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Donald Crews
Donald Crews (born August 30, 1938) is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. In 2015, the American Library Association (ALA) honored him with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, recognizing his lasting contribution to children's literature. His works ''Freight Train'' (1978) and ''Truck'' (1980) were Caldecott Honor recipients. Early life Donald Crews was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1938. His mother worked as a seamstress, and his father worked at the railroad and several other odd jobs. Raised in Newark, Crews spent summers at his grandparents' home in rural Cottondale, Florida, with his mother and three siblings. These summers were inspiration for the autobiographical books ''Bigmama's'' (1991) and ''Shortcut'' (1992). Encouraged by a high school teacher, Crews pursued art as a career. He attended Cooper Union in New York City and graduated in 1959. While at Cooper Union, Crews met his future wife, graphic artist Ann Jonas. Career Crews was drafte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city had a population of 311,549 as of the , and was calculated at 307,220 by the Population Estimates Program for 2021, making it [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carousel (book)
A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round ( international), roundabout (British English), or hurdy-gurdy (an old term in Australian English, in SA) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gears to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. Carousels are commonly populated with horses, each horse weighing roughly 100 lbs (45 kg), but may include a variety of mounts, for example pigs, zebras, tigers, or mythological creatures such as dragons or unicorns. Sometimes, chair-like or bench-like seats are used, and occasionally mounts can be shaped like aeroplanes or cars. The names ''carousel'' and ''merry-go-round'' are also used, in varying dialects, to refer to a distinct piece of playground equipment. History Early carous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Each Orange Had 8 Slices
Each may refer to: *''each'', a determiner and indefinite pronoun in the English language * EACH, Educational Action Challenging Homophobia, a UK charitable organisation See also *Every (other) Every may refer to: People * Every (surname), including a list of people surnamed Every or Van Every * Every Maclean, New Zealand politician in sunda 19th century * Every baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England Other * Suzuki Every, a kei ... * For each (other) * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Sea (book)
Blue Sea is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, and part of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality. It encompasses the southern portion of Blue Sea Lake. The village of Blue Sea is located at the extreme southern end of Blue Sea Lake, north of the larger city of Gracefield and south of Maniwaki Maniwaki is a town located north of Gatineau and north-west of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The town is situated on the Gatineau River, at the crossroads of Quebec Route 105, Route 105 and Quebec Route 107, Route 107, not far south .... History The Gauthier, Courchesne, Beaudoin, Lacroix, Tremblay, Fortin and Bénard were among the first European families to settle at the lake since the late nineteenth century. Almost at the same time, led by the construction of railways, the first vacationers established on the shores of the lake as well. In 1921, the small location was first called Bouchette-South, then renamed to Blue Sea in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Black Dots
Ten, TEN or 10 may refer to: * 10, an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11 * one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910 and 2010 * October, the tenth month of the year Places * Mount Ten, in Vietnam * Tongren Fenghuang Airport (IATA code), China * 10 (Los Angeles Railway) * TEN Atlantic City, Casino hotel resort in New Jersey People and characters * Tussenvoegsel prefix in Dutch surnames * Jeremy Ten (born 1989), Canadian competitive figure skater * Sergey Ten (born 1976), Russian politician * Vicente Ten (born 1966), Spanish politician * Ten Miyagi (born 2001), Japanese footballer ;Characters * Ten, a character from ''Urusei Yatsura'' * Tenshinhan, nicknamed "Ten", a character from ''Dragon Ball'' Art and entertainment Music * Ten (singer), a Thai Chinese singer and member of South Korean boy group NCT * Ten (band), a British melodic rock/hard rock band * '' Tenuto'' or ''Ten.'', a direction in musical notation * Ten, the runner-up contestant in the fourth seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortcut (book)
Shortcut may refer to: Navigation * Rat running or shortcut, a minor-road alternative to a signposted route * File shortcut, a handle which allows the user to find a file or resource located in a different directory or folder on a computer * Keyboard shortcut, a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation Film * ''Shortcut'' (2015 film), a Bollywood film about cybercrime * ''Shortcut'' (2020 film), an Italian horror film * ''The Shortcut'', a 2009 US film * ''Shortcuts'', also known as '' Cutting It Short'', a 1981 film directed by Jirí Menzel Other uses * ''Shortcut'' (magazine), a Swedish magazine * ''Shortcut'' (software), project management software * ''Shortcuts'' (comics), a syndicated comics page feature * ''Shortcuts'' (app), a scripting application for iOS See also * ''Shortkut ''Shortkut'' (also known as ''Short Kut: The Con Is On'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Neeraj Vora and produced by An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Bus (book)
A school bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district. It is regularly used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities, but not including a charter bus or transit bus. Various configurations of school buses are used worldwide; the most iconic examples are the yellow school buses of the United States and Canada which are also found in other parts of the world. In North America, school buses are purpose-built vehicles distinguished from other types of buses by design characteristics mandated by federal and state/province regulations. In addition to their distinct paint color ( school bus yellow), school buses are fitted with exterior warning lights (to give them traffic priority) and multiple safety devices. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sail Away (book)
Sail Away may refer to: Music * ''Sail Away'' (musical), a 1961 musical by Noël Coward, or the title song Albums * ''Sail Away'' (Great White album) or the title song, 1994 * ''Sail Away'' (Randy Newman album), or the title song (see below), 1972 * ''Sail Away'', by Tom Harrell, 1992 Songs * "Sail Away", song written by Noël Coward * "Sail Away" (David Gray song), 2001 * "Sail Away" (Randy Newman song), 1972 * "Sail Away" (The Rasmus song), 2005 * "Sail Away" (Sam Neely song), 1977; covered by the Oak Ridge Boys, 1979 * "Sail Away" (Urban Cookie Collective song), 1994 * "Sail Away", by Badfinger from '' Airwaves'', 1979 * "Sail Away", by Creedence Clearwater Revival from ''Mardi Gras'', 1972 * "Sail Away", by Deep Purple from '' Burn'', 1974 * "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", by Enya from ''Watermark'', 1988 * "Sail Away", by Hans Hartz, 1991 * "Sail Away", by John Fogerty from ''Eye of the Zombie'', 1986 * "Sail Away", by Jonas Brothers from '' The Album'', 2023 * "Sail Away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parade (book)
A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind. In British English, the term "parade" is usually reserved for either military parades or other occasions where participants march in formation; for celebratory occasions, the word procession is more usual. The term "parade" may also be used for multiple different subjects; for example, in the Canadian Armed Forces, "parade" is used both to describe the procession and in other informal connotations. Protest demonstrations can also take the form of a parade, but such cases are usually referred to as a march instead. Parade float The parade float got its name because the first floats were decorated barges that were towed along the canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore. Floats were occasionally propelled from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night At The Fair
Night (also described as night time, unconventionally spelled as "nite") is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends on the location and varies throughout the year, based on factors such as season and latitude. The word can be used in a different sense as the time between bedtime and morning. In common communication, the word ''night'' is used as a farewell ("good night", sometimes shortened to "night"), mainly when someone is going to sleep or leaving. Astronomical night is the period between astronomical dusk and astronomical dawn when the Sun is between 18 and 90 degrees below the horizon and does not illuminate the sky. As seen from latitudes between about 48.56° and 65.73° north or south of the Equator, complete darkness does not occur around the summer solstice because, although the Sun sets, it is never more than 18° below the horizon at lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
