Every month I post the birthdays of our students, faculty and staff in the window between the library and the school hallway. I also try to include the birthdays of authors, illustrators and famous people the kiddos may be familiar with.
Here are the famous birthdays for November 2019:
Janell Cannon – author – 11/3
Bette Bao Lord – author – 11/3
Sterling North – author – 11/4
Yuyi Morales – author – 11/7
Armstrong Sperry – author – 11/7
Marie Curie – scientist – 11/7
Edmund Halley – scientist – 11/8
Marianna Mayer – author – 11/8
Brandon Mull – author – 11/8
Lois Ehlert – author – 11/8
Neil Gaiman – author – 11/10
Peg Kehret – author – 11/11
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat – author – 11/12
Robert Louis Stevenson – author – 11/13
Astrid Lindgren – author – 11/14
Willian Steig – author – 11/14
Daniel Pinkwater – author – 11/15
Jean Fritz – author – 11/16
Leo Politi – author – 11/21
Elizabeth George Speare – author – 11/21
Jamie Lee Curtis – author – 11/22
Marc Simont – author – 11/23
Gloria Whelan – author – 11/23
Carlo Collodi – author – 11/24
Frances Burnett – author – 11/24
Yoshiko Uchida – author – 11/24
P.D. Eastman – author – 11/25
Charles Schulz – cartoonist – 11/26
Kevin Henkes – author – 11/27
Louisa May Alcott – author – 11/29
Madeleine L’Engle – author – 11/29
C. S. Lewis – author – 11/29
David M. Schwartz – author – 11/29
L.M. Montgomery – author – 11/30
Jonathan Swift – author – 11/30
Mark Twain – author – 11/30
Margot Zemach – author – 11/30
What fun thing will you do to celebrate these birthdays?
