Memoir and Autobiography
Memoir books are books that tell about one small moment in someone's life. It is written and about the same person.

Autobiography books are books that tell you about someone's whole life. Also, it is written and about the same person.
Memoir and Autobiography Characteristics
All memoir and auto biography books...
  • are written in first person, which means it is told with the words I or me.
  • have pictures, real or drawn depending on who your book is about.
  • have well described setting and background information.
  • have many details.
  • have facts and opinions, but there are more facts.
  • have real facts- actual happenings.
  • have reflections and thought of the author.

Recommended Books
These are some good memoir and autobiography books. Please enjoy them.


This book is called Red Scarf Girl. It is an example of a memoir.
This book is called Red Scarf Girl. It is an example of a memoir.
This is an example of a autobiography book.  If you click on the picture a summary of the bok and a few pages will open.
This is an example of a autobiography book. If you click on the picture a summary of the bok and a few pages will open.
This is also a autobiography book.
This is also a autobiography book.
This is a memoir book.  If you click on this book a summary of the book will open.
This is a memoir book. If you click on this book a summary of the book will open.
This is another example of an autobiography book.
This is another example of an autobiography book.


Bill Pete An Autobiography is one of my favorite books. I just love his pictures and all the details he puts into his story, and it's hard to believe it all really happened. I haven't read The Year We Disappeared but it sounds really good; it's on my list of books to read. Both Red Scarf Girl and Knots in My Yo-yo String were recommended to me by friends. Michelle Kwan Heart of a Champion looks like a good book.

There are many other memoir and autobiography books. These are just examples. Others include...

  • My Thirteenth Winter
  • A Girl From Yamhill
  • Down A Sunny Dirt Road
  • Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Culture Revolution




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Go out and get yourself a memoir or autobiography book. They are really good books. Add them to your repertoire. Read and enjoy them. I mean it, read them. READ IT I SAID! READ IT! READ IT! :)

Memoir and Autobiography
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Are you interested in a memoir or autobiography? Check one out of your library. Here is a link to the Mount Laurel Library's list of juvenile memoir and autobiography books. Go ahead and click on it if you like.

Autobiography books in the Mt. Laurel Library

Memoir books in the Mt. Laurel Library