Part one: It's not easy being a kid. J.R.R. Tolkien meets a baboon tarantula --

J.K. Rowling, a storybook life --

Edgar Allan Poe, little orphan Edgar --

Sherman Alexie, off the reservation --

Lewis Carroll, one tough nerd --

Laura Ingalls Wilder, heart of a pioneer --

Part two: All in the family. Zora Neale Hurston, jumping at the sun --

Mark Twain, bad boy makes good --

Langston Hughes, history lessons --

Jules Verne, castaway for a day --

Part three: The write stuff. Roald Dahl, the boy who loved candy --

Stan Lee, the incredible reader --

Beverly Cleary, flight of the blackbird --

Lucy Maud Montgomery, the adventures of story girl --

Jeff Kinney, stuck in the middle --

Fun facts about famous authors.