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L. Leslie Brooke<\/strong> (born Birkenhead, United Kingdom, 1862; died London, United Kingdom, May 1, 1940) wrote and illustrated books for children. His works include Johnny Crow’s Garden<\/em> and Oranges and Lemons<\/em>. Children could learn more at:\u00a0L. Leslie Brooke<\/a>. They can read some of his works at:\u00a0Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jane Louise Curry<\/b> (born East Liverpool, Ohio, 1932) has written at least 39 books for young adults. Her works include The Egyptian Box<\/i> and The Black Canary<\/i>. Young adults can visit her website at: Jane Louise Curry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jane Cutler<\/b> (born Bronx, New York, 1936) writes books for children and young adults. Her works include The Cello of Mr. O<\/i> and My Wartime Summers<\/i>. Children can visit her website at: Jane Cutler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/b> (born St. Paul, Minnesota, 1896; died Hollywood, California, December 21, 1940) was a writer. One of his most famous works was The Great Gatsby.<\/i> Young adults can read several of his books (but not The Great Gatsby<\/i>) at: Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Howard Florey<\/b> (born Adelaide, Australia, 1898; died Oxford, United Kingdom, February 21, 1968) was a scientist. He and Ernst Boris Chain received the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. They discovered a method to mass produce penicillin and thus saved millions of lives.<\/p>\n

Jim Henson<\/b> (born Greenville, Mississippi, 1936; died New York, New York, May 16, 1990) created the Muppets. He was very active in the production of Sesame Street<\/i>.<\/i> He also created several movies. Idea: Children\u00a0could create puppets and produce their own plays.<\/p>\n

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John Marshall<\/p><\/div>\n

John Marshall<\/b> (born Germantown, Virginia, 1755; died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1835) was a member of the House of Representatives and was John Adams\u2019s secretary of state. However, he is most remembered as the Supreme Court Chief Justice who really defined the court. He also made the Supreme Court an important role within the framework of the Constitution. Children could read John Marshall (Supreme Court Justices)<\/i> by Jim Corrigan. They could also learn more at: John Marshall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wilson Rawls<\/b> (born Scraper, Oklahoma, 1913; died Cornell, Wisconsin, December 16, 1984) was a children\u2019s author. He wrote Where the Red Fern Grows<\/i> and Summer of the Monkeys<\/i>. Children could learn more at:\u00a0Wilson Rawls<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L. Leslie Brooke (born Birkenhead, United Kingdom, 1862; died London, United Kingdom, May 1, 1940) wrote and illustrated books for children. His works include Johnny Crow’s Garden and Oranges and Lemons. Children could learn more at:\u00a0L. Leslie Brooke. They can read some of his works at:\u00a0Project Gutenberg. Jane Louise Curry (born East Liverpool, Ohio, 1932) […]<\/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":[1726,1725,1722,1727,1724,1721,6362,1723],"class_list":["post-7360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-f-scott-fitzgerald","tag-jane-cutler","tag-jane-louise-curry","tag-jim-henson","tag-john-marshall","tag-l-leslie-brooke","tag-september-24-birthdays","tag-wilson-rawls","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\/7360","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=7360"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29737,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions\/29737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}