{"id":6309,"date":"2026-07-30T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:41:44","slug":"birthdays-266","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=6309","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Ann Brashares<\/b> (born Alexandria, Virginia, 1967) writes books for young adults. Her books include <i>The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<\/i> series. Young adults can visit her website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/annbrashares.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ann Brashares<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Emily Bronte<\/b> (born Thornton, Yorkshire, England, 1818; died Haworth, Yorkshire, England, December 19, 1848) was an author. She wrote only one novel, <i>Wuthering Heights.\u00a0<\/i>She also wrote poetry. Children can read her works at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12977\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12977\" class=\"wp-image-12977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FordQuadricycle-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Ford on His Quadricycle\" width=\"202\" height=\"164\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Ford on His Quadricycle<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Henry Ford<\/b> (born Dearborn Township, Michigan, 1863; died Dearborn Township, Michigan, April 7, 1947) created the assembly line for making cars. He became wealthy from selling so many cars. Children can learn more at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehenryford.org\/exhibits\/hf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Henry Moore<\/b> (born Castleford, Yorkshire, England, 1898; died Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, August 31, 1986) was an artist and sculptor. He is best known for his large, metal sculptures of human figures. Children can view some of his works at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluffton.edu\/~sullivanm\/mooretoronto\/mooretoronto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Marcus Pfister<\/b> (born Bern, Switzerland, 1960) writes and illustrates books for children. He is well-known for his <i>Rainbow Fish <\/i>series, started in 1992. His works have been translated into 60 languages, and he has sold over 30 million copies. Children can visit his website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcuspfister.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Pfister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Pat Schories<\/b> (born Batavia, New York, 1952) writes and illustrates books for children. She illustrates the <i>Biscuit<\/i> series and the wordless book <i>Jack<\/i> series. Children can visit her website at:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patschories.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Schories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Vladimir Kosma Zworykin<\/b> (born Murom, Russia, 1889; died Princeton, New Jersey, July 29, 1982) came to the United States in 1919. In 1920 he headed a Westinghouse Electric Company team and developed the television camera and picture tube. He was also very important in research leading to the electron microscope. Idea: Children certainly enjoy television. They could record how much television they watch in a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Brashares (born Alexandria, Virginia, 1967) writes books for young adults. Her books include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Young adults can visit her website at: Ann Brashares. Emily Bronte (born Thornton, Yorkshire, England, 1818; died Haworth, Yorkshire, England, December 19, 1848) was an author. 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