Fleming Community Library

The author of the Newbery Honor Book, "The Dark Thirty," describes her life, how she became a writer, how her family helps with her writing, and how she gets her ideas.

Offers an illustrated telling of the life of Maya Angelou that focuses on how she overcame childhood trauma and realized her dream and became one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers.

Discusses the life and work of the well-known writer, entertainer, and political activist, Maya Angelou.

Autobiographical stories about growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants in California.

Discusses the life and work of the noted black writer.

Chronicles the life and career of American writer Rick Riordan.

Describes the life of the Afro-American singer, writer, and civil rights activist.

A biography of the Mexican American scholar, folklorist, and poet who taught for many years at the University of Texas and wrote the 1958 book "With His Pistol in His Hand."

"Before Kahlil Gibran ever put his pen to the page to eventually become the world's third best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, a child immigrant from Lebanon who had a secret hope. That hope sprung from his experiences in Lebanon, where Christians and Muslims crashed like two strong headwinds, and in Boston, where the wealthy crashed with the poor. His secret hope: to connect all people from around the world, bringing them together...