Part one: It's not easy being a kid. J.R.R. Tolkien meets a baboon tarantula
J.K. Rowling, a storybook life
Edgar Allan Poe, little orphan Edgar
Sherman Alexie, off the reservation
Lewis Carroll, one tough nerd
Laura Ingalls Wilder, heart of a pioneer
Part two: All in the family. Zora Neale Hurston, jumping at the sun
Mark Twain, bad boy makes good
Langston Hughes, history lessons
Jules Verne, castaway for a day
Part three: The write stuff. Roald Dahl, the boy who loved candy
Stan Lee, the incredible reader
Beverly Cleary, flight of the blackbird
Lucy Maud Montgomery, the adventures of story girl
Jeff Kinney, stuck in the middle
Fun facts about famous authors.