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Christopher Paul Curtis
For thirteen years, Christopher Paul Curtis made a good living at the Fisher Auto Body Plant in Flint, Michigan. Day in and day out, he hung doors on automobiles as they came down the line. He could support his family very well on his job, but the boredom was killing him. One day his wife, who was a nurse, offered to support the family while Christopher took a year off to work on a children's book. The result, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, would change his life.
1-58415-076-9 | $15.95
Dr. Seuss
In 1960, Dr. Seuss created the book Green Eggs and Ham using just 50 words. Bennett Cerf, the head of Random House Publishers had bet Seuss he could not do it. But Dr. Seuss always enjoyed a challenge. And he especially liked to write books that children who were just beginning to read could enjoy.
1-58415-074-2 | $15.95
Roald Dahl
When Roald Dahl was in boarding school in England, there was little indication that he would ever be a writer. His English Composition teachers claimed that he had limited ideas and little ability. Though he had no ambition to be a writer at the time, he wouldn't have listened to his critics anyway. Roald always did what pleased him with little regard for what others said. In fact, even after he became a famous children's author, his books would receive mixed reviews from educators and librarians. Some grownups worried that he too often told stories where the adults were bad guys. But Dahl paid little attention to them, either. He preferred to hear what the children had to say, and along the way, he was rewarded with many prestigious literary awards.
1-58415-075-0 | $15.95
J.K. Rowling
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (aka J.K. Rowling) had always wanted to be a writer. In fact, she never knew what else she wanted to do with her life. She wandered from job to job before she thought up Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was ecstatic when Bloomsbury Press offered to publish her book for a few thousand dollars. But the success of the book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone took everyone by suprise.
1-58415-078-5 | $15.95
Maurice Sendak
Not all of the adults liked Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are when it was published in 1963. In his book, a small boy named Max makes his mother furious. He gets into all sorts of trouble. But it was just the kind of book that children loved. And it made Maurice Sendak famous. The year after it was published, Where the Wild Things Are won the Caldecott Medal for the best illustrated children's book. No one ever debated that Sendak was an enormously talented artist.
1-58415-079-3 | $15.95
Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen loved adventures. He loved the outdoors and he loved the wild. One of his greatest thrills in life was running in the Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska. In 1983, Gary spent 17 days on the Alaskan trail. He kept a journal and took photos. Later on, he based many books on his experiences. Though today Gary is a very successful writer, he was not always able to make a living this way.
1-58415-077-7 | $15.95
Storytellers set of 6
1-58415-100-5 | $95.70
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