Full AspenCat Catalog

The life and times of African American writer Zora Neale Hurston, a larger-than-life personality, controversial advocate for equal rights, and brilliant author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.

An illustrated collection of eighteen biographies which profile women writers from different times, places, races, and social status.

This biography introduces readers to the five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Walter Dean Myers. Readers will learn about Myers's childhood in Harlem, his difficulty in school with a speech impediment, and the inspiration behind his award-winning titles. His books include Monster, Scorpions, and Fallen Angels. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Myers's childhood, education, and life as an author. Aligned to Common Core...

"From bestselling, award-winning creators Renée Watson and Bryan Collier comes a ... picture book chronicling the life of poet and activist Maya Angelou"-- Provided by publisher.

As with novelists and short story writers, the job of poets and playwrights is to elicit emotion and generate thought. The difference is that the latter authors do so while adhering to rules different than those governing standard prose works. Where poets create rich verses loaded with subtext, playwrights rely largely on dialogue to create poignant scenes that become all the more powerful when performed onstage. This captivating collection of biographies...

Learn about the life events and aspirations that shaped the voices of ten influential Native writers, whose novels, short stories and plays encompass the soul of Native life. Learn how these writers draw from personal experience to create situations and characters that are entertaining and poignant. Featured writers include: Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene) Marilyn Dumont (Cree/Métis) Joseph Boyden (Cree/Métis) Louise Erdrich (Ojibwa) Joseph...

Step right up, turn the page - and gawk at a gathering of word obsessives never equaled on the seven continents! Perhaps you think language merely conveys information? These figures living and dead beg to differ! They're mesmerized by words' sounds and spellbound by their shapes. They see numbers in letters and invent jaw-dropping games of extreme wordplay. They write novels without the letter e. Behold Daniel Nussbaum, who retold the classics using...

Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black and first female streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and...

The Who Was? series offers biographies of famous peoples lives. In Author biographies, children will learn the real-life stories of six famous authors : Roald Dahl ; Jeff Kinney ; J.K. Rowling ; Maurice Sendak ; Dr. Seuss ; and Laura Ingalls Wilder.