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Kate Louise Brown (May 8, 1857 [1] – December 31, 1921) was a children's educator and author who wrote 17 works in a total of 41 publications, [2] in addition to poems, songs, and magazine articles. [2]
"Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many such rhymes, there are several variants. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.
Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]
Children's parody by Tom Glazer of the song "On Top of Old Smoky". One, Two, Buckle My Shoe '1, 2, Buckle My Shoe' United States United Kingdom 1805 [74] While the first recorded version is of English origin, this song may go back to 1780 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Oranges and Lemons: Great Britain 1744 [75] First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's ...
Allan Ahlberg is an English writer known for several best-selling children's books, both full of poetry and children's literature, illustrated by his wife Janet. [ 32 ] Arna Bontemps (1902 - 1973) born in Alexandria, Louisiana and raised in California, is one of the most well known black writers of the twentieth century. [ 33 ]
NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Literature portal Aileen Lucia Fisher (September 9, 1906 – December 2, 2002) was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books , including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible-themed books, plays, and articles for magazines and journals.
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finalist for the National Book Award, Children's Literature David Thompson Watson McCord (November 15, 1897 in New York City – April 13, 1997) was an American poet and college fundraiser. Life