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Thursday, Aug. 30 is the birthday of award winning author and illustrator Donald Crews.
From a very young age Donald showed great artistic promise and was encouraged by his family and his teachers to attend art school. His first title We Read: A to Z, started as a project for his art portfolio. His friends were so impressed they suggested he submit it to a publisher. His use of eye-popping color and simple, bold images won over readers of all ages and several subsequent titles have been awarded Caldecott Honors.
Celebrate Crews' birthday and back to school time with his vividly illustrated title, School Bus!
- Happy 61st Birthday Bruce Brooks!
Sunday, October 23, is the birthday of YA author Bruce Brooks. Brooks had a troubled childhood. But he says that he would not be the writer he is today if he had not grown up the way he did. He said that moving a lot and having to make new friends...
- Happy 119th Birthday Robert Lawson!
Tuesday, October 4, is the birthday of children's author and illustrator Robert Lawson. Lawson, born in New York City, studied art at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. When America entered the first World War, he joined up as a camouflage...
- 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...
- Elementary School Students Pick Mock Caldecott Winners
Each year, some Arlington Public School librarians team up with young book lovers to select the best picture book of the year. With guidance from the librarians, students in ten elementary schools analyzed the illustrations of up to a dozen potential...
- "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 73rd Birthday Donald Crews!
Thursday, Aug. 30 is the birthday of award winning author and illustrator Donald Crews.From a very young age Donald showed great artistic promise and was encouraged by his family and his teachers to attend art school. His first title We Read: A to Z, started as a project for his art portfolio. His friends were so impressed they suggested he submit it to a publisher. His use of eye-popping color and simple, bold images won over readers of all ages and several subsequent titles have been awarded Caldecott Honors.
Celebrate Crews' birthday and back to school time with his vividly illustrated title, School Bus!
- Happy 61st Birthday Bruce Brooks!
Sunday, October 23, is the birthday of YA author Bruce Brooks. Brooks had a troubled childhood. But he says that he would not be the writer he is today if he had not grown up the way he did. He said that moving a lot and having to make new friends...
- Happy 119th Birthday Robert Lawson!
Tuesday, October 4, is the birthday of children's author and illustrator Robert Lawson. Lawson, born in New York City, studied art at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. When America entered the first World War, he joined up as a camouflage...
- 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...
- Elementary School Students Pick Mock Caldecott Winners
Each year, some Arlington Public School librarians team up with young book lovers to select the best picture book of the year. With guidance from the librarians, students in ten elementary schools analyzed the illustrations of up to a dozen potential...
- "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...