{"id":1512,"date":"2026-12-20T21:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-12-21T02:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:07:00","slug":"birthdays-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=1512","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11239 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Antarctica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"162\" \/>Richard Atwater<\/strong> (born Chicago, Illinois, 1892; died Chicago, Illinois, August 21, 1948) was a children\u2019s author. He and his wife, Florence Atwater, are famous for writing <em>Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins<\/em>. The book won a 1939 Newbery Honor Award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandra Cisneros<\/strong> (born Chicago, Illinois, 1954) is an author. She has written at least eight books, and she has contributed to several anthologies. She is best known for <em>The House on Mango Street<\/em>, published in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lulu Delacre<\/strong> (born Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1957) writes and illustrates bilingual books for children. She published <em>Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America<\/em> in 1989. She has won three Pura Belpr\u00e9 Illustrator Honor Awards: <em>The Bossy Gallito<\/em> (1996),<em> Arrorr\u00f3, Mi Ni\u00f1o : Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games<\/em> (2006), and <em>The Storyteller\u2019s Candle: La velita de los cuentos<\/em> (2010). <em>The Storyteller\u2019s Candle<\/em> is about Pura Belpr\u00e9. Children can visit Delacre&#8217;s website and find some \u201cfun freebies\u201d at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luludelacre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lulu Delacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 119px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/42\/Harvey_Samuel_Firestone.jpg\" alt=\"File:Harvey Samuel Firestone.jpg\" width=\"109\" height=\"169\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvey Samuel Firestone<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Harvey Samuel Firestone<\/strong> (born Columbiana, Ohio, 1868; died Miami Beach, Florida, February 7, 1938) created Firestone Tire &amp; Rubber Company. At first he produced solid rubber tires. Then he experimented and developed air-filled tires. He, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford sponsored joint projects regarding synthetic rubber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis Brindell Fradin<\/strong> (born Chicago, Illinois, 1945; died Evanston, Illinois, August 29, 2012) wrote over 300 nonfiction children\u2019s books. One excellent, excellent book is <em>The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Atwater (born Chicago, Illinois, 1892; died Chicago, Illinois, August 21, 1948) was a children\u2019s author. He and his wife, Florence Atwater, are famous for writing Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins. The book won a 1939 Newbery Honor Award. Sandra Cisneros (born Chicago, Illinois, 1954) is an author. 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