Monday, May 2, 2011

May Author Birthdays

5          J. Patrick Lewis (Spot the Plot)
6          Leo Lionni (Frederick)
9          Sir James M. Barrie (Peter Pan)
9          Eleanor Estes (Ginger Pye)
12        Edward Lear (The Owl & The Pussycat)
13        Francine Pascal (creator of the Sweet Valley books)
15        L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
15        Norma Fox Mazer (After the Rain)
15        Paul Zindel (The Pigman)
16        Bruce Coville (Jennifer Murdley’s Toad)
17        Gary Paulsen (Hatchet)
18        Irene Hunt (Across Five Aprils)
18        Lillian Hoban (Bread & Jam for Frances)
22        Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
22        Arnold Lobel (Frog & Toad)
23        Margaret Wise Brown (The Runaway Bunny)
23        Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising series)
23        Scott O’Dell (Island of the Blue Dolphins)

Celebrate an author’s birthday by reading one of his or her books.

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