Down a sunny dirt road : an autobiography by Stan & Jan Berenstain - In alternating chapters, Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears, tell their own stories

Boitano's edge : inside the real world of figure skating by Brian Boitano - Olympic ice skating champion Brian Boitano describes the sport of figure skating and his own experiences as a skater

Through my eyes by Ruby Bridges - Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960

From slave to abolitionist : the life of William Wells Brown adapted by Lucille Schulberg Warner - Autobiography of William Wells Brown who was born and raised a slave but when freed, devoted his life to the abolitionist movement

Flora and Tiger : 19 very short stories from my life by Eric Carle - The author recalls experiences from his childhood in Germany and his later life in the United States, all connected in some way to animals

26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola - The first book in the autobiography series in which children’s author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and at school when he was a boy

Escape from slavery : the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words by Michael McCurdy - A shortened autobiography presenting the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman

The abracadabra kid : a writer's life by Sid Fleischman - The autobiography of the Newbery Award-winning children’s author who set out from childhood to be a magician

War boy : a country childhood by Michael Foreman - A moving personal narrative of a child's stay in the English countryside during World War II

The diary of a young girl by Anne Frank - A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps

Eleanor's story : an American girl in Hitler's Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner - A chilling story of a young American girl and her family and how they survived in Germany during World War II

The land I lost : adventures of a boy in Vietnam by Huynh Quang Nhuong - A collection of personal reminiscences of the author’s youth in a small village on the central highlands of Vietnam

Lone cowboy : my life story by Will James - The Newbery Medal winning author of Smoky the Cowhorse tells his story

Chewing the cud by Dick King-Smith - Dick King-Smith recounts his life from soldier to farmer to salesman to factory worker to teacher to, finally, author

Lost childhood : my life in a Japanese prison camp during World War II by Annelex Hofstra Layson - Experiences of a family and other Dutch residents on the island of Java are shared after they were interred by the Japanese in 1942 in a prison camp

Author : a true story by Helen Lester - Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood

Little by Little : a writer's education by Jean Little - Powerful memoir of the author's childhood and adolescence and her battle to overcome failing eyesight

Rascal by Sterling North - The author recalls his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal, during his carefree childhood in a small Midwestern town at the close of World War I

Rosa Parks : my story by Rosa Parks - Rosa Parks' life story reveals the deliberate choices she made that earned her the title "Mother to a Movement"

My life in dog years by Gary Paulsen - The author describes how dogs have impacted his life from childhood through the present day

Bill Peet : an autobiography by Bill Peet - The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work

Breakthrough to the big league : the story of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robinson - The story of the baseball star who was the first black player to be accepted by a major league team

Drawing from memory by Allen Say - Chronicling his journey as an artist during World War II, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist, this book is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today

Knucklehead : tall tales & mostly true stories about growing up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka - Part memoir, part scrapbook, this trip down memory lane provides a unique glimpse into the formation of a creative mind and a free spirit

Upon the head of the goat : a childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal - Nine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown in Hungary

The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís - Artist Peter Sis describes what it was like growing up in a Communist country and discusses how Western culture influenced his life

Tallchief : America's prima ballerina by Maria Tallchief - Ballerina Maria Tallchief describes her childhood on an Osage reservation, the development of her love of dance, and her rise to success in that field

A little tiger in the Chinese night : an autobiography in art by Song Nan Zhang - A Chinese artist recounts his life through illustrations