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Betsy Lewin
Betsy Reilly Lewin (born May 12, 1937) is an American illustrator from Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She studied illustration at Pratt Institute. After graduation, she began designing greeting cards. She began writing and illustrating stories for children's magazines and eventually children's books. She is married to children's book illustrator Ted Lewin and with him has co-written and illustrated several books about their travels to remote places, including Uganda in ''Gorilla Walk'' and Mongolia in ''Horse Song'', . BetsyLewin.com. Retrieved September 21, 2013. as well as ''How to Babysit a Leopard: and Other True Stories from Our Travels Across Six Continents'' (Roaring Brook Press, 2015). She is arguably best known for the Caldecott Honor Book ''Click Clack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Henry Holt (publisher)
Henry Gartf Holt (January 3, 1840 – February 13, 1926), was an American book publisher and author. Life and career Henry Holt was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 3, 1840." He graduated from Yale University in 1862. After a year at Columbia Law School he married Mary Florence West and left school for work. He joined the publishing company of Frederick Leypoldt in 1866, which became Henry Holt and Company in 1873. Holt's company specialized in publishing and did not sell books at retail. He remained active in the company until about 1916. Seven years after his wife's death, he wed Florence Taber. Holt had 3 sons and 3 daughters. His son Roland Holt married famed dramatist Constance D'Arcy Mackay. In 1905, Henry Holt's daughters Edith and Winifred co-founded the New York Association for the Blind, now known as Lighthouse International. Edith continued to be active with this charity, which provided the opportunity for blind people to do useful work. In response to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Ackerman
Karen Ackerman (born October 10, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American author of children's books. Background She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and she graduated from Woodward High School in 1969. Career Ackerman's first children's book was published in 1982. She has since published over twenty-five books. Her books have won many awards including Parents' Choice, ABA Pick of the List, ALA Notable Books, Children's Book Council/NCSS Notable Books in the Field of Social Studies, New York Library Best List, Horn Book's Best, and School Library Journal Best Books. Her picture-book ''Song and Dance Man'', illustrated by Stephen Gammell, won the 1989 Caldecott Medal.American Library AssociationCaldecott Medal Winners, 1938 – Present accessed May 27, 2009. The book was adapted into a children's theater production at the Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove, Wisconsin in 2019. Awards Caldecott Medal, 1989, for the book ''Song and Dance Man ''Song and Dance Man'' is a children' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Lauber
Patricia Lauber Frost (5 February 1924 – 12 March 2010) was an American Newbery Honor-winning author of ''Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of St. Helens'' (1986). During her writing career, Lauber wrote over a hundred children's books from the 1950s to the 2000s. Outside of writing, she was the chief editor in science for '' Science World,'' from 1956 to 1959, and for ''The New Book of Knowledge,'' from 1961 to 1967. Biography Lauber was born on 5 February 1924 in New York City and moved to Connecticut when she was approximately four years old. During her childhood, Lauber began to write stories after learning how to read. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1945 with a degree in English. After college, Lauber wrote for '' Look'' magazine from 1945 to 1946. She worked for ''Scholastic Magazine'' until 1954, after which she joined the publishing company Street & Smith in 1956. She was founding editor-in-chief of '' Science World'' between 1956 and 1959, a science magazine fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Winthrop
Elizabeth Winthrop ( Alsop; born September 14, 1948) is an American writer, the author of more than sixty published books, primarily children's fiction. She is best known for the classic middle-grade novel, '' The Castle in the Attic'' and its sequel, ''The Battle for the Castle'', which, together, have been nominated for 23 state book awards and are considered children's classics. Life Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop was born in Washington, D.C. She is a daughter of the newspaper columnist and political analyst Stewart Alsop and Patricia Alsop, a retired American Red Cross medical research technologist. One of her siblings is investor and pundit Stewart Alsop II. Her uncle was Joseph Alsop. Her grandfather was Joseph Alsop IV (1876–1953), who married Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886–1971). She is a great grandniece of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and first-cousin twice removed to Eleanor Roosevelt. Her great-grandmother was Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Winthrop graduated fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (poet)
David Harrison may refer to: *David Harrison (artist) (born 1954), English artist * David Harrison (basketball) (born 1982), American *Sir David Harrison (chemist) (1930–2023), chemist and Master of Selwyn College Cambridge (1994–2000) *David Harrison (cricketer) (born 1981), Welsh cricketer *David Harrison (footballer), English football manager active in France * David Harrison (historian), British historian of freemasonry *David Harrison (jockey) (born 1972), Welsh jockey *David Harrison (RAF officer) * David Harrison (zoologist) (1926–2015), English zoologist * David E. Harrison (1933–2019), former American politician, lobbyist and judge *David Howard Harrison David Howard Harrison (June 1, 1843 – September 8, 1905) was a politician, farmer and physician. He was born in the township of London, Canada West, and moved to Manitoba in 1882. He and his family soon established themselves as substanti ... (1843–1905), Premier of Manitoba, Canada * David Kent Harrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie French Koller
Jackie French Koller (born 1948) is an American author of picture books, chapter books, and novels for children and young adults. She lives and writes in western Massachusetts. Koller is also an accomplished painter. Her interest in art inspired her to open The Little Black Dog Gallery in Westfield, Massachusetts. Koller's young-adult novel '' If I Had One Wish'' was adapted into a Disney Channel Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ... Original Movie under the title '' You Wish!''. Selected works * ''Baby for Sale'' (Marshall Cavendish, 2002): . * ''The Falcon'' * '' If I Had One Wish'' * ''Last Voyage of the Misty Day'' * ''No Such Thing'' (Boyds Mills Press, 2012): . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cows That Type
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult males are referred to as bulls. Cattle are commonly raised as livestock for meat (beef or veal, see beef cattle), for milk (see dairy cattle), and for hides, which are used to make leather. They are used as riding animals and draft animals ( oxen or bullocks, which pull carts, plows and other implements). Another product of cattle is their dung, which can be used to create manure or fuel. In some regions, such as parts of India, cattle have significant religious significance. Cattle, mostly small breeds such as the Miniature Zebu, are also kept as pets. Different types of cattle are common to different geographic areas. Taurine cattle are found primarily in Europe and temperate areas of Asia, the Americas, and Australia. Zebus (also call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary S
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam * Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. * Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement * Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Bloi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
''Giggle, Giggle, Quack'' is a children's book by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin and a sequel/ spin-off to '' Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type''. Published by Simon and Schuster, it tells the story of Farmer Brown's younger brother Bob, who is farm-sitting for the vacationing Farmer Brown. Farmer Brown leaves a to-do list for Bob, but Duck is able to get hold of it and write his own list. In 2004, a video based on the book won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video. Backstory ''Giggle, Giggle, Quack'' is a sequel featuring the barnyard animals first seen in Cronin and Lewin's '' Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type'', which was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 2001. Plot Farmer Brown leaves his brother, Bob in charge of his farm while he is on vacation. Farmer Brown tells his brother to follow instructions and that everything should be fine. Duck gets a hold of a pencil Farmer Brown throws on the ground, later Bob finds reads the first note that says, "Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The name is a combination of several publishing firm names: Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987—whose own name was the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded in 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company—together with Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded in 1819), acquired in 1989. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian Murray. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes many different imprints, both former independent publishing houses and new imprints. History Collins Harper Mergers and acquisitions Collins was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Krauss Melmed
Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula ** Laura Bay, South Australia, a locality **Laura Bay Conservation Park, a protected area * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia) Canada * Laura, Saskatchewan Italy * Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany Marshall Islands * Laura, Marshall Islands, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands Poland * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland United States * Laura, Illinois * Laura, Indiana * Laura, Kentucky, a city * Laura, Missouri * Laura, Ohio, a small village Arts, media, and entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
