20 Picture Book Biographies About Literary Luminaries

Posted on January 31, 2024

by Sam P

If you’re curious about the lives of popular authors, these picture book biographies are beautiful places to start. Not only are they informative, they’re pretty, faster than reading an entire novel, and especially great to read with little ones.

Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books

Tomfoolery! Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books

Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton

There Was a Party for Langston

Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings

Kafka and the Doll

The Little Books of the Little Brontës

Jump at the Sun

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein

Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock

A Boy Called Dickens

Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost

It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Gloria Takes a Stand: How Gloria Steinem Listened, Wrote, and Changed the World

John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkein

A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: Madeleine L’Engle and the Making of A Wrinkle in Time

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