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Poll: Favorite Children's or Young Adult's Author Biopic
Which of these biographical movies based on the real-life author of children's or young adult works is the most enchanting tale?
Make Your Choice
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Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
P.L. Traversauthor of the "Mary Poppins" series
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Miss Potter (2006)
Beatrix Potter,author of the "Peter the Rabbit" series
Alternate Biopic: Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990)
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Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
AA Milne,author of the "Winnie the Pooh" series and "When We Were Very Young"
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Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Hans Christian Andersen,author of "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," "The Emperor's New Clothes" and 152 other literary fairy tales
Alternate Biopic: Young Andersen (2005)
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Fred Rogers,creator of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" the "Neighborhood of Make-Believe" and author of topical children-related works
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To Olivia (2021)
Roald Dahl,author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda," "The Witches" and others
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Tolkien (2019)
J.R.R. Tolkien,author of the YA novels, "The Hobbit," "The Father Christmas Letters" and the "Lord of the Rings" series
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Becoming Astrid (2018)
Astrid Lindgren,author of the "Pippi Longstocking" series and "Ronia the Robber's Daughter"
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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
William Moulton Marston, creator of "Wonder Woman" -
Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis,author of the YA novels from the "Chronicles of Narnia" series
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The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Charles Dickens,author of the YA novels: "A Christmas Carol," "Oliver Twist" and "The Magic Fishbone"
Alternate Biopic: The Invisible Woman (2013)
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm,noted authors who collected and published European folklore tales and placed The Brothers Grimm among the world's best-known storytellers
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Anne Frank,young adult diarist
Alternate Biopic: The Diary of Anne Frank (1967), The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) among others
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Dreamchild (1985)
Lewis Carroll aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass," as well as, the poems "Jabberwocky" and "The Hunting of the Snark"
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My Boy Jack (2007)
Rudyard Kipling,author of "The Jungle Book," "Just So Stories" and "Puck of Pook's Hill"
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Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011)
J.K. Rowling,author of the YA novels from the "Harry Potter" and the "Fantastic Beasts" series
Alternate Upcoming Biopic: When Lightning Strikes (????)
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Rebel in the Rye (2017)
J.D. Salinger,author of the YA novel "The Catcher in the Rye" and its protagnist, Holden Caulfield
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The Happy Prince (2018)
Oscar Wilde,author of "The Happy Prince," The Selfish Giant" and other stories
Alternate Biopics: Wilde (1997), Oscar (1985), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) and Oscar Wilde (1960)
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The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens,author of YA novels: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Alternate Biopics: The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) and Mark Twain and Me (1991)
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Infamous (2006)
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Jack London (1943)
Jack London,author of YA adventure novels: "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang"
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The Dreamer of Oz (1990)
Frank Baum,author of the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" series and the "Aunt Jane's Nieces" series
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Enid (2009)
Enid Blyton,author of "The Famous Five," "The Secret Seven," as well as, the creator of Noddy
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Cross Creek (1983)
Marjorie Rawlings,author of the YA novels: "The Yearling" and "The Secret River"
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Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1999)
Laura Ingalls Wilder,author of the "House on the Praire" series
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Saint-Ex (1996)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,author of "Le Petit Prince" aka The Little Prince
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The Glass Castle (2017)
Jeannette Walls,a young adult memoirist
