Biography and Narrative Non-Fiction
Biography and Autobiography
Brilliant Biographies: Life Stories From A-Z (Penticton Public Library, British Columbia): Provides author, title, summary for over 25 books, from Anastasia's Album by Hugh Brewster, about Anastasia Romanov, to The Babe: Mildred Didrickson Zaharias by Beatrice S. Smith.
Recommended Books for Biography Assignments for grades 4-8 (The Logan Library - Utah): Lists author, book title, and number of pages.
Hispanic Biographies for Children (Salt Lake County Library System, UT): List of 26 biographies about hispanics, with author, publication year, page count, grade level recommendation, and summary for each.
Famous Missourians (Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO): Author, title, and Dewey number listed for 30 juvenile biographies of people from Missouri.
Diaries and Personal Narrative
Diary and Personal Narrative Fiction (Mary D'Eliso, Monroe County Public Library, IN): Author, title, and summaries for over 60 books. Arrange by format: First Person Narration, Predominantly Journal Entries, Predominantly Letters, and Multiple Styles/Other. Compiled June 2001.
Fiction for Grades 1-9: Journals (Zuckerman's Barn, Massachusetts): Author, title, summary for about 65 children's books in the form of journals, from The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend to Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filapovic.
Diaries as Writing Models (Joseph Lee School - Boston MA): List of 25 diary-format books for kids, with identifying info and brief description of each. Most were published 1997-1999, a couple from 1970s and 1980s.