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  2. James R. Benn - Wikipedia

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    Benn was born on September 5, 1949, in New York City, New York to parents Harold Joseph and Gertrude Ross Benn. He grew up in Southington, Connecticut. After graduation from Southington High School in 1967 Benn attended the University of Connecticut, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He also holds a Master of Library Science (MLS) from ...

  3. E. B. White Read Aloud Award - Wikipedia

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    The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E. B. White . In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older ...

  4. Sixpenny Library - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Benn Limited ’s Sixpenny Library is a complete series of reference books published in the late 1920s and early 1930s. [1] The library included over one hundred and eighty volumes. The series was edited by William Rose, who solicited current authorities in such areas as history, literature, religion, psychology, science, and economics.

  5. Children's Laureate - Wikipedia

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    Children's Laureate. Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [ 1] is a prestigious position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field." The role promotes the importance of children’s literature, reading ...

  6. Common Sense (Benn and Hood book) - Wikipedia

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    The book was written after the first reading in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Benn's Commonwealth of Britain Bill in 1991. It includes the full text of the bill as an appendix. [1] The main content of the book discusses the reasoning behind the bill. Benn wrote an article, summarising the book's contents, published in Keith ...

  7. Category:British children's writers - Wikipedia

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    John Christopher. Isabel C. Clarke. Jane E. Clarke. Emma Clayton. Victoria Clayton. Michael Cole (writer) Stephen Cole (writer) Helen Cooper (illustrator) Caroline Corby.

  8. List of best-selling fiction authors - Wikipedia

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    Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format (for example, comic albums, manga tankōbon volumes, trade paperbacks, or graphic novels ). Authors such as Jane Austen, Miguel de Cervantes, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Rick Riordan, Ernest Hemingway, Jack ...

  9. 1981 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Alasdair Gray's novel Lanark: A Life in Four Books. Terry Pratchett's novel Strata. Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children. D. M. Thomas' novel The White Hotel. Roger Hargreaves' children's book Little Miss Bossy, first of the Little Miss series (the female counterpart to the Mr. Men series).