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    • By: Roald Dahl
    • Narrated by: Dan Stevens
    • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 671 ratings
    • Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny....

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    • By: Roald Dahl
    • Narrated by: Dan Stevens
    • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 513 ratings
    • Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident....

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    • By: Jacqueline Woodson
    • Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,267 ratings
    • Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....

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    • Surviving a Lost Childhood
    • By: Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated by: Dan Bittner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 200 ratings
    • A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....

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    • Author of the Harry Potter Series
    • By: Jennifer Hunsicker
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 23 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
    • Listeners will learn about the life and works of J.K. Rowling. The author’s life leading up to her success as the best-selling author of the Harry Potter series is discussed....

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    • By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Release date: 03-29-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • From the big woods of Wisconsin to the Indian country of the Great Plains, new adventures and landscapes filled the rich childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder. On a frontier steeped in both danger and great possibility, Laura would grow up to witness firsthand the rapid transformation of the West....

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    • Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs
    • By: Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated by: Gary Paulsen
    • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
    • Release date: 02-20-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds....

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    • The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
    • By: Lindsay Mattick
    • Narrated by: Erin Moon
    • Length: 14 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! Here is the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh....

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    • A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
    • By: Ibi Zoboi
    • Narrated by: Ibi Zoboi, Robin Miles
    • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood....

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    • By: Celeste Mannis
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man....

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    • By: Jackie Torrence
    • Narrated by: Jackie Torrence
    • Length: 1 hr
    • Release date: 10-20-00
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • One of America's favorite African-American storytellers remembers her childhood in tender, unforgettable new stories....

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    • A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters
    • By: Léna Roy, Charlotte Jones Voiklis
    • Narrated by: Léna Roy, Charlotte Jones Voiklis
    • Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) is the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time, its sequels, and numerous other works for children and adults. Now, her granddaughters have written her biography....

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    • And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports
    • By: Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-20-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • Wacky, daring, just plain nuts - extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new stories from Gary’s boyhood....

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    • Their Lives and Works
    • By: DK, James Naughtie
    • Narrated by: Karen Cass
    • Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Explore the fascinating lives and loves of the greatest novelists, poets, and playwrights. From William Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Márquez and Toni Morrison, Writers explores more than 100 biographies of the world’s greatest writers....

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    • By: Molly Kolpin, Michael Byers
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 7 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Did you know Shel Silverstein drew cartoons in a military newspaper while serving in the army? Discover how an aspiring writer and cartoonist went on to become a best-selling children's author....

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    • Book 1: Fairmount Avenue
    • By: Tomie dePaola
    • Narrated by: Tomie dePaola
    • Series: 26 Fairmount Avenue, Book 1
    • Length: 47 mins
    • Release date: 01-01-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • In a heartwarming first-person account, dePaola retells his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy....

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