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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: Brothers and Best Friends
hanselandgretel.jpgWithout Jacob and Wilhelm’s efforts to gather folk tales from their German homeland and making them popular worldwide, it’s unlikely we’d know Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel,...
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Mary Mapes Dodge: Crafter of the Silver Skates and Godmother of Children's...
hansbrinker.jpgThe author of Hans Brinker, a famous book about poor children who lived in Holland, grew up rather rich and never visited Europe. She was a New York City girl, born on January 26, 1831,...
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Vera B. Williams Creates Community in Her Books
threedaysonariver.jpgVera Baker was born in Hollywood, California, on January 28, 1927. She and her family moved to New York City when she was quite young. Luckily for Vera, they lived near a studio...
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Floyd Cooper Draws from the Heart
cominghome.jpgTo open a book illustrated by Floyd Cooper is to be drawn into a world of warmth, bravery, and joy. His drawings are as essential as the text itself in illuminating the world of...
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January 4 is Jacob Grimm's birthday! The Brothers Grimm collected stories told by the country people in Germany. The tales are very old, and because the brothers wrote them down, they have never been...
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Minfong Ho: Living in Three Languages
hush.jpgWhen Minfong Ho was a small girl, she listened. She listened to her parents who taught her all those necessary things that parents do. Their words were Chinese, and their words went straight...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Tells Great Stories
beetleslightlytoasted.jpegWhen Phyllis Reynolds was in first grade, she had a hard time making sense of the stories her teacher wrote on the blackboard. Those little, squiggly characters danced crazily...
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Once Upon a Time with Charles Perrault
ChPerrault.jpg"As soon as he entered the wood all those great trees, and the interlaced brambles and thorns, separated to let him pass. He walked towards the castle, which he could see at the end of a...
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Lloyd Alexander: American Bard
lloyd_alexander.jpg"In other worlds I used the imaginary kingdom not as a sentimentalized fairyland, but as an opening wedge to express what I hoped would be some very hard truths. I never saw fairy...
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