children's stories

While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book.

Discusses the lives and works of the husband and wife team of Stan and Jan Berenstain, who have created one of the most successful series of books in children's literature: The Berenstain Bears.

A graphic novel adaptation of three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.

Chronicles the life of "Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling, describing her childhood in England's West Country, her difficult days as a single mother on welfare, her rise to stardom as a writer, and the controversies that surround her works.

Describes the life of author Roald Dahl, including his childhood, his time in the military, and his time as a writer.

Biography of the American writer who remembers so well what it was like to be young and who has written for young people for over twenty-five years.

A simple biography of the prolific children's author, Beverly Cleary, whose prize-winning writing career spans fifty years.

A biography of the writer whose pioneer life on the American prairie became the basis for her "Little House" books.