Elizabeth I <\/b>(born Greenwich Palace, 1533; died Richmond, England, March 24, 1603) was queen of England from 1558 until her death. Her parents were Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. During her reign England became a leading power. Idea: Children could read from the Royal Diaries series, Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor England<\/i>, by Kathryn Lasky.<\/p>\n
Elmer Hader<\/b> (born Pajaro, California, 1889; died Nyack, New York, September 9, 1973) was a writer and illustrator of children\u2019s books. He and his wife Berta Hader collaborated on more than 100 books. They received the 1948 Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow.<\/i><\/p>\n
Eric Hill<\/strong> (born Holloway, United Kingdom, 1927; died Templeton, California, June 6, 2014) wrote children’s books. He is most known for his books about Spot<\/em>, a puppy always getting into trouble. More than 60 million copies of his books have been sold. Children can learn more at:\u00a0Eric Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n Buddy Holly<\/b> (born Charles Harden Holly in Lubbock, Texas, 1936; died in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa, February 3, 1959) was a leader of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. One of his most famous songs was \u201cPeggy Sue.\u201d<\/p>\n Jacob Lawrence<\/b> (born Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1917; died Seattle, Washington, June 9, 2000) was an African American painter and illustrator. He received the Spingarn Medal. Children can visit a website at: Jacob Lawrence<\/a>.<\/p>\n LeUyen Pham<\/strong> (born Saigon, Vietnam, 1973) writes and illustrates books for children. Her illustrations of Bear Came Along<\/em>, written by Richard T. Morris, earned her a 2020 Caldecott Honor Award.<\/p>\n Anna Mary Robertson \u201cGrandma\u201d Moses<\/b> (born Greenwich, New York, 1860; died Hoosick Falls, New York, December 13, 1961) was a contemporary primitive artist. She began painting when she was 78 years old. Children could view some of her work at: Grandma Moses<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elizabeth I (born Greenwich Palace, 1533; died Richmond, England, March 24, 1603) was queen of England from 1558 until her death. Her parents were Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. During her reign England became a leading power. Idea: Children could read from the Royal Diaries series, Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor […]<\/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":[1475,1481,1479,1476,1477,1478,1480,6346],"class_list":["post-7135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-alexandra-day","tag-anna-mary-robertson-grandma-moses","tag-buddy-holly","tag-elizabeth-i","tag-elmer-hader","tag-eric-hill","tag-jacob-lawrence","tag-september-7-birthdays","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\/7135","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=7135"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26664,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7135\/revisions\/26664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}