{"id":5477,"date":"2026-06-14T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:06:55","slug":"birthdays-225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=5477","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Bartlett<\/strong> (born Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1820; died Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 3, 1905) was an editor and a publisher. He owned a bookstore. During his free time he produced <em>Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Sources Passages and Phrases in Common Use<\/em>. It first appeared in 1855; and it has had numerous revisions since then. Children can visit an interesting website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/quotations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/quotations\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Bourke-White<\/strong> (born New York, New York, 1906; died Stamford, Connecticut, August 27, 1971) was a famous photojournalist. She photographed a number of World War II battles. When the Nazi concentration camps were opened, she photographed the horrors. She also photographed Gandhi. One of her most famous books was <em>You Have Seen Their Faces<\/em>, photographs of southern poverty. Children could view some of her works and learn more about her at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/artists\/712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Bourke-White<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruce Degen<\/strong> (born Brooklyn, New York, 1945; died Newtown, Connecticut, November 7, 2024)) wrote and\/or illustrated at least 40 children&#8217;s books. He illustrated among other works the <em>Magic School Bus<\/em> series. His written works include <em>Daddy Is a Doodlebug<\/em> and <em>Sailaway Home.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>James Gurney<\/strong> (born Glendale, California, 1958) writes and illustrates books for children. He is known for his <em>Dinotopia<\/em> series. Children can visit his website: <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesgurney.com\/site\/\">James Gurney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lensey Namioka<\/strong> (born Beijing, China, 1929) has written at least 23 books for children and young adults. Her books include <em>Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear<\/em> and <em>Half and Half<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/strong> (born Litchfield, Connecticut, 1811; died Hartford, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Harriet-Beecher-Stowe.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"167\" \/>Connecticut, July 1, 1896) was an author. She is best known for <em>Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin<\/em>. The book greatly aided the abolitionist movement and may have been one of the main causes of the Civil War. Children can visit a website about her at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrietbeecherstowe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/a>. They can also read many of her works, including <em>Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin<\/em>, at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Janice May Udry<\/strong> (born Jacksonville, Illinois, 1928) writes books for children. Her books include <em>A Tree is Nice<\/em> and <em>Let\u2019s Be Enemies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurence Yep<\/strong> (born San Francisco, 1948) has written at least 46 books for children. He received the 1978 Jane Adams Book Award for <em>Child of the Owl<\/em>. He earned a 1976 Newbery Honor Award for <em>Dragonwings<\/em> and another Newbery Honor Award in 1994 for <em>Dragon\u2019s Gate<\/em>. The 2005 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal was presented to him for his body of work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Bartlett (born Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1820; died Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 3, 1905) was an editor and a publisher. He owned a bookstore. 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