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Charles Schulz — OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY

ISBN 1-58415-131-5 • $15.95
AR Quiz 63880
Available as a Robbie Reader

Creator of the enduring comic strip, Peanuts. Charlie Brown and Snoopy are icons in the comic world and when their author died in 2000, millions mourned the passing of this talented storyteller and cartoonist.

Christopher Paul Curtis — OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY

ISBN 1-58415-076-9 • $15.95
AR Quiz 45360
Available as a Blue Banner Biography

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.

Dr. Seuss — OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY

ISBN 1-58415-074-2 • $15.95
AR Quiz 45361
Available as a Robbie Reader

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.

Gary Paulsen — OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY

ISBN 1-58415-077-7 • $15.95
AR Quiz 45363

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.

J. K. Rowling — OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY

ISBN 1-58415-078-5 • $15.95
AR Quiz 45364
Available as a Blue Banner Biography

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 Sorcerers' Stone took everyone by surprise.

Maurice Sendak

ISBN 1-58415-079-3 • 9781584150794

List Price $24.95

School/Library Price $15.95

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AR Quiz 45357

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.

Roald Dahl — OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY

ISBN 1-58415-075-0 • $15.95
AR Quiz 45368

When Roald Dahl was in school, there was little indication he would ever be a writer. His English teachers claimed he had limited ideas and little ability. But Roald did what made him happy with little regard for what others had to say. Even though his books received mixed reviews from librarians and educators, the children have always loved his books. Author of such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, and James and the Giant Peach.

Virginia Hamilton

ISBN 1-58415-170-6 • 9781584151708

List Price $24.95

School/Library Price $15.95

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AR Quiz 63891

The recipient of nearly every major award in her field, Virginia Hamilton has been one of the most distinguished writers for children and young adults. She was the first African American woman to receive the coveted Newbery Award, which was given to her for her groundbreaking novel, M.C. Higgins, the Great. "I can't explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another." And so it was until February 19, 2002, when her untimely death from cancer silenced her ideas forever. But Virginia is kept alive in spirit by her more than 35 books and the memories of all who knew her.