Showing posts with label Anniversaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anniversaries. Show all posts
Sunday, April 15, 2012

100 hundred years ago at this time on and on this day...

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In the early hours of the morning on April 15, 1912, The RMS Titanic , mortally wounded after it struck an iceberg, sank. 1,514 people died...
Friday, March 2, 2012

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss - Read Across America Day

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On this day in 1904 Theodor Seuss Geisel came into the world. In honor of his birthday I would like to share a profile of this great man wit...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Books for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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On Monday January 16th, people all over America will be remembering the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. I did not learn lea...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Bookish Calendar: The anniversary of the first Moon Landing

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On this day in 1969, human beings walked on the moon for the first time. As millions of people watched, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lande...
Monday, May 9, 2011

Anniversary - The birthday of Roger Hargreaves, creator of the Mr. Men books

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On this day in 1935 Charles Roger Hargreaves was born. Hargreaves  was an  English   author  and  illustrator  of  children's books , no...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss - Read Across America Day

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On this day in 1904 Theodor Seuss Geisel came into the world. In honor of his birthday I would like to share a profile of this great man wit...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Bookish Calendar - The birthday of two queens

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Mary Queen of Scots On the 8th of December 1542 Mary, the daughter of King James V of Scotland, was born. Just a few days after her birth...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Bookish Calendar - On this day in 1941 Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese fighter planes

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USS California sinking on December 7th, 1941 Early on Sunday December 7th, 1941 Japanese fighters attacked targets on the island of Oahu....
Monday, November 29, 2010

Anniversaries - Louisa May Alcott and C.S. Lewis

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On this day in 1832 Louisa May Alcott was born. Louisa May was an American novelist who is best known for her novel Little Women , which is ...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham with the “Ham it up” video contest

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Seuss fans can enter to win a cash prize, a year supply of Ham I Am! products, Seuss memorabilia, books and more! CELEBRATE THE 50 TH A...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Roald Dahl's birthday is today! A Review of the new Roald Dahl Book

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Roald Dahl was born on this day in 1916. He was a British novelist ,  short story  writer,  fighter ace  and  screenwriter  of  Norwegian  p...
Monday, August 16, 2010

The Anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush

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On this day in 1896 a party of travelers led by a man called Skookum Jim Mason discovered gold in Bonanza Creek in the Yukon. It all happen...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

May 27th - Rachel Carson was born on this day in 1907

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I have to confess that I didn't know much about Rachel Carson until I moved to the United States in 1992. Since then I have read and bee...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Anniversaries - Beverly Cleary's Birthday April 12th

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I grew up on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean, and though I was lucky enough to get my hands on a selection of children's books...
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Friday, April 2, 2010

Anniversaries - Hans Christian Andersen's 205th Birthday - International Children's

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Hans Christian Andersen was born in the town of   Odense ,   Denmark , on Tuesday, April 2, 1805. "Hans" and "Christian"...
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