Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Henry Huggins picks up a stray dog, names him Ribsy and sets out on numerous adventures with him, including breeding hundreds of fish and collecting over a thousand worms.

Follows the popular children's author through college years during the Depression; jobs including that of librarian; marriage; and writing and publication of her first book "Henry Huggins."

A brief biography of the popular author, focusing on how she became a writer. Incudes information on setting goals.

A simple biography of the prolific children's author, Beverly Cleary, whose prize-winning writing career spans fifty years.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle : Ralph makes a friend. Stuck at a hotel for the weekend, Kevin lets Ralph borrow his toy motorcycle, and while out for a spin Ralph has a series of exciting adventures. Runaway Ralph : Ralph runs away from his home at the Mountain View Inn. But the Happy Acres Summer Camp is not what Ralph has in mind - lucky for him, his friend Garf is a friend indeed. Ralph S. Mouse : There are too many mice at the Mountain View...

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of J. K. Rowling, Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 12 other great writers.