{"id":3967,"date":"2026-04-07T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2025-12-11T23:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:21:43","slug":"birthdays-158","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=3967","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Donald Carrick<\/strong> (born Dearborn, Michigan, 1929; died Edgartown, Massachusetts, June 26, 1989) wrote and illustrated children\u2019s books. His wife, Carol, and he collaborated on 37 books. Their books include <em>Patrick\u2019s Dinosaur<\/em> and <em>Drip Drop.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>El Greco<\/strong> (born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Iraklion, Crete, 1541; died Toledo, Spain, April 7, 1614) was a great painter. He studied in Venice in 1559 or 1560. Looking for patrons, he moved to Toledo, Spain, in 1577. Named \u201cThe Greek\u201d by the Spaniards, he spent the rest of his life in that country. His paintings, especially for the time, were fairly abstract. He used light and dark colors to his advantage, and he distorted figures to achieve an emotional impact. Children could visit a website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nga.gov\/collection\/gallery\/gg29\/gg29-main1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El Greco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Billie Holiday<\/strong> (born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1915; died New York, New York, July 17, 1959) was an African American singer. Children can learn more about her at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americaslibrary.gov\/jb\/jazz\/jb_jazz_holliday_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billie Holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheryl Willis Hudson<\/strong> (born Portsmouth, Virginia, 1948) writes books for children. Her books include <em>Hands Can<\/em> and <em>Let\u2019s Count, Baby<\/em>. Children can learn more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylwillishudson.wordpress.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheryl Willis Hudson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14544\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14544\" class=\"wp-image-14544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Corn-Flakes.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Flakes\" width=\"210\" height=\"146\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corn Flakes<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Will Keith Kellogg<\/strong> (born Battle Creek, Michigan, 1860; died Battle Creek, Michigan, October 6, 1951) was a cereal manufacturer. Known as the \u201cKing of the Corn Flakes,\u201d he started a cereal company in 1906 and made a $50 million fortune. Idea: Children could make a bar graph of favorite cereals. They could also see a timeline of cereal development at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellogghistory.com\/timeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kellogg Timeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Palazzo<\/strong> (born New York, New York, 1905; died Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, September 10, 1970) wrote and\/or illustrated about 65 books for children. He received a Caldecott Honor Award in 1947 for <em>Timothy Turtle<\/em>. Other works include <em>Animals of the Night<\/em> and <em>The Biggest and Littlest Animals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>William Wordsworth<\/strong> (born Cockermouth, England, 1770; died Grasmere, England, April 23, 1850) may have been the most significant English romantic poet. He wrote over five hundred sonnets, and he collaborated with Samuel Taylor Coleridge to write Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth actively supported the French Revolution. Children can read his works at: <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/william-wordsworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Wordsworh<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Carrick (born Dearborn, Michigan, 1929; died Edgartown, Massachusetts, June 26, 1989) wrote and illustrated children\u2019s books. His wife, Carol, and he collaborated on 37 books. Their books include Patrick\u2019s Dinosaur and Drip Drop. El Greco (born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Iraklion, Crete, 1541; died Toledo, Spain, April 7, 1614) was a great painter. 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