(January is National Book Month. Also, January 29th is National Puzzle Day and January 31 is "Popcorn Day." Those pieces of trivia are celebrated on "Trivia Day"-January 4th!)
(January is National Book Month. Also, January 29th is National Puzzle Day and January 31 is "Popcorn Day." Those pieces of trivia are celebrated on "Trivia Day"-January 4th!)
What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Margot Tomes,Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., New York, 1976
A zesty biography of the many talented inventor, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration ofIndependence, born on January 17th.
America's Paul Revere, by Esther Forbes, pictures by Lynd Ward, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1946
A biography of the silversmith and patriot, who was born on January 1st, with a lot of information about Boston at the time just before the Revolutionary War.
Winnie The Pooh by A. A. Milne,E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1926
The first of the classic series of children's stories about Winnie and Christopher Robin, by Milne who was born on January 18th.
Martin Luther King Day by Linda Lowery, illustrated by Hetty Mitchell, Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 1987
A simple account of the life of Martin Luther King and the holiday on his birthday, January 15th.
An Album of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jeanne A. Rowe,Franklin Watts, Inc., New York, 1970
Another biography of Dr. King, for older readers, with more details about the civil rights movement and many photographs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt by Alice K. Osinski, Children's Press, Chicago, 1987
A biograph of the 32nd president, born on January 30th, who led the country through the depression of the 1930s and World War 2.
Sing a Song of Popcorn, Every Child's Book of Poems, illustrated by nine Caldecott Medal Artists, selected by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Eva Moore, Mary Michaels White & Jan Carr, Scholastic Inc., New York, 1988
All kinds of old and recent Poems ranging from spooky to nonsense with wonderful color illustrations.
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