to become an acclaimed writer, scholar, suffragist, and reformer. Katharine believed in the power of words to make a difference. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood by Paulsen, Gary Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2021)Publication Date: 01/12/2021 BTSB #: P08640 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Paulsen, Gary American authors|y20th century - Biography Autobiography Life change events Survival skills Summary: The author's middle grade memoir that shares a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood which contributed to his famed survival stories. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 66.49 * 0.00 +- Make way : the story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schon, and some very famous ducklings by Kunkel, Angela Burke BTSB Prebound(Random House Studio, 2023)Publication Date: 04/11/2023 BTSB #: 534901 Available Dewey: 813/CAges: 4-8 Lexile: 820 AD F&P: U Genres: Subjects: McCloskey, Robert,|d1914-2003 Schon, Nancy,|d1928- Illustrators - United States - Biography American authors|y20th century - Biography Sculptors - United States - Biography Children's stories - Authorship Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Summary: A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schon, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Mama learns to drive by Davis, Donald Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2007)Publication Date: 01/25/2002 BTSB #: P00112 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-11 Genres: Subjects: Davis, Donald,|d1944- - Childhood and youth Davis, Donald,|d1944- - Family Davis, Lucille Walker,|dd. 1998 American authors|y20th century - Biography Teachers - North Carolina - Biography North Carolina - Social life and customs Summary: The author presents eight short stories about his mother and other family members as they grew up in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 33.24 * 0.00 +- Nonsense! : the curious story of Edward Gorey by Mortensen, Lori BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)Publication Date: 03/02/2020 BTSB #: 660464 Available Dewey: 741.6092/BAges: 4-7 AR: 4.2 MG Lexile: 730 AD Genres: Subjects: Gorey, Edward,|d1925-2000 Illustrators - United States - Biography American authors|y20th century - Biography Eccentrics and eccentricities Summary: A picture book biography of eccentric and beloved writer and artist Edward Gorey. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Portrait in poems : the storied life of Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas by Robillard, Evie BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2020)Publication Date: 03/03/2020 BTSB #: 759188 Available Dewey: 818/CAges: 6-9 Lexile: 810 Genres: Subjects: Stein, Gertrude,|d1874-1946 Toklas, Alice B American authors|y20th century - Biography Summary: The stories, paintings and early twentieth-century Paris of Gertrude Stein and her partner, Alice B. Toklas, come to life in this picture book biography, told in free verse. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Story is to share : how Ruth Krauss found another way to tell a tale by Higgins, Carter BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022)Publication Date: 10/11/2022 BTSB #: 443470 Available Dewey: 811/BAges: 4-8 Genres: Subjects: Krauss, Ruth American authors|y20th century - Biography American poets|y20th century - Biography Children's stories - Authorship Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Summary: A unique picture book biography of legendary author and children's book icon Ruth Krauss. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Walter Dean Myers [Children's authors]by Wheeler, Jill C. BTSB Prebound(Abdo, 2015)Publication Date: 12/15/2014 BTSB #: 937701 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12 AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 670 Genres: Subjects: Myers, Walter Dean,|d1937-2014 American authors|y20th century - Biography African American authors - Biography Summary: A biography of Walter Dean Myers, including his childhood in Harlem, his difficulty in school with a speech impediment, the inspiration behind his winning titles, and more. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.06 * 0.00 +- Who is Judy Blume? [Who HQ]by Anderson, Kirsten Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)Publication Date: 10/02/2018 BTSB #: 061073 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12 AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: U Genres: Subjects: Blume, Judy American authors|y20th century - Biography Children's literature - Authorship Summary: Learn how Judy Blume went from a stay-at-home mother to one of the most beloved American authors of the twentieth century. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Who is R. L. Stine? [Who HQ]by Payne, M. D. Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2019)Publication Date: 08/06/2019 BTSB #: 705228 Temp OS Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12 AR: 6.2 MG Lexile: 980 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Stine, R. L American authors|y20th century - Biography Summary: The biography of the author of the hugely popular Goosebumps series. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Who is R. L. Stine? [Who HQ]by Payne, M. D. BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2019)Publication Date: 08/06/2019 BTSB #: 705237 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12 AR: 6.2 MG Lexile: 980 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Stine, R. L American authors|y20th century - Biography Summary: The biography of the author of the hugely popular Goosebumps series. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.94 * 0.00 +- Who was Maurice Sendak? [Who HQ]by Pascal, Janet B. Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2013)Publication Date: 06/27/2013 BTSB #: 694994 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12 AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 820 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Sendak, Maurice American authors|y20th century - Biography Children's stories - Authorship Illustrators - United States - Biography Summary: Biography of the author who wrote Where the wild things are. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Who was Maya Angelou? [Who HQ]by Labrecque, Ellen BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2016)Publication Date: 01/12/2016 BTSB #: 536429 Available Dewey: 818/BAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 6.2 3-5 Lexile: 900 Genres: Subjects: Angelou, Maya African American women authors African American women civil rights workers American authors|y20th century - Biography Summary: Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.49 * 0.00 +- Who was Maya Angelou? [Who HQ]by Labrecque, Ellen Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2016)Publication Date: 01/12/2016 BTSB #: 536458 Temp OS Dewey: 818/BAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 6.2 3-5 Lexile: 900 Genres: Subjects: Angelou, Maya African American women authors African American women civil rights workers American authors|y20th century - Biography Summary: Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 15 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: Subject Search for american authors|y20th century - biographySort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. 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