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Armstrong on the Moon<\/p><\/div>\n

Neil Alden Armstrong<\/b> (born Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1930; died Cincinnati, Ohio, August 25, 2012) was an astronaut and the first person to walk on the moon. Children can learn more at:\u00a0Neil Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Bright\u00a0<\/b>(born Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1902; died San Francisco, California, November 21, 1988) wrote and illustrated children’s books. He is best known for his Georgie the Ghost<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Thomas Lynch, Jr.<\/b> (born Prince George\u2019s Parish, South Carolina, 1749; died 1779) signed the Declaration of Independence. He represented South Carolina. His father was supposed to also sign the Declaration of Independence, but he became too ill. After the younger Lynch left Philadelphia, he became sick. He and his wife decided to take an ocean voyage to improve his health. They were lost at sea in late 1779. Children could learn more at: Thomas Lynch, Jr.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guy de Maupassant<\/b> (born Normandy, France, 1850; died Paris, France, July 6, 1893) was a famous short story writer. He wrote at least 250 stories, including The Diamond Necklace,<\/i> and several novels.<\/i> Children can read many of his works at: Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maud Petersham<\/b> (born Kingston, New York, 1890; died Ravenna, Ohio, November 29, 1971) was, with her husband Miska, an early pioneer in children\u2019s literature. They illustrated more than 60 books written by other authors. Then they began writing and illustrating their own works (about 100 books). They received a 1942 Caldecott Honor Award for An American ABC<\/i> and then the 1946 Caldecott Medal for The Rooster Crows<\/i>. Children could learn more at:\u00a0Maud Petersham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ruth Sawyer<\/strong> (born Boston, Massachusetts, 1880; died Lexington, Massachusetts, June 3, 1970) wrote children’s books. She received the 1937 Newbery Medal for Roller Skates<\/em>. Kate Seredy earned a 1945 Caldecott Award for her illustrations of Sawyer’s book Christmas Anna Angel<\/em>. Sawyer’s son-in-law, Robert McCloskey, received a 1954 Caldecott Honor Award for his illustrations in her book, Journey Cake, Ho!<\/em>. She earned the 1965 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her body of works. Children can learn more at: Ruth Sawyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neil Alden Armstrong (born Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1930; died Cincinnati, Ohio, August 25, 2012) was an astronaut and the first person to walk on the moon. Children can learn more at:\u00a0Neil Armstrong. Robert Bright\u00a0(born Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1902; died San Francisco, California, November 21, 1988) wrote and illustrated children’s books. He is best known for his Georgie […]<\/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":[6316,988,987,983,985,984,986],"class_list":["post-6430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-august-5-birthdays","tag-guy-de-maupassant","tag-maud-petersham","tag-neil-alden-armstrong","tag-robert-bright","tag-ruth-sawyer","tag-thomas-lynch","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\/6430","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=6430"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29606,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6430\/revisions\/29606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}