26 Fairmount Avenue, by Tomie DePaola
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999
Newbury Honor Book, 2000
Children's author-illustrator, Tomie DePaola, describes his experiences
at home and in school when he was a boy.
Reading Level: 4.8; Accelerated Reader: 4.4
Author talk: conversations with Judy Blume ...
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000 Presents interviews
with fifteen well-known children's writers, including Judy Blume, Karen
Cushman, Russell Freedman, James Howe, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, and Laurence
Yep.
Reading Level: 5.3; Accelerated Reader: 6.2
>Puffin, 1986
"First published in the United States of America by Farrar,
Strauss & Giroux, 1984"
Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood, including his education at an English boarding school and summer vacations in Norway.
Reading Level: 6.4; Accelerated Reader: 6.0
Greenwillow, 1992
The author recalls his efforts to win the Second World War, including planting a victory garden, collecting tin foil, and looking for spies.
Reading Level: 4.3; Accelerated Reader: 3.0
>Morrow Junior Books, 1988
Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing
interest in writing.
Reading Level; 7.1; Accelerated Reader, 6.5
>Beech Tree Books, 1996
While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book.
Reading Level: 6.3 Accelerated Reader: 5.2
When I Was Your Age : Original Stories About Growing Up, edited
by Amy Ehrlich (vol.1 and vol. 2) Candlewick Press, 1996
Collection of stories written by authors of books for children and young
adults, set in the time and space of their own childhoods and providing
true and fictionalized accounts of the places, relationships, and emotions
of children.
Reading Level: 6.0; Accelerated Reader: 5.6
