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Dave Brubeck<\/strong> (born Concord, California, 1920; died Norwalk, Connecticut, December 5, 2012) was a jazz musician. Children can view a great video and listen to “Take Five” at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ira Gershwin<\/strong> (born New York, New York, 1896; died Beverly Hills, California, August 17, 1983) was a lyricist. He often worked with his brother, George. His Broadway hits include Funny Face<\/em>. Children can visit a wonderful website and listen to his lyrics at: Ira Gershwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alfred Eisenstaedt<\/strong> (born Dirschau, Prussia, 1898; died Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 23, 1955) was a famous photojournalist. He was known for his photographs published by Life<\/em> magazine. One of his most popular photographs was of a soldier kissing a nurse to celebrate the end of World War II. Children can view that photograph and many others at: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sjq1iKVr2Es<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Reynolds Gardiner<\/strong> (born Los Angeles, California, 1944; died Anaheim, California, March 4, 2006) was a children\u2019s author. One of his most famous books is Stone Fox<\/em>. Over four million copies of the book have been sold. Children can learn more about Gardiner at: John Reynolds Gardiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alfred Joyce Kilmer<\/strong> (born New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1886; died in battle near Ourcy, France, July 30, 1918) was a poet. One of his most famous poems is \u201cTrees,\u201d published in 1913. Children could read \u201cTrees\u201d at: Trees<\/a>. Children can read his works at: Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cornelia Meigs<\/strong> (born Rock Island, Illinois, 1884; died Havre de Grace, Maryland, September 10, 1973) wrote over 30 books for children as well as screenplays and books for adults.\u00a0The Windy Hill<\/em> received a 1922 Newbery Honor Award. Clearing Weather<\/em> won a 1929 Newbery Honor Award. Swift Rivers<\/em> obtained a 1933 Newbery Honor Award. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of \u201cLittle Women\u201d<\/em> received the Newbery Medal in 1934. Children can read The Windy Hill<\/em> at: Project Gutenberg<\/a>. Children can learn more at:\u00a0Cornelia Meigs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jason Reynolds<\/strong> (born Washington, DC, 1983) has written more than twelve books for middle grade students and young adults. He received a 2018 Newbery Honor Award for Long Way Down<\/em>. Other works include Lu<\/em> and As Brave as You<\/em>.\u00a0 He received the 2023 Margaret A. Edwards Award for the his lifetime achievements, writing for young adults. Children could learn more at: Jason Reynolds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Yates<\/strong> (born Buffalo, New York, 1905; died Concord, New Hampshire, July 29, 2001) was a children\u2019s author, publishing at least 25 books. In 1944 she received a Newbery Honor Award for Mountain Born<\/em>, and in 1951 her Amos Fortune, Free Man<\/em> was awarded the Newbery Medal. In 1955 Rainbow Round the World<\/em> received the Jane Addams Children\u2019s Book Award. Children can learn more at:\u00a0Elizabeth Yates<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dave Brubeck (born Concord, California, 1920; died Norwalk, Connecticut, December 5, 2012) was a jazz musician. Children can view a great video and listen to “Take Five” at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU. Ira Gershwin (born New York, New York, 1896; died Beverly Hills, California, August 17, 1983) was a lyricist. He often worked with his brother, George. His […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4411,4415,4414,4409,6074,4412,4410,4413],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-alfred-eisenstaedt","tag-alfred-joyce-kilmer","tag-cornelia-meigs","tag-dave-brubeck","tag-december-6-birthdays","tag-elizabeth-yates","tag-ira-gershwin","tag-john-reynolds-gardiner","category-4-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26815,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/26815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}