Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown (born New York, New York, 1910; died Nice, France, November 13, 1952) was a children’s author. She wrote about a hundred books under several names, but she is most famous for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Children could learn more at: Margaret Wise Brown. They could also read The Important Book, by Margaret Wise Brown, and then write their own poems in the style of the book.
Oliver Butterworth (born Hartford, Connecticut, 1915; died Hartford, Connecticut, September 17, 1990) was an educator and a writer. He is most famous for writing The Enormous Egg.
Susan Cooper (born England, 1935) writes books for children and young adults. Known for her books of fantasy, she earned a 1974 Newbery Honor Award for The Dark Is Rising. She received the 1976 Newbery Medal for The Grey King. She also earned the 2012 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement. Children can visit her website at: Susan Cooper.
Carl Linnaeus (born near Kristianstad, Sweden, 1707; died Uppsala, Sweden, January 10, 1778) was a naturalist. He devised the classification system for living things: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. Children could learn more at: Carl Linnaeus.
Scott O’Dell (born Los Angeles, California, 1898; died Santa Monica, California, October 15, 1989) wrote books for children and adults. He received many awards. His book Island of the Blue Dolphins received the 1961 Newbery Medal. In 1967 The King’s Fifth earned a Newbery Honor Award. He received another Newbery Honor Award in 1968 for The Black Pearl. In 1971 Sing Down the Moon received a Newbery Honor Award. He received the very prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972. In 1982 he created the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and 1987 he received the award for Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A novel of Sacagawea. Children could learn more about Scott O’Dell and the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction from Children’s Book Award Handbook, by Diana F. Marks.
Peter Parnall (born Syracuse, New York, 1936) has written and illustrated at least sixteen books, In addition, he has illustrated at least 80 book written by other authors. He has earned three Caldecott Honor Awards: in 1976 for The Desert Is Theirs, in 1977 for Hawk, I’m Your Brother, and in 1979 for The Way to Start a Day. All three of those books were written by Byrd Baylor.
Brenda Seabrooke (born Mount Dora, Florida, 1941) writes books for children. Her books include The Swan’s Gift and The Dragon that Ate Summer.