Memoirs, Autobiographies, and First-Person Narratives

 in Children’s Literature

          Ballard, Robin.  Carnival.

          Brinckloe, Julie. Fireflies.

          Byars, Betsy.  The Moon & I.

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street.

Collier, Bryan. Uptown.

Cooney, Barbara. Hattie and the Wild Waves.

Creech, Sharon.  Walk Two Moons.

Dahl, Roald. Boy

          Danziger, Paula.  The Cat Ate My Gymsuit.

          Danziger, Paula.  Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon.

          De Trevino, Elizabeth Barton.  I, Juan de Pareja.

DiCamillo, Kate.  Because of Winn-Dixie.

Ekoomiak, Normee.  Arctic Memories.

Forbes, Kathryn.  Mama’s Bank Account.

Fritz, Jean.  Homesick: My Own Story.

Gantos, Jack.  Joey Pigza Loses Control.

          Gantos, Jack.  Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.

          Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life.

          Gray, Libba Moore. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart.

          Harshman, Marc. A Little Excitement.

Hendershot, Judith.  In Coal Country.

Hort, Lenny. How Many Stars in the Sky?

Horvath, Polly.  Everything on a Waffle.

          Houston, Gloria.  My Great-Aunt Arizona.

          Krudop, Walter Lyon. Blue Claws.

Lyon, George Ella.  Basket.

MacLachlan, Patricia.  Baby.

Mah, Adeline Yen.  Chinese Cinderella.

Mora, Pat.  Pablo’s Tree.

Myers, Walter Dean.  Bad Boy.

Pinkney, Gloria Jean and Pinkney, Jerry. Back Home.

Polacco, Patricia.  The Keeping Quilt.

Polacco. Patricia. Some Birthday.

Rylant, Cynthia.  But I’ll Be Back Again.

          Rylant, Cynthia.  Best Wishes.

          Rylant, Cynthia.  Waiting to Waltz.

          Rylant, Cynthia.  When I Was Young in the Mountains.

          Rylant, Cynthia.  When the Relatives Came.

Rylant, Cynthia.  Christmas in the Country.

Rylant, Cynthia.  Missing May.

Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey.

Shannon, George. Climbing Kansas Mountains.

Smucker, Anna Egan.  No Star Nights.

Spinelli, Jerry.  Crash.

          Spinelli, Jerry.  Stargirl.

          Tillage, Leon and Roth, Susan. Leon’s Story.

Viorst, Judith.  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,

Very Bad Day.

Yep, Laurence.  The Star Fisher.

Yep, Laurence.  The Lost Garden.

Yolen, Jane. Grandad Bill's Song.

Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.