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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
Classic Children’s Books Quiz
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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch
9 American Countercultural Books
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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration
Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu
Were the Nazis Socialists?
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Christopher Paul Curtis: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. May 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 02, 2024
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Christopher Paul Curtis (1953- ). Apr 27, 2022
Description of Elijah of Buxton corrected. Dec 17, 2021
Add new Web site: Reading Rockets - A video interview with Christopher Paul Curtis. Feb 14, 2021
Added the books The Madman of Piney Woods and the Journey of Little Charlie. Jun 02, 2020
In the discussion of the Newbery Medal, changed "1999" to "2000"; also added that he won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2000 and 2008. Jul 17, 2012
Changed his birth year from "1954" to "1953" and added The Mighty Miss Malone (2012). Jul 10, 2012
New article added. Dec 08, 2009
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