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Tuesday, September 13, is the birthday of esteemed children's author Roald Dahl.
- Happy 51st Birthday Neil Gaiman!
Thursday, November 10, is the birthday of author Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman has found success in many forms of writing including, journalism, graphic novels, juvenile fiction, youth fiction, adult novels, and even screenwriting! As a child and teenager...
- 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 103rd Birthday Taro Yashima!
Wednesday, September 21 is the birthday of Japanese artist and children's author Taro Yashima. Taro Yashima learned to appreciate art from an early age. Born in Kagoshima, Japan, his father collected artwork and encouraged his son to study at the...
- 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,...
- 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...
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Happy 95th Birthday Roald Dahl!
Tuesday, September 13, is the birthday of esteemed children's author Roald Dahl.
Roald Dahl led a fascinating life. Born to Norweigen parents in Cardiff, England, be became a flying ace in the Royal Air Force in World War II as well as an intelligence agent. After the war he pursued his writing. We know him best for his children's stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda but he also dabbled in adult fiction writing macabre, darkly funny stories with surprise endings!
This Tuesday celebrate with us by checking out one of his children's classics, and maybe checking out one of his adult titles to try for yourself!
- Happy 51st Birthday Neil Gaiman!
Thursday, November 10, is the birthday of author Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman has found success in many forms of writing including, journalism, graphic novels, juvenile fiction, youth fiction, adult novels, and even screenwriting! As a child and teenager...
- 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 103rd Birthday Taro Yashima!
Wednesday, September 21 is the birthday of Japanese artist and children's author Taro Yashima. Taro Yashima learned to appreciate art from an early age. Born in Kagoshima, Japan, his father collected artwork and encouraged his son to study at the...
- 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,...
- 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...