{"id":3496,"date":"2026-03-22T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:12:20","slug":"birthdays-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=3496","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randolph Caldecott<\/strong> (born Chester, England, 1846; died St. Augustine, Florida, February 12, 1886) was a children\u2019s illustrator. At age fifteen he went to work in a bank. However, he always carried a sketchbook with him; and he became an artist in 1872. Two of his works are Three Jovial Huntsmen<\/em> and The House That Jack Built<\/em>. Bad health forced him to come to America, but he died shortly after his arrival. Children can view many of his illustrated books at: Project Gutenberg<\/a>. Around 1938 the American Library Association created the Caldecott Medal to honor the finest American illustrators of children\u2019s books. Children can see more about the Caldecott Medal at: Caldecott<\/a>. They could also read a biography of Caldecott and learn more about the Caldecott Medal by reading Children’s Book Award Handbook<\/em>, by Diana F. Marks. Idea: Children\u00a0could read and study some of the Caldecott winners. They could look at new books and make recommendations for next year\u2019s winner.<\/p>\n

Denys Cazet<\/strong> (born Oakland, California, 1938) has written and illustrated at least 35 books for children. His books include the Minnie and Moo<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/strong> (born London, England, 1948) is a composer. His works include Phantom of the Opera<\/em> and Cats<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Marcel Marceau<\/strong> (born Strasbourg, France, 1923; died Cahors, France, September 22, 2007) was a very famous mime. Idea: Children could produce their own mime acts, perhaps accompanied by Stephen Sondheim\u2019s music or Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music.<\/p>\n

James Patterson<\/strong> (born Newburgh, New York, 1947) writes books for children, young adults, and adults. His books for children include I Funny<\/em> and The Worst Years of My Life<\/em>. Children can learn more at: James Patterson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stephen Sondheim<\/strong> (born New York, New York, 1930; died Roxbury, Connecticut, November 26, 2021) was a composer. His works include Sunday in the Park with George<\/em> and Into the Woods<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sir Anthony Van Dyck<\/strong> (born Antwerp, Belgium, 1599; died London, England, December 9, 1641) was an artist. He is most known for his portraits and religious scenes. Children can see many of his works at: Van Dyck<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Randolph Caldecott (born Chester, England, 1846; died St. Augustine, Florida, February 12, 1886) was a children\u2019s illustrator. At age fifteen he went to work in a bank. However, he always carried a sketchbook with him; and he became an artist in 1872. Two of his works are Three Jovial Huntsmen and The House That Jack […]<\/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":[5418,5417,5420,5419,6183,5416,5421,5422],"class_list":["post-3496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-andrew-lloyd-webber","tag-denys-cazet","tag-james-patterson","tag-marcel-marceau","tag-march-22-birthdays","tag-randolph-caldecott","tag-sir-anthony-van-dyck","tag-stephen-sondheim","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\/3496","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=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30509,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/30509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}