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One Red Sun, a Counting Book is a 1999 children's picture book that emulates and includes the work of American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. [1] References
Terence Dickinson CM (10 November 1943 – 1 February 2023) was a Canadian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer who lived near Yarker, Ontario, Canada.He was the author of 14 astronomy books for both adults and children.
Maisy is a British preschool animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name by Lucy Cousins.The series aired for one season of 26 episodes, with each episode being made up of four segments.
Child Education magazine described the series as "excellent" in an August 1979 review. [7] The books were cited as an inspiration by the author Victoria Biggs, who used the "Hidden People" as an analogy for those suffering from dyspraxia. [8] Author and director Tom Harper also cited the series as an early inspiration. [9]
He was also an amateur astronomer, using a six-inch reflecting telescope for which he ground the mirror. [1] Fellow mathematician Martin Gardner was a close friend. Smullyan wrote many books about recreational mathematics and recreational logic. Most notably, one is titled What Is the Name of This Book?ISBN 0139550623.
Tony Bradman (born 22 January 1954) is an English writer of children's books and short speculative fiction best known for the Dilly the Dinosaur book series. He is the author of more than 50 books for young people published by multiple houses including Alfred A. Knopf, Methuen Publishing, Puffin Books, and HarperCollins
Great Books is an hour-long documentary and biography program that aired on The Learning Channel. The series was a project co-created by Walter Cronkite and television producer Jonathan Ward under a deal they had with their company Cronkite Ward, The Discovery Channel , and The Learning Channel.
Dobson was born to Methodist missionary parents in China, but moved with his family back to the U.S. as a young child.He was a “belligerent atheist” as a young man. After earning a master's in chemistry, he encountered a teacher of a Vedanta monastic order, which seeks to integrate Veda-based religious precepts with rational inquiry, and joined the order, where he served as a Vedantan monk ...