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Kofi Annan<\/strong> (born Kumasi, Ghana, 1938; died Bern, Switzerland, August 18, 2018) was the United Nations Secretary General from 1997 to 2006.<\/p>\n

Ruth Chew<\/strong> (born Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1920; died Castro Valley, California, May 13, 2010) wrote and illustrated at least 30 books for children. Her works include The Wednesday Witch<\/em> and The Enchanted Book.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Linda Crew<\/strong> (born Corvallis, Oregon, 1951) writes books for children and young adults. Her books include Children of the River<\/em> and Nekomah Creek<\/em>. Children can visit her website at: Linda Crew<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Betty Ford<\/p><\/div>\n

Elizabeth \u201cBetty\u201d Bloomer Ford<\/strong> (born Chicago, Illinois, 1918; died Rancho Mirage, California, July 8, 2011) was America’s First Lady from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. She was the wife of Gerald Ford, the thirty-eighth President of the United States. Children could visit a website at: Betty Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trina Schart Hyman<\/strong> (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939; died Lebanon, New Hampshire, November 19, 2004) wrote and\/or illustrated more than 100 books for children. She received the 1985 Caldecott Medal for Saint George and the Dragon<\/em>. She earned three Caldecott Honor Awards: in 1984 for Little Red Riding Hood<\/em>, in 1990 for Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins<\/em>, and in 2000 for A Child\u2019s Calendar<\/em>. Children can learn more at:\u00a0Trina Schart Hyman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harold Keith<\/strong> (born Lambert, Oklahoma Territory, 1903; died Norman, Oklahoma, February 24, 1998) wrote about fourteen books for children. His book Rifles for Watie<\/em> received the 1958 Newbery Medal.<\/p>\n

Lewis Morris<\/strong> (born Westchester County, New York, 1726; died Westchester County, New York, January 22, 1798) signed the Declaration of Independence. He represented New York. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was a judge in a British court. During the Revolution, he was active in New York politics. Children could learn more at: Lewis Morris<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Julia Sauer<\/strong> (born Rochester, New York, 1891; died Rochester, New York, June 26, 1983) was a writer of children’s books and a librarian. Her Fog Magic<\/em>, illustrated by Lynd Kendall Ward, earned a 1944 Newbery Honor Award. Her Light at Tern Rock<\/em> received a 1952 Newbery Honor Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kofi Annan (born Kumasi, Ghana, 1938; died Bern, Switzerland, August 18, 2018) was the United Nations Secretary General from 1997 to 2006. Ruth Chew (born Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1920; died Castro Valley, California, May 13, 2010) wrote and illustrated at least 30 books for children. Her works include The Wednesday Witch and The Enchanted Book.\u00a0 Linda […]<\/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":[6196,2460,2461,6471,2456,2457,2459,2458,2462],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-april-8-birthdays","tag-elizabeth-betty-bloomer-ford","tag-harold-keith","tag-julia-sauer","tag-kofi-annan","tag-lewis-morris","tag-linda-crew","tag-ruth-chew","tag-trina-schart-hyman","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\/4000","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=4000"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30543,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions\/30543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}