Janet B Pascal
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"On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market--the system that controls money in America--plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called “Hoovervilles” named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many...
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"Born on Christmas Day, 1642 A secretive man who spent years trying to turn ordinary metals into gold One of the greatest geniuses of all time Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in modern...
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"Who was Dr. Seuss? A boy who loved zoos and drawing silly animals. A college student voted 'least likely to succeed'. An author and illustrator who changed children’s books forever. Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books- like his classic The Cat in the Hat." --PenguinRandomhouse.com...
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It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut—June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator. His love of childrens books began early: often sick and confined to bed, little Maurice read and read and read. Though many of his own stories were light and...