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Maya Angelou<\/strong> (born Saint Louis, Missouri, 1928; died Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 28, 2014) was\u00a0an author and a poet. One of her most famous books is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/em>. Children can learn more at a site devoted to her: Maya Angelou<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dorothea Lynde Dix<\/strong> (born Hampden, Maine, 1802; died Trenton, New Jersey, July 17, 1887) fought for social reform, especially regarding jails, insane asylums, and orphanages. Children could read Breaking the Chains: The Crusade of Dorothea Lynde Dix<\/em>, by Peggy Colman. Older children could learn more at: Dorothea Dix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phoebe Gilman<\/strong> (born New York New York, 1940; died Toronto, Canada, August 29, 2002) was a picture book author and illustrator. Her works include Grandma and the Pirates<\/em> and Jillian Jiggs<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Hicks Penn Treaty<\/p><\/div>\n

Edward Hicks<\/strong> (born Langhorne, Pennsylvania, 1780; died Newtown, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1849) was a self-taught artist known for his many Peaceable Kingdoms. Children can see some of his works by visit this website and clicking on the names of the paintings: Edward Hicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Levy<\/strong> (born Buffalo, New York, 1942) has written over 100 children\u2019s books. Her books include the Fletcher<\/em> mysteries, the Something Queer is Going On<\/em> series, and the Jodi and Jake<\/em> mysteries. Children can learn more at: Elizabeth Levy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johanna Reiss<\/strong> (born Winterswijk, Netherlands, 1932) writes books for children. She moved to the United States during the 1950\u2019s. She wrote The Upstairs Room<\/em>, a memoir of her growing up during World War II. The book received a 1973 Newbery Honor Award and a Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Award. Her other books are also autobiographical. Children can view her website at: Johanna Reiss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Glen Rounds<\/strong> (born near Wall, South Dakota, 1906; died Pinehurst, North Carolina, September 27, 2002) wrote and illustrated at least 100 children’s books. His works included Ol Paul, the Mighty Logger<\/em> and Wild Horses of the Red Desert.\u00a0<\/em>Children could learn more at:\u00a0Glen Rounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maya Angelou (born Saint Louis, Missouri, 1928; died Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 28, 2014) was\u00a0an author and a poet. One of her most famous books is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Children can learn more at a site devoted to her: Maya Angelou. Dorothea Lynde Dix (born Hampden, Maine, 1802; died Trenton, New […]<\/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":[6194,2386,2390,2391,2388,2387,2385,2389],"class_list":["post-3886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-april-4-birthdays","tag-dorothea-lynde-dix","tag-edward-hicks","tag-elizabeth-levy","tag-glen-rounds","tag-johanna-reiss","tag-maya-angelou","tag-phoebe-gilman","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\/3886","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=3886"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29351,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3886\/revisions\/29351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}