Picture Book Autobiographies

It's been a long while since we've posted with any regularity! But here's the first post of what I hope will be weekly installments for a while.

Over the years we've come across a few picture books which stand out for being autobiographical. It's really fun to get a window on the lives of some of our favorite authors.

The Junkyard Wonders tells the story of the year the author spent as a young girl in a special education class. Her unorthodox teacher fed the confidence and imagination of an entire class of students who went on to become a fashion designer, an astronaut and one of our favorite author/illustrators.

The Year I Didn't Go to School was a fun window into the childhood of another of our favorite illustrators. Giselle Potter's quirky style can't be mistaken for anyone else's. In this book we learn that she grew up in a family of puppeteers and spent a year touring Italy as a part of their puppet show.

Anyone else have any favorites?