The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Dutton Children's Books, New York, NY 1978This mystery about 16 people competing in a strange game to become the heirs of millionaire William Westing won a Newbery Medal, for its author who was born on March 13.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Dutton Children's Books, New York, NY 1978
This mystery about 16 people competing in a strange game to become the heirs of millionaire William Westing won a Newbery Medal, for its author who was born on March 13.
The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, The Blue Sky Press, Scholastic Inc., New York, NY 2000
A beautifully illustrated retelling of an East Indian folk tale about a cruel man who helps a girl spin plain thread into gold but will carry her off if she does not guess his name. Author Hamilton was born on March 12th.
Koala Lou by Mem Fox, Illustrated by Pamela Lofts, Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, CA 1988
A young koala longs to have her mother say, "I love you" the way she did before her mother had other children to distract her. Mem Fox was born on March 5th.
A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey, Orchard Books, Franklin Watts Inc., New York, NY 1991
A lonesome bright blue dragon develops a friendship with what he thinks is a talking apple. Author Pilkey was born on March 4.
Anno's Counting House by Mitsumasa Anno, Philomel Books, New York, NY 1982
This book is without words, except in the preface and notes at the end, but it is a visual counting game in which people move from one house to another. Anno is the author of a number of books for children and was born on March 20.
Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis Sachar, illustrated by Joel Schick, Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Books, New York, NY 1989
The Wayside School is thirty stories high with one room on each story, and this book is about the chidren in the classroom on the top floor who learn to Tango, try to eat the cafeteria's Mushroom Surprise, and have interesting things for show and tell. Louis Sacher, was born on March 20th
The Ghost Eye Tree written by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY 1985
Going to get a bucket of fresh milk is a scary task when it is dark and you have to pass a spooky looking tree, even if your big sister is alongside. Bill Martin, Jr. was also born on March 20.
McBroom and the Big Wind by Sid Fleischman, illustrated by Kurt Weth, W.W. Norton, Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., New York, NY 1967
Josh McBroom was apt to exaggerate a bit whch is why people didn't believe him when he said that a big wind had broken his leg. Sid Fleischman, author of this tall tale, was born on March 16.
Bow Wow Meow Meow; It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs by Douglas Florian, Harcourt, Inc., San Diego, CA, 2003
This book has a bunch of good poems about various kinds of dogs and cats and their wild relatives like the wolf and the panther. Florian's birthday is March 18th.
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Random House, New York, NY 1971
The Once-ler describes the results of a local polution problem and leaves a possible environmental solution. This anti-smog story is one of many popular children's books by Dr. Seuss born on March 2.
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY 1985
This Newbery Medal winning book is the story of a mail-order bride and the effect on a prairie family when she comes to live with them. MacLachlan was born on March 3rd.
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY 1968
Will Amy come to Peter's birthday party after he accidentally knocked her down? The illustrations, also done by Keats, who was born on March 11, are joyful.
Anastasia at this Address by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1991
Anastasia, who is only 13 answers an advertisement in the personals and starts a correspondence based on some exaggerations, but runs into trouble when the unknown man who responded turns up at a friend's wedding. Author Lowery's birthday is March 20th which seems to be a popular day in March for authors of children's books to be born.
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