John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold-hearted aunt, he looked for dragons. He searched for them at his boarding school. And when he fought in a Great War, he felt as if terrible, destructive dragons were everywhere. But he never actually found one, until one day, when he was a grown man but still...

Before C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, he was a young boy named Jack who spent his days dreaming up stories of other worlds filled with knights, castles, and talking animals. His brother, Warnie, spent his days imagining worlds filled with trains, boats, and technology. One rainy day, they found a wardrobe in a little room next to the attic, and they wondered, What if the wardrobe had no end? Years later, Jack began to think about what...

A collection of interviews in which authors, including J.K. Rowling, Brian Jacques, and R.L. Stine, share writing tips, reading lists, and personal stories about their work.

Chronicles the life of children's illustrator and author Beatrix Potter, examining how art influenced her young life.

This picture book biography of one of the world's most beloved authors--the creator of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"--features a timeline and bibliography

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