Did you know that I share a birth-month (July) with children's authors Jean Craighead George, Patricia Polacco, James Stephenson, E.B. White, Marcia Brown, Clement C. Moore, Eve Merriam, Natalie Babbitt, Beatrix Potter, Sharon Creech, and Lynn Reid Banks? Peggy Parish and I are birthday twins (14th).
What author was born on your birthday? Go to http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/authordate.html to find your twin.
Paula Fox. Never heard of her:)
ReplyDeleteShe won the 1974 Newbery award for The Slave Dancer, an excellent read.
DeleteI knew you would probably know and have read her stuff:)
DeleteDavid McPhail! Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore is one of our favorite books!!
ReplyDeleteAnd his wonderful Pig Pig series. I just love his books!
DeleteThere was a book that sparked my love of reading when I was a child,though not from this author....Circus Sequins. I don't know who wrote it, but I think it's out of print.
ReplyDeleteIt was a story about the behind-the-scenes workings of circus life. Loved it.
I love to hear about those "sparks." Go to the link at the beginning of the post and find your author birthday twin.
DeleteI share a birthday with Robert Frost, Betty MacDonald, and Jerry Pallota. I think I've read some of Frost's poems. I've never heard of MacDonald or Pallota.
ReplyDeletePallota has a whole series of beautifully illustrated, informative alphabet books, like The Icky Bug Alphabet. They're not necessarily little kiddie books.
ReplyDeleteMacDonald write the Mrs. Piggle- Wiggle series in the 40s & 50s. No wonder you haven't heard of her! ;-)