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Phyllis Krasilovsky
Phyllis Louise Krasilovsky (née Manning; August 28, 1926February 26, 2014) was an American writer of children's books. Life Phyllis Louise Manning was born in Brooklyn and graduated from its James Madison High School. She recalled that she started telling children's stories to her then-fiancé William Krasilovsky's five-year-old cousin, who was dying of cancer. Krasilovsky was first published after she walked into the Doubleday offices and insisted she must see an editor immediately before the couple left for Alaska. Children’s book editor Margaret Lesser heard the confrontation at the front desk, invited her in, read the manuscript and accepted ''The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes'' a few minutes later. Krasilovsky's husband, at the time still a student at Cornell Law School, carefully studied the contract before approving. Then they headed for Alaska. Their Crossley miniature car was so small, the wheel span was too narrow for the wooden tracks they occasionally encount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Madison High School (Brooklyn)
James Madison High School is an elite public high school in the Midwood section of Brooklyn New York City. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is in Region 6 of the New York City Department of Education. Established in 1925, the school has many famous graduates, among them the late United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge Judy Sheindlin, two sitting U.S. senators, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN). Academics James Madison High School is organized in accordance with the house system. There are eight houses, each having a Teacher Coordinator, a Guidance Counselor, and an Assistant Principal assigned to supervise and assist students. Special programs Most students who apply to James Madison High School have the opportunity to apply to a specific "House". These include: * Law Institute: Students develop an understanding of American legal institutions, and participate in activities such as moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninon MacKnight
Ninon is a lightweight, sheer fabric made with plain or leno weaving, it is a suitable material for curtains, evening wear and lingerie. Ninon is made with variety of filament yarns such as polyester, silk, rayon or nylon. History Ninon is a French derivation from the name Anne. Originally it was made from highly twisted silk yarns, gradually changed to synthetic yarns such as rayon. In the early 20th century (1909), the Ninon silk was in use for dresses also. Types Initially there were two types of Ninons, single and double. The difference was with the number of ply or the twisted yarns used in weaving: one, two, or three. The finest and single Ninons are more popular. Structure and characteristics Ninon is a lightweight sheer material with good draping qualities. It is very thin and has a surface with a mild sheen. Ninon has an open mesh-like appearance and a crisp hand feel. Ninon has more transparency similar to Marquisette in comparison to its peers such as voil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Salzman
Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. *Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Japanese given names, including a list of people and fictional characters *Yu-ri (Korean name), Korean unisex given name, including a list of people and fictional characters Singers * Yuri (Japanese singer), vocalist of the band Move *Yuri (Korean singer), member of Girl Friends *Yuri (Mexican singer) *Kwon Yu-ri, member of Girls' Generation Footballers *Yuri (footballer, born 1982), full name Yuri de Souza Fonseca, Brazilian football forward *Yuri (footballer, born 1984), full name Yuri Adriano Santos, Brazilian footballer * Yuri (footballer, born 1986), full name Yuri Vera Cruz Erbas, Brazilian footballer * Yuri (footballer, born 1989), full name Yuri Naves Roberto, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Yuri (footballer, born 1990), fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Sewall
Marcia may refer to: People * Marcia (given name) *James Marcia, Canadian psychologist *Stefano Marcia (born 1993), South African Olympic sailor Other uses * ''Marcia'' (Beccafumi), a c. 1519 painting by Domenico Beccafumi * ''Marcia'' (bivalve), a genus of Venus clams in the family Veneridae * Marcia (gens), a Roman gens * '' Marcia: Greatest Hits 1975–1983'', a 2004 album by Marcia Hines * ''Marcia'', the Italian musical designation for a march or march tempo See also *Martia (other) *Martian (other) As an adjective, ''Martian'' means of or pertaining to the planet Mars. As a noun, a Martian is a hypothetical inhabitant, either alien or human, of the planet Mars. Martian, Martians, The Martian or The Martians may also refer to: Arts and en ... * Mars (other) * Marzia (other) * Mercia (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints. History Early years In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of ''New York World'' crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. 165. . At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. They pooled , equivalent to $ today, to start a company that published crossword puzzles. The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trina Schart Hyman
Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 – November 19, 2004) was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends. She won the 1985 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing ''Saint George and the Dragon'', retold by Margaret Hodges. Biography Born in Philadelphia to Margaret Doris Bruck and Albert H. Schart, she grew up in Wyncote, Pennsylvania and learned to read and draw at an early age. Her favorite story as a child was ''Little Red Riding Hood'', and she spent an entire year of her childhood wearing a red cape. She enrolled at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts) in 1956, but moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 after marrying Harris Hyman, a mathematician and engineer. She graduated from School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1960. The couple then moved to Stockholm, Sweden, for two years, where Trina studied at the Konstfackskolan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houghton Mifflin
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in ''the A* search algorithm'' or '' C*-algebra''). In English, an asterisk is usually five- or six-pointed in sans-serif typefaces, six-pointed in serif typefaces, and six- or eight-pointed when handwritten. Its most common use is to call out a footnote. It is also often used to censor offensive words. In computer science, the asterisk is commonly used as a wildcard character, or to denote pointers, repetition, or multiplication. History The asterisk has already been used as a symbol in ice age cave paintings. There is also a two thousand-year-old character used by Aristarchus of Samothrace called the , , which he used when proofreading Homeric poetry to mark lines that were duplicated. Origen is kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia H
Olivia may refer to: People * Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer * Olívia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 1974), Brazilian basketball player * Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), also known mononymously as Olivia, Japanese-American singer * Olivia Trappeniers (born 1997), also known mononymously as Olivia, Belgian Flemish singer * Oliva of Brescia (died 138), Christian martyr * Olivia of Palermo (448–463), Christian martyr Places * Olivia, Mauritius, a place in Mauritius * Olivia, Minnesota, United States * Olivia, North Carolina, United States * Olivia, Pennsylvania, United States * Lake Olivia, in Highlands County, Florida Arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Olivia (fictional pig), in children's books by Ian Falconer * Olivia (''Twelfth Night''), in Shakespeare's play * Olivia (''The Walking Dead''), in the comic book and TV franchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyndy Szekeres
Cyndy Szekeres (born October 31, 1933) is an American children's book author and illustrator who has produced more than 130 books in the tradition of Beatrix Potter and Garth Williams. Best known for her anthropomorphic animal illustrations, she won the 1969 AIGA Award for ''Moon Mouse''. Biography Szekeres was born on October 31, 1933, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her parents were Stephen Paul, a toolmaker, and Anna (Ceplousky) Szekeres. Her father was a first-generation immigrant from Hungary, while her mother was a second-generation Lithuanian American. Szekeres grew up in the countryside of Fairfield County, where she developed a love of nature and began drawing in pencil at a very young age. Growing up in the later years of the Great Depression, she got her start drawing on brown paper bags. She drew inspiration from the work of N. C. Wyeth and Arthur Rackham. Encouraged by her father, who had heard advertising was a remunerative career, Szekeres studied art at the Prat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbi Giventer
Abbi may refer to ;Given name or nickname *Abbi (musician) (born Absalom Nyinza), Kenyan Afro-jazz and Afro-fusion musician *Abbi (Saxon), 8th century Saxon warrior *Abbi Aitken (born 1991), Scottish cricketer *Abbi Fisher (born 1957), American alpine skier * Abbi Glines (born 1977), American novelist * Abbi Grant (born 1995), Scottish footballer * Abbi Jacobson (born 1984), American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator *Abbi Tatton, English news reporter ;Surname * Anvita Abbi (born 1949), Indian linguist * Rajni Abbi, Indian lawyer and politician ;Places * Abbi, Uzo-Uwani, a village in Uzo-Uwani state, Nigeria See also *Abbey (other) Abbey in itself denotes the Christian monastic community and its buildings, that is presided over by an abbot. People * Abbey (surname) * Abbey (given name) Places * Abbey River, a river in England Locations * Abbey (Barking and Dagenham war ... * Abby (other) * Abi {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Benson
John Ben "Benny" Benson Jr. (September 12, 1912 – July 2, 1972) was an Alaska native, best known for designing the flag of Alaska. Benson was age 14 years old when he won a contest in 1927 to design the flag for the Territory of Alaska, which became a U.S. state on January 3, 1959. Life Early life Benson was born in Chignik, Territory of Alaska, on September 12, 1912. He was a Qawalangin (Fox Islander) Unangan born to a Swedish-American father, John Ben "Benny" Benson Sr., and Aleut-Russian mother, Tatiana Ioannovna Dediukhina, from a village near Unalaska. When he was three years old, his mother died, forcing his father to send him and his brother Carl to an orphanage, as Benson's father could not take care of them. Benson grew up at the Jesse Lee Home for Children in Unalaska and later in Seward. Fox Farm After graduating from school in 1932, Benson left the Jesse Lee Home. He returned to the Aleutian Islands to work with his father fishing and, for a time, tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fowler
James Mark Fowler (April 9, 1930 – May 8, 2019) was an American professional zoologist and host of the acclaimed wildlife documentary television show Mutual of Omaha's ''Wild Kingdom''. Early years Born in Albany, Georgia, Fowler spent his youth in the town of Falls Church, Virginia exploring all things in nature in the stream valley of Four Mile Run near his family home. He graduated from Westtown School in 1947, a Quaker college preparatory school in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Earlham College in 1952. Career Fowler first served as co-host of ''Wild Kingdom'' with Marlin Perkins, and became the main host in 1985 following Perkins' retirement. During this time he received four Emmy awards and an endorsement by the Parent–teacher association#United States, National PTA for family viewing. Fowler was the official wildlife correspondent for NBC's Today (U.S. TV program), ''The Today Show'' starting in 1988 and made forty appearances on ''The Tonight Show Starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
