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Tuesday, August 9, is the birthday of Helen Lyndon Goff - better known by her pen name P.L. Travers.
Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, but came to England to pursue her poetry and her acting. She began writing and her most beloved title, Mary Poppins, was published in 1934 to great acclaim.
So celebrate with us by checking out one of her fun and touching novels about the world's greatest nanny, Mary Poppins:
- Happy 111th Birthday Holling C. Holling!
On Tuesday August 2nd, the Aurora Hills Library says Happy 111th birthday to children's author Holling C. Holling's! Holling didn't start his career writing. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as a taxidermist, an...
- Happy 131st Birthday Helen Keller!
On Monday, June 27, the Aurora Hills Library will celebrate the 131st birthday of celebrated author and activist Helen Keller. Keller was born blind and deaf and was unable to connect with the outside world until the arrival of her teacher and lifelong...
- Happy 64th Birthday Marc Brown!
On November 25th the Aurora Hills Librarians will celebrate the birthday of Marc Brown, author of the universally beloved children's book and television character Arthur and his pals Francine, Buster, The Brain, Muffy, and Binky. Celebrate with us...
- Happy 213th Birthday Mary Shelley
On August 30th the Aurora Hills Branch Library will celebrate Frankenstein author Mary Shelley's 213th birthday! Mary Shelley is best known for her gruesome and tragic tale about Victor Frankenstein's obsession with reanimating dead tissue and...
- "phantom Tollbooth" Author's 81st Birthday
Happy Birthday to Norton Juster! On Wednesday, June 2, the Aurora Hills Branch Library will mark the 81st birthday of architect, teacher, and author Norton Juster. Celebrate with us by reading his debut title, The Phantom Tollbooth, first published...
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Happy 112th Birthday P.L. Travers!
Tuesday, August 9, is the birthday of Helen Lyndon Goff - better known by her pen name P.L. Travers.Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, but came to England to pursue her poetry and her acting. She began writing and her most beloved title, Mary Poppins, was published in 1934 to great acclaim.
So celebrate with us by checking out one of her fun and touching novels about the world's greatest nanny, Mary Poppins:
- Marry Poppins
- Mary Poppins Comes Back
- Mary Poppins in the Park
- Mary Poppins Opens the Door
- Happy 111th Birthday Holling C. Holling!
On Tuesday August 2nd, the Aurora Hills Library says Happy 111th birthday to children's author Holling C. Holling's! Holling didn't start his career writing. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as a taxidermist, an...
- Happy 131st Birthday Helen Keller!
On Monday, June 27, the Aurora Hills Library will celebrate the 131st birthday of celebrated author and activist Helen Keller. Keller was born blind and deaf and was unable to connect with the outside world until the arrival of her teacher and lifelong...
- Happy 64th Birthday Marc Brown!
On November 25th the Aurora Hills Librarians will celebrate the birthday of Marc Brown, author of the universally beloved children's book and television character Arthur and his pals Francine, Buster, The Brain, Muffy, and Binky. Celebrate with us...
- Happy 213th Birthday Mary Shelley
On August 30th the Aurora Hills Branch Library will celebrate Frankenstein author Mary Shelley's 213th birthday! Mary Shelley is best known for her gruesome and tragic tale about Victor Frankenstein's obsession with reanimating dead tissue and...
- "phantom Tollbooth" Author's 81st Birthday
Happy Birthday to Norton Juster! On Wednesday, June 2, the Aurora Hills Branch Library will mark the 81st birthday of architect, teacher, and author Norton Juster. Celebrate with us by reading his debut title, The Phantom Tollbooth, first published...