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In 1957, she suggested that Scholastic make its books more accessible to children by offering low-cost mail-order paperbacks. This was a rather novel concept at the time. This led to her founding and becoming the first editor for Scholastic's Arrow Book Club in 1957. The Arrow Book Club targeted students in fourth through sixth grade.
Umbrella is a short story where a little girl is the principal character. Her name is Momo, which means "peach" in Japanese, and she was born in New York. [2] Momo carries the blue umbrella and wears the rubber boots that she was given on her third birthday. She asks her mother every day to use her umbrella.
James Greenwood (1832–1927) was an English social explorer, journalist and writer, who published a series of articles which drew attention to the plight of London's working poor. He was one of the first journalists to cover stories incognito, and is regarded as one of the pioneers of investigative journalism.
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The New Canadian Library is a publishing imprint of the Canadian company McClelland and Stewart. The series aims to present classic works of Canadian literature in paperback . [ 1 ] Each work published in the series includes a short essay by another notable Canadian writer, discussing the historical context and significance of the work.
Barrett, along with Peter Udell and Phillip Rose won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Shenandoah, [7] which was based on his 1965 film by the same name, which starred James Stewart. Other notable works written or co-written by Barrett include the 1965 epic film The Greatest Story Ever Told , Smokey and the Bandit , The Green ...
Stewart taught at Penn State from 1980 to 2009, [4] while writing or co-authoring 11 books and 65 articles in Economics and Black Studies. [5] He is a past president of the National Economic Association, [6] the National Council for Black Studies, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. [7]
Sid Krofft states: "And he [Liberace] asked his fan club to write Dean Martin a letter and tell Dean Martin that there isn't enough puppetry on the show." [ 10 ] Many of the letters were nasty and came in great numbers: "And so, can you imagine getting over 250 thousand letters like that in a matter of a couple of weeks, and well, he really ...