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    <body><![CDATA[A beautiful book with juicy tidbits on twenty literary luminaries - generally 2-3 pages per author.  I never would have imagined some of the lives of these well-known authors.  I like the style, but just as you get interested in a particular person, the biography is over.  So I prefer her longer boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65912860">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I borrowed this from the public library so I could read the section about Hans Christian Andersen to my 8th-graders as a supplement to a lesson about fairy tales. I'm thinking about reading a section to them each day so they can learn about different authors, as my students are not exposed to a lot ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81037578">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent book for learning background info on various writers such as Mark Twain, Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, Jack London, Carl Sandburg and many more.  You get a little hint of thier lifestyle and childhood.  It's a wonderfull book!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book for kids (and adults)!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Aimed at 8 to 12 year-olds, this book contains brief biographies of famous authors from a variety of centuries and countries, including <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18135.Romeo_and_Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, Langston Hughes, and Murasaki Shikibu.  Although the writing is occasionally oddly worded and confusing, the text is appropriate for the age gr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24769741">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't appreciate some of my favorite authors having their heads drawn so out of preportion.  I didn't feel like the information given in the book was worthwhile enough to read this book.]]></body>
    
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