Joanna Cole<\/b> (born Newark, New Jersey, 1944; died Sioux City, Iowa, July 12, 2020) was a children\u2019s author.\u00a0 She wrote over 250 books that were published in thirteen countries. One of her enterprises was the Magic School Bus<\/i> Series.<\/p>\n
Don Freeman <\/b>(born San Diego, California, 1908; died New York, New York, February 1, 1978) was a painter, cartoonist, author, and illustrator. He wrote and\/or illustrated more than 20 children’s books, including the classic Corduroy<\/i>. His book Fly High, Fly Low<\/em> received a 1958 Caldecott Honor Award. Children could learn more about him at: Don Freeman<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alex Haley <\/b>(born Ithaca, New York, 1921; died Seattle, Washington, February 13, 1992) was a writer. One of his most famous works is Roots: The Saga of an American Family.<\/i> The book, a Pulitzer Prize-winner in 1975, has been translated into 37 languages. He also wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/em>.<\/p>\n Steven Kroll <\/b>(born New York, New York, 1941; died New York, New York, March 8, 2011) wrote at least 96 books for children. His works include Jungle Bullies<\/i> and Sweet America<\/i>. Children can learn more at: Steven Kroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n George Sullivan<\/b> (born Lowell, Massachusetts, 1927) has written at least 100 nonfiction books for children and young adults. His works include Matthew Brady: His Life and Photographs<\/i> and Trapped<\/i>.<\/p>\n Catherine Woolley<\/strong> (born Chicago, Illinois, 1904; died Truro, Massachusetts, July 23, 2005) wrote children’s books. Often using the pen name Jane Thayer, she wrote 86 books. She is best known for The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy<\/em> and Sandy and the Seventeen Glasses<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joanna Cole (born Newark, New Jersey, 1944; died Sioux City, Iowa, July 12, 2020) was a children\u2019s author.\u00a0 She wrote over 250 books that were published in thirteen countries. One of her enterprises was the Magic School Bus Series. Don Freeman (born San Diego, California, 1908; died New York, New York, February 1, 1978) was […]<\/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":[1107,6320,1103,1108,1105,1104,1106],"class_list":["post-6536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-alex-haley","tag-august-11-birthdays","tag-catherine-woolley","tag-don-freeman","tag-george-sullivan","tag-joanna-cole","tag-steven-kroll","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\/6536","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=6536"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25901,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions\/25901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}