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Self-Sacrifice - Delaying whatyou would like for one individual or for the benefit of many.

Vera B. Williams’s birthday is on January 28th.

Vera B. Williams grew up in NewYork City, nurturing her artisticcareer at Bronx House, where she was encouraged to tell stories, act, dance, andpaint. On Saturdays she painted with the much-admired progressive art director Florence Cane. Vera graduated from New York City’s High School of Music and Art and earned a degree in graphic arts from Black Mountain College in North Carolina.

Vera taught at alternative schools in New York andOntario, and for almost 20 years at the Gate HillCooperative, which she had helped to found. Verahas also managed a bakery, planted corn, made butter, worked on a printing press, and helped tobuild her own house. Among her many adventureswas a 500-mile canoe trip on the Yukon River.

Vera illustrated her first picture book at the age of 46 while living on a houseboat on English Bay inVancouver, British Columbia. Of her work, she hassaid, “I have always liked to teach and have taughtart, cooking, writing, and nature study for nurseryage on. So far I’ve found children’s books a wonder-fully accommodating medium where any of my various activities might pop up.”

Vera B. Williams has three children and lives in New York City.

Illustration from copyright © 2009 by Vera B. Williams from A Chair for Always. Used with permission of HarperCollins Children’sBooks, a division of HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

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Leadership -The ability to take on every task with a sense of purpose and caring for those around them. Leading others to grab hold of a vision and inspiring them to reach it.

Matthew Holm’s birthday is on February 24th.

Matthew Holm is a graphic designer, mouse wrangler, and freelance writer. The brother-and-sister team of Matthew "InkBoy" Holm and Jennifer"WriterGirl" Holm are long-time comic fans, the duo behind the award-winning Babymouse series, and the newly created spinoff series, Squish.

Matthew actually draws each book three times. First, they collaborate onideas and then Jennifer writes the manuscript, he draws quick thumbnail pencil sketches and sends those drawings to Jennifer, who cuts and pastes

them into a rough layout. Matthew re-draws the layout pages on full size sheets of paper with Sharpie Markers. His final versions are inked on his computer using a special drawing tablet and then he adds color. Thus their collaborative magic is born!

He began drawing his own comic strips in sixth grade. During his senior year in High Schoolhe was in a mentor-mentee program with Tony Auth, the Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist!Matthew went on to draw weekly editorial cartoons for Penn State’s Daily Collegian and towrite for Country Living magazine.

Matthew’s favorite dessert is cheesecake (although, like Babymouse, he never turns down a cupcake). He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and dog.

Check out Matthew Holm’s original art work on the front of this calendar.

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Curiosity - A passionate motivation to explore the unknown and learn new things.

Julia Alvarez’s birthday is onMarch 27th.

Julia Alvarez has bridged the Americas many times.She was born in New York and raised in theDominican Republic until the age of ten, when herfamily immigrated to the United States to escape thedictator Trujillo. She is a poet, fiction writer, andessayist, and currently a writer-in-residence atMiddlebury College in Vermont.

Alvarez notes, “As a kid, I loved stories, hearingthem, telling them. Since ours was an oral culture,stories were not written down. It took coming to thiscountry for reading and writing to become allied inmy mind with storytelling.”

Alvarez is regarded as one of the most critically and commercially successful Latina writers of hertime. She is the author of many books for childrenand adults published in both English and Spanish language. In 2002, Alvarez received the HispanicHeritage Award in Literature.

She is happily settled down with her compañero, Bill Eichner, on eleven acres in Vermont.

Illustration Copyright ©2000 by Fabian Negrin from The Secret Footprints byJulia Alvarez. Published in the United States by Dragonfly Books, an imprint ofRandom House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Cheerfulness - Maintaining a good-humored, bright, and pleasant attitudetoward others and the world around them.

Tracey West’s birthday is on April 16th.

Tracey West becomes “Coco Simon” as one of the writers of The Cupcake Diaries. She really enjoys writing about the middle-grade girls because of her really vivid middle school memories. “The varied personalities of the teachers; the embarrassing moments in gym; trying to fit in; those are things you never forget. But what I remember most are the friendships I forged back then, many of which lasted into adulthood. Without those friends middle school would have been a nightmare, and so I try to convey that in the way that Katie, Mia, Alexis, and Emma support one another. Of course the other element in the series is cupcakes--beautiful, delicious cupcakes featuring all kinds of amazing flavors. By the time I'm done with a first draft you'll usually find some cupcake crumbs on my keyboard.”

Tracey attended Rutgers University and studied English and Journalism there. She has written Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, Pokémon, and other book series, as well as her own Pixie Tricks series.

She likes reading about and investigating strange and mysterious things, walking her dogs, hiking in the woods and watching cartoons.

Tracey is married to Bill, has three dogs, one cat, and is a stepmom to Bill’s three great kids.

Illustration by Abigail Halpin from Katie and the Cupcake Cure written by Coco Simon. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster. All rights reserved. www.CupcakeDiariesBooks.com

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Illustration copyright ©2012 by Eric Rohmann from Oh No! by Candace Fleming. Used with permission of Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. All rights reserved.

Courage -To face difficulty or danger and expressyour beliefs even if you’re afraid.

Candace Fleming’s birthday is on May 24th.

Candace has always been a storyteller. She could tell agood tale and told them all the time. They were such good stories people thought she was telling the truth. She simply enjoyed telling a good story... and seeing her listener's reaction. Her parents called them "imaginative” and encouraged her to put her stories down on paper. Once she began writing, she filled notebook after notebook with stories, poems, and plays.

She never really thought of becoming an author. Instead, she went to college and discovered a passion for history. “Some of the best stories are true ones — tales of heroism and villainy made more incredible by the fact they really happened.”

As a young child growing up in central Illinois, Candace and her friends would ride their bikes to Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin.Sometimes they would “play house” inside the old cabin. Almost every Friday night from fifth to eighth grade she slept in ahouse that had a bedroom Lincoln actually had slept in. It was her best friend Emily’s bedroom! Candace wanted people toremember Lincoln as “a man just like us; a human being just like us,” so she wrote the nonfiction book, The Lincolns.

Writing picture books is like “skipping.” Candace says she considers it “pure joy” and “the best job ever.” She uses her formula,CLAPS, in her stories. C=character, L=location, A=action, P=problem, and S=solve the problem with “the magic three.”

Candace lives in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.

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Resourcefulness - Ability and willingness toenvision and carry out an effective solutionin a difficult situation while valuing people,nature, animals, and things.

Katie’s birthday is on June 2nd.

Katie Smith Milway was raised in Vancouver, B.C.,and began telling stories to kids she babysat. Oneday she decided to write one down for a Canadianchildren’s fiction contest. She published her firstwork, The Dusty Box, in third grade. Her books are written using her work in other countries, research gained from libraryreferences, and daydreaming.

Katie has extensive knowledge and experience in supporting global devel-opment. She is a partner in The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisor to philanthropic organizations. Serving on the management team of the Foodfor the Hungry International organization, she has coordinated programsin Africa and Latin America. Katie has written numerous articles and two books on sustainable development as well as serving as a resourcespecialist to the Salzburg Global Seminar. Her book One Hen enlists children in the cause of microfinance and has its own website, www.onehen.org.

She has a BA in English from Stanford University, a Master’s in EuropeanStudies, an MBA, and speaks many languages.

Katie lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with her husband, Michael andtheir three children.

Illustration Copyright ©2010 by Sylvie Daigneault from The Good Garden written by Katie Smith Milway.Used with permission of Kids Can Press. All rights reserved.

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Anti-Bully - Treating others in a way that does not intimidate by hurting or humiliation in a verbal,emotional or physical way as to cause dominance.

Patricia Polacco’s birthday is on July 11th.

Patricia (Trisha) Ann Barber Polacco was bornin Michigan, where she spent her early yearsliving with her mom and grandparents duringthe school year on a farm and summers with

her dad and other grandparents. She moved to Florida then Oakland,California, with her mom and brother, where she stayed for 37 years.

Living in both households with grandparents who loved her so dearly gave her a chance to interact and gain a deep respect for the elderly. She enjoyed thestories from the Ukraine, Russia and Ireland. The family of Stewart, her bestfriend, had many stories to share from the bayous of Louisiana. Patricia’s storiesand artwork are shaped by these historical tales. She listens to her inner voicein the quiet, and then writes. Patricia wrote and illustrated her first book at theage of 41.

Patricia didn’t learn to read until she was almost 14. She had been expressing herself through art; then her “hero teacher” discovered she had dyslexia. AfterPatricia received help, she did very well in school.

She has earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in Art History, specializing in Russian andGreek painting, and iconographic history. She is a museum consultant, and isalso deeply involved in inner-city projects that promote the peaceful resolution of conflict, and encourages art and literacy programs.

Patricia has two children and now lives on a glorious old farm in Union City, Michigan.

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Copyright ©2012 by Cal Ripken, Jr. Used with permission of Disney • Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group. All rights reserved.

Perseverance - Continue to work hard and persist toward the goal even when obstacles and difficulties arise.

Cal Ripken, Jr.’s birthday is on August 24th.

Calvin Edwin “Cal” Ripken, Jr., earned the name “The Iron Man” for his work ethic, strength, character, perseveranceand integrity. He was a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire twenty-one-season career. Along with many Major League Baseball awards Cal is most remembered for playing 2,632 straight games, breaking Lou Gehrig’s record.

Cal and his brother Billy were coached by their father, Cal Ripken, Sr. during their MLBcareers with the Baltimore Orioles. This is the only time in MLB history that a father simultaneously managed two of his sons.

After his MLB career, Cal founded and co-owns with Billy, Ripken Baseball and the CalRipken, Sr. Foundation. They work to grow baseball at the youth and professional levels aswell as teach life lessons through baseball to disadvantaged youth from all over the country.

Cal has also been named as Special Public Diplomacy Envoy to the U.S. State Department.He travels the globe and uses baseball as a tool to spread goodwill.

He is a best-selling author of many adult, youth, and children’s books and is a highly soughtafter public speaker. Cal also hosts a weekly radio program on XM/Sirius Satellite Radio.

Cal lives in Maryland with his wife, Kelly, and their children, Rachel and Ryan.

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Respect - Show consideration and regard for yourself, others, and the world around you.

Alison Formento’s birthday is on September 8th.

Alison Ashley Formento was born in Arkansas. She has lived in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, New York, and now resides in New Jersey with her husband and kids. Her family enjoys taking trips, watching plays and movies, hiking and playing tennis. She explains her favorite daily activities, “Read, write, brush my teeth,”and her favorite errand as “lugging books to and from the library, and shopping at a bookstore, any bookstore, anywhere.”

Alison has had many other jobs in her life as well as writing. She has been a hand model, a clown making balloon animals, agame show tester, knighted people as a queen at a Renaissance Fair, and even a singing telegram delivery girl!

She writes articles, plays, and essays, which have appeared in several magazines and newspapers, including The New YorkTimes, Parenting, The Writer, and various regional publications. Alison visits schools with PreK to 8th grade presentations thatblend storytelling and language arts with trees, fun and wit.

Alison dreams of someday building a spectacular tree house, and donates a portion of her book sales to AmericanForests.org to help plant more trees.

Illustration Copyright ©2013 by Sarah Snow from These Seas Count written by Alison Formento

Used with permission of Albert Whitman & Company. All rights reserved.

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Artwork copyright © 2012 by Scholastic. Used with permission of Scholastic Inc. ™ & © Scholastic Inc.SCHOLASTIC, GOOSEBUMPS and associated logos aretrademarks and or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.All rights reserved.

Imaginative - Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination that is able to think of something new.

R.L. Stine’s birthday is onOctober 8th.

Robert Lawrence Stine was born in Columbus, Ohio. He found a typewriter in his attic at the age of 9 and began writing stories and jokes and handed them out at school. He wrote for his high school newspaper, graduated with a Bachelor of Artsfrom Ohio State University, and moved to New York wherehe worked on a variety of writing jobs.

His memory and imagination are his sources for bookideas. He thinks back to what he was afraid of and what scared him,and tries to put those feelings into books.

Stine offers advice to aspiring authors: “If you want to be a writer,don’t worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Readas many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. You can learnall kinds of ways to say things.” As a child he would get a haircutevery Saturday so he could read the comic books at the barbershop.

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Etiquette - Conducting yourself with courtesy, respect, and displaying polite behavior.

Ann Ingalls’ birthday is on November 24th.

Ann Ingalls was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Thanksgiving Day. She always enjoys a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner including apumpkin pie with birthday candles and of course the Macy’s Day Parade as part of her birthday celebration!

Before she became a writer, Ann had many interesting jobs. She was a teacher, worked in a car factory, sold shoes and greetingcards, made donuts and scooped ice cream (making any kind of sundae she wanted).

Ann writes picture books, recipes, poetry, prayers, and resourcematerials for parents and teachers. She loves to read, play cards, go for long walks, ride her bike, swim, knit, play with her cats andtravel when not writing. Even though Ann has traveled all over theworld, her favorite place is still her home in Kansas City, Missouri,“Where people are friendly, barbecue is great and jazz is grand!”

Ann considers herself lucky to be married to her “kind husband,” Winston, and have “three lovely children,” Sarah, Kevin, and Mary, a lot of sisters, brothers, cousins, and friends.

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Patience - The power to wait calmly with a happy spirit; avoiding extremes.

Erin E. Stead’s birthday is on December 27th.

Erin Stead is the Caldecott Medal winning illustrator of A Sick Day for Amos McGee, co-createdwith her husband, author and artist Philip Stead.

In her Caldecott Medal acceptance speech Erin revealed, “Before Philip introduced me to Amos McGee and his friends, I had completely lost the courage to make my own drawings.” … “At the end of the third year, I was unable to ignore the fact that without drawing, a part of me was missing.” She also said, “Drawing is an act that makes me feel vulnerable, but also one that completes me.”

Erin creates her illustrations using woodblock printing techniques and pencil. She believes e-books offer convenience but that there is an infinite beauty in the limitations of paper books that provide possibilities of ourown imagination. “Books are simple. They must be felt,” she notes.

Erin and Philip Stead live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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AaAardema, Verna _______________JUNE 6Aaseng, Nathan________________JULY 7Ada, Alma Flor ____________JANUARY 3Adams, Richard ________________MAY 9Adkins, Jan ____________NOVEMBER 7Adler, C.S. ______________FEBRUARY 23Adler, David A. _______________APRIL 10Adoff, Arnold _________________JULY 16Agee, Jon____________________APRIL 19Ahlberg, Allan ________________JUNE 5Ahlberg, Janet____________OCTOBER 21Aiken, Joan ____________SEPTEMBER 4Alborough, Jez__________NOVEMBER 13Alcock, Vivien__________SEPTEMBER 26Alcott, Louisa May ______NOVEMBER 29Alexander, Lloyd___________JANUARY 30Aliki _________________SEPTEMBER 3Allard, Harry______________JANUARY 27Almond, David ________________MAY 15Alvarez, Julia _______________MARCH 27Ames, Lee J. ______________JANUARY 8Ancona, George _________DECEMBER 4Andersen, Hans Christian_______APRIL 2Anderson, M.T._________NOVEMBER 4Anderson, Margaret J. ____DECEMBER 24Angelou, Maya _______________APRIL 4Anholt, Laurence ___________AUGUST 4Anno, Mitsumasa ___________MARCH 20Appelt, Kathy _________________JULY 6Argueta, Jorge __________NOVEMBER 26Armstrong, Jennifer_____________MAY 12Armstrong, William H.___SEPTEMBER 14Arnold, Caroline _______________MAY 16Arnold, Tedd _____________JANUARY 20Arnosky, Jim ___________SEPTEMBER 1Aruego, Jose_______________AUGUST 9Asch, Frank _______________AUGUST 6Asher, Sandy_____________OCTOBER 16Asimov, Isaac______________JANUARY 2Atwater, Richard ________DECEMBER 20Atwell, Debby _________________MAY 28Atwood, Margaret _______NOVEMBER 18Auch, Mary Jane ________NOVEMBER 21Averill, Esther _________________JULY 24Avi ___________________DECEMBER 23Aylesworth, Jim __________FEBRUARY 21Ayres, Katherine __________OCTOBER 15

BbBabbitt, Natalie ________________JULY 28Baker, Jeannie __________NOVEMBER 2Baker, Keith _______________MARCH 17

Baldwin, James_____________AUGUST 2Bang, Molly ____________DECEMBER 29Banks, Lynne Reid______________JULY 31Barron, T.A. _______________MARCH 26Barton, Byron__________SEPTEMBER 8Base, Graeme ________________APRIL 6Bate, Lucy _________________MARCH 19Bauer, Joan ___________________JULY 12Bauer, Marion Dane _____NOVEMBER 20Baum, L. Frank ________________MAY 15Bawden, Nina_____________JANUARY 19Baylor, Byrd _______________MARCH 28Beckman, Wendy Hart______JANUARY 13Bellairs, John______________JANUARY 17Bemelmans, Ludwig ___________APRIL 27Benchley, Nathaniel______NOVEMBER 13Bender, Robert_________________MAY 1Bennett, Kelly _____________AUGUST 8Benton, Jim _____________OCTOBER 31Berenstain, Jan_________________JULY 26Berenstain, Stan ________SEPTEMBER 29Berger, Melvin _____________AUGUST 23Betancourt, Jeanne ________OCTOBER 2Bial, Raymond__________NOVEMBER 5Bierhorst, John _________SEPTEMBER 2Bildner, Phil____________DECEMBER 29Binch, Caroline _______________JUNE 5Black, Holly____________NOVEMBER 10Blake, Quentin__________DECEMBER 16Bliss, Harry ________________MARCH 9Bloor, Edward____________OCTOBER 12Blos, Joan W. ___________DECEMBER 9Blume, Judy _____________FEBRUARY 12Bodecker, N.M. ___________JANUARY 13Bolognese, Don ________SEPTEMBER 6Bond, Felicia __________________JULY 18Bond, Michael ____________JANUARY 13Bonham, Frank __________FEBRUARY 25Bonners, Susan _______________APRIL 8Bonsall, Crosby____________JANUARY 2Borden, Louise ___________OCTOBER 30Bottner, Barbara _______________MAY 25Bourgeois, Paulette _____________JULY 20Boynton, Sandra______________APRIL 3Branley, Franklyn _____________JUNE 5Brashares, Ann_________________JULY 30Bray, Libba ________________MARCH 11Brennan, Rosemarie _______FEBRUARY 7Brennan-Nelson, Denise __NOVEMBER 4Brenner, Barbara ______________JUNE 26Brett, Jan ______________DECEMBER 1Bridwell, Norman ________FEBRUARY 15Briggs, Raymond __________JANUARY 18Brimner, Larry Dane_____NOVEMBER 5Brink, Carol Ryrie _______DECEMBER 28Brisson, Pat _____________FEBRUARY 23

Brooks, Bruce ____________OCTOBER 23Brooks, Gwendolyn ____________JUNE 7Brown, Dan __________________JUNE 22Brown, Marc ___________NOVEMBER 25Brown, Marcia_________________JULY 13Brown, Margaret Wise___________MAY 23Browne, Anthony _______SEPTEMBER 11Bruchac, Joseph __________OCTOBER 16Brunkus, Denise ____________MARCH 9Bryan, Ashley _________________JULY 13Bryant, Bonnie ________________MAY 21Buck, Pearl ___________________JUNE 25Buehner, Caralyn_______________MAY 20Buehner, Mark ________________JULY 20Bulla, Clyde Robert ________JANUARY 9Bunting, Eve ___________DECEMBER 19Burch, Robert_________________JUNE 26Burleigh, Robert ___________JANUARY 4Burnett, Frances Hodgson_NOVEMBER 24Burningham, John ____________APRIL 27Burton, Virginia Lee ________AUGUST 30Butler, Dori Hillestad________AUGUST 26Byars, Betsy _______________AUGUST 7

CcCabot, Meg _____________FEBRUARY 1Caldecott, Randolph_________MARCH 22Calmenson, Stephanie____NOVEMBER 28Calvert, Patricia________________JULY 22Cameron, Ann ___________OCTOBER 21Cannon, Janell__________NOVEMBER 3Capucilli, Alyssa Satin ____NOVEMBER 2Carle, Eric ___________________JUNE 25Carlson, Nancy L._________OCTOBER 10Carlson, Natalie Savage_____OCTOBER 3Carlstrom, Nancy White _____AUGUST 4Carrick, Carol _________________MAY 20Carrick, Donald ______________APRIL 7Carris, Joan _______________AUGUST 18Carroll, Lewis _____________JANUARY 27Carson, Rachel_________________MAY 27Carter, David A. ____________MARCH 4Caseley, Judith ___________OCTOBER 17Caudill, Rebecca__________FEBRUARY 2Cazet, Denys_______________MARCH 22Charlip, Remy ____________JANUARY 10Cherry, Lynne_____________JANUARY 5Chocolate, Debbi __________JANUARY 25Choi, Sook Nyul___________JANUARY 10Christelow, Eileen _____________APRIL 22Christie, Agatha ________SEPTEMBER 15Christopher, John _____________APRIL 16Christopher, Matt __________AUGUST 16Cisneros, Sandra_________DECEMBER 20Clark, Ann Nolan _______DECEMBER 15Clark, Mary Higgins _____DECEMBER 24

Clarke, Arthur C.________DECEMBER 16Cleary, Beverly _______________APRIL 12Cleary, Brian P. ___________OCTOBER 1Cleaver, Bill________________MARCH 24Cleaver, Vera ______________JANUARY 6Clements, Andrew______________MAY 29Clifford, Eth____________DECEMBER 25Clifton, Lucille ________________JUNE 27Climo, Shirley __________NOVEMBER 25Coatsworth, Elizabeth ___________MAY 31Cobb, Vicki _______________AUGUST 19Coerr, Eleanor _________________MAY 29Cohen, Barbara_____________MARCH 15Cohen, Daniel______________MARCH 12Cohen, Miriam___________OCTOBER 14Cole, Joanna_______________AUGUST 11Colfer, Eoin ___________________MAY 14Collard III, Sneed B. _____NOVEMBER 7Collier, Bryan _____________JANUARY 31Collier, Christopher ________JANUARY 29Collier, James Lincoln __________JUNE 27Collodi, Carlo __________NOVEMBER 24Coman, Carolyn__________OCTOBER 28Conford, Ellen______________MARCH 20Conrad, Pam _________________JUNE 18Cooney, Barbara____________AUGUST 6Cooney, Caroline B._____________MAY 10Cooper, Floyd_____________JANUARY 8Cooper, Ilene_______________MARCH 10Cooper, James Fenimore__SEPTEMBER 15Cooper, Susan _________________MAY 23Cormier, Robert ___________JANUARY 17Cosby, Bill ____________________JULY 12Cosgrove, Stephen______________JULY 26Cousins, Lucy____________FEBRUARY 10Coville, Bruce _________________MAY 16Craddock, Erik ________________MAY 7Creech, Sharon ________________JULY 29Crew, Linda _________________APRIL 8Crews, Donald_____________AUGUST 30Crichton, Michael_________OCTOBER 22Cronin, Doreen_____________MARCH 28Crutcher, Chris ________________JULY 17Cummings, Pat _________NOVEMBER 9Curry, Jane Louise_______SEPTEMBER 24Curtis, Christopher Paul _________MAY 10Curtis, Jamie Lee________NOVEMBER 22Cushman, Doug _______________MAY 4Cushman, Karen__________OCTOBER 4Cutler, Jane ____________SEPTEMBER 24Cuyler, Margery_________DECEMBER 31

DdD'Aulaire, Edgar ________SEPTEMBER 30D'Aulaire, Ingri _________DECEMBER 27Dadey, Debbie_________________MAY 18

Dahl, Michael________________APRIL 2Dahl, Roald____________SEPTEMBER 13Dalgliesh, Alice___________OCTOBER 7Daly, Niki____________________JUNE 13Danziger, Paula ____________AUGUST 18Daugherty, James ______________JUNE 1Davis, Jim ____________________JULY 28Day, Alexandra _________SEPTEMBER 7De Groat, Diane _______________MAY 24De Jong, Meindert __________MARCH 4de Angeli, Marguerite ________MARCH 14de la Peña, Matt __________FEBRUARY 9dePaola, Tomie _________SEPTEMBER 15De Regniers, Beatrice________AUGUST 16de Saint-Exupery, Antoine _______JUNE 29DeClements, Barthe_______OCTOBER 8Deedy, Carmen Agra_____SEPTEMBER 11DeFelice, Cynthia________DECEMBER 28Degen, Bruce _________________JUNE 14Delacre, LuLu __________DECEMBER 20Delton, Judy __________________MAY 6Demi_________________SEPTEMBER 2Denise, Christopher_________AUGUST 15Desimini, Lisa______________MARCH 21Dessen, Sarah_________________JUNE 6Deuker, Carl ______________AUGUST 26Devillers, Julia _________________MAY 26Diaz, David _____________OCTOBER 2DiCamillo, Kate ____________MARCH 25Dickens, Charles _________FEBRUARY 7Dickinson, Emily ________DECEMBER 10Dickinson, Peter_________DECEMBER 16Dillon, Diane ______________MARCH 13Dillon, Leo ________________MARCH 2Disney, Walt____________DECEMBER 5DiTerlizzi, Toni_________SEPTEMBER 6Donovan, Jane Monroe_______MARCH 29Dorris, Michael____________JANUARY 30Dorros, Arthur_________________MAY 19Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan_________MAY 22Dragonwagon, Crescent __NOVEMBER 25Draper, Sharon M.__________AUGUST 21Du Bois, William Pene __________MAY 9Duey, Kathleen___________OCTOBER 8Duffey, Betsy ____________FEBRUARY 6Duncan, Lois ________________APRIL 28Dungy, Tony ____________OCTOBER 6

EeEastman, P.D. __________NOVEMBER 25Edmonds, Walter D. ____________JULY 15Egielski, Richard _______________JULY 16Ehlert, Lois ____________NOVEMBER 9Ehrlich, Amy__________________JULY 24Eliot, T.S. _____________SEPTEMBER 26Ellis, Sarah____________________MAY 19

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Emberley, Barbara _______DECEMBER 12Emberley, Ed ____________OCTOBER 19Emberley, Michael _____________JUNE 2Emberley, Rebecca _____________JUNE 12Enright, Elizabeth _______SEPTEMBER 17Erickson, John R. _________OCTOBER 20Ernst, Lisa Campbell_________MARCH 13Estes, Eleanor__________________MAY 9Ets, Marie Hall__________DECEMBER 16

FfFalconer, Ian_______________AUGUST 25Farley, Steven___________NOVEMBER 2Farley, Walter _________________JUNE 26Farmer, Nancy_________________JULY 9Faulkner, William _______SEPTEMBER 25Feelings, Tom _________________MAY 19Feiffer, Jules ______________JANUARY 26Feiffer, Kate_______________JANUARY 5Fenner, Carol __________SEPTEMBER 30Field, Rachel ___________SEPTEMBER 19Fine, Anne _____________DECEMBER 7Finn, Carrie _____________OCTOBER 14Fisher, Dorothy Canfield ___FEBRUARY 17Fisher, Leonard E. _____________JUNE 24Fitzgerald, F. Scott_______SEPTEMBER 24Fitzhugh, Louise __________OCTOBER 5Flack, Marjorie ___________OCTOBER 23Fleischman, Paul________SEPTEMBER 5Fleischman, Sid_____________MARCH 16Fleming, Denise ___________JANUARY 31Fleming, Candace ______________MAY 24Fletcher, Ralph _____________MARCH 17Florian, Douglas ____________MARCH 18Fogelin, Adrian_____________AUGUST 28Foley, Greg E. _____________JANUARY 30Forbes, Esther_________________JUNE 28Foreman, Michael ___________MARCH 21Formento, Alison _______SEPTEMBER 8Fox, Mem _________________MARCH 5Fox, Paula ___________________APRIL 22Fradin, Dennis Brindell ___DECEMBER 20Franco, Betsy ______________AUGUST 15Frank, Anne _________________JUNE 12Freedman, Russell_________OCTOBER 11Freeman, Don _____________AUGUST 11Fritz, Jean______________NOVEMBER 16Frost, Helen _______________MARCH 4Frost, Robert _______________MARCH 26Funke, Cornelia _________DECEMBER 10

GgGackenbach, Dick ________FEBRUARY 9Gag, Wanda _______________MARCH 11Gaiman, Neil___________NOVEMBER 10

Galdone, Paul ________________JUNE 2Gallant, Roy A. _______________APRIL 17Gallo, Don___________________JUNE 1Gammell, Stephen ________FEBRUARY 10Gantos, Jack __________________JULY 2Garden, Nancy ________________MAY 15Gardiner, John Reynolds __DECEMBER 6Gardner, John _________________JULY 21Garland, Sherry________________JULY 24Gay, Marie-Louise _____________JUNE 17Geisert, Arthur _________SEPTEMBER 20George, Jean Craighead__________JULY 2Geringer, Laura __________FEBRUARY 23Ghigna, Charles ____________AUGUST 25Gibbons, Gail______________AUGUST 1Giblin, James Cross_____________JULY 8Giff, Patricia Reilly ____________APRIL 26Gifford, Peggy __________NOVEMBER 18Gilman, Phoebe ______________APRIL 4Gilson, Jamie__________________JULY 4Giovanni, Nikki ______________JUNE 7Gipson, Fred_____________FEBRUARY 7Glass, Andrew_____________JANUARY 16Glasser, Robin Preiss_______OCTOBER 4Goble, Paul ____________SEPTEMBER 27Gollub, Matthew _______SEPTEMBER 29Gonzalez, Lucia _________DECEMBER 13Goode, Diane __________SEPTEMBER 14Gorey, Edward ___________FEBRUARY 22Gorman, Carol___________FEBRUARY 16Gourley, Catherine_______DECEMBER 18Graham, Ian ___________SEPTEMBER 9Grahame, Kenneth __________MARCH 8Granfield, Linda ________NOVEMBER 22Gray, Elizabeth Janet_______OCTOBER 6Gray, Kes______________SEPTEMBER 8Gray, Libba Moore __________MARCH 3Green, John________________MARCH 20Green, John _______________AUGUST 24Greene, Bette _________________JUNE 28Greenfield, Eloise_______________MAY 17Greenwald, Sheila ______________MAY 26Gregory, Kristiana _____________JUNE 12Griffin, Adele__________________JULY 29Griffith, Helen V. _________OCTOBER 31Grimes, Nikki____________OCTOBER 20Grimm, Jacob_____________JANUARY 4Grimm, Wilhelm Karl _____FEBRUARY 24Gross, Ruth Belov___________MARCH 1Gutman, Dan____________OCTOBER 19Gwynne, Fred _________________JULY 10

HhHaddix, Margaret Peterson______APRIL 9Hader, Berta_____________FEBRUARY 6Hader, Elmer___________SEPTEMBER 7

Hafner, Marilyn _________DECEMBER 14Hague, Kathleen ____________MARCH 6Hague, Michael_________SEPTEMBER 8Hahn, Mary Downing____DECEMBER 9Hale, Bruce______________OCTOBER 30Hale, Shannon ____________JANUARY 26Haley, Gail E. __________NOVEMBER 4Hall, Donald___________SEPTEMBER 20Halperin, Wendy______________APRIL 10Hamilton, Virginia __________MARCH 12Hansen, Joyce____________OCTOBER 18Harness, Cheryl________________JULY 6Harper, Charise Mericle __SEPTEMBER 16Harshman, Marc _________OCTOBER 1Hart, Alison _________________APRIL 16Haseley, Dennis _______________JUNE 28Haskins, Jim___________SEPTEMBER 19Hatkoff, Craig______________MARCH 19Hatkoff, Isabella __________OCTOBER 15Hatkoff, Juliana ___________JANUARY 6Haugaard, Erik _______________APRIL 13Hautzig, Deborah_________OCTOBER 1Hautzig, Esther___________OCTOBER 18Havill, Juanita _________________MAY 11Hawes, Charles____________JANUARY 24Hawkes, Kevin_____________AUGUST 28Hawthorne, Nathaniel___________JULY 4Hazen, Barbara Shook _____FEBRUARY 4Hearne, Betsy ____________OCTOBER 6Heide, Florence Parry______FEBRUARY 27Heinlein, Robert _______________JULY 7Heller, Ruth _________________APRIL 2Hemingway, Ernest_____________JULY 21Henkes, Kevin__________NOVEMBER 27Hennessy, B.G. _____________MARCH 10Henry, Marguerite ____________APRIL 13Herman, Charlotte_____________JUNE 10Hermes, Patricia__________FEBRUARY 21Herriot, James ___________OCTOBER 3Hesse, Karen ______________AUGUST 29Hest, Amy___________________APRIL 28Hiaasen, Carl ______________MARCH 12Higgins, Jack __________________JULY 27Hillenbrand, Will ______________MAY 31Hills, Tad ___________________APRIL 1Himmelman, John ________OCTOBER 3Hines, Anna Grossnickle_________JULY 13Hinton, S.E. __________________JULY 22Hiscock, Bruce__________DECEMBER 4Ho, Minfong _____________JANUARY 7Hoban, Lillian _________________MAY 18Hoban, Russell___________FEBRUARY 4Hobbs, Will _______________AUGUST 22Hoberman, Mary Ann_______AUGUST 12Hoff, Syd _____________SEPTEMBER 4Hoffman, Mary ______________APRIL 20Hogrogian, Nonny _____________MAY 7

Holling, Holling C. _________AUGUST 2Holm, Jennifer L.______________JUNE 16Holm, Matthew__________FEBRUARY 24Hopkins, Lee Bennett__________APRIL 13Horowitz, Anthony ___________APRIL 5Horowitz, Dave ________NOVEMBER 28Horvath, Polly ____________JANUARY 30Houston, Gloria ________NOVEMBER 24Howard, Elizabeth F. _____DECEMBER 28Howard, Ellen _________________MAY 8Howe, Deborah ____________AUGUST 12Howe, James ______________AUGUST 2Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane _________JULY 1Hudson, Cheryl Willis _________APRIL 7Hughes, Dean _____________AUGUST 24Hughes, Langston ________FEBRUARY 1Hughes, Monica ________NOVEMBER 3Hughes, Shirley________________JULY 16Hunt, Irene ___________________MAY 18Hurd, Clement ____________JANUARY 12Hurd, Edith Thacher ____SEPTEMBER 14Hurd, Thacher _____________MARCH 6Hurston, Zora Neale________JANUARY 7Hurwitz, Johanna_________OCTOBER 9Hutchins, Pat_________________JUNE 18Hyman, Trina Schart __________APRIL 8

IiIngalls, Ann____________NOVEMBER 24Ingpen, Robert ___________OCTOBER 13Irving, Washington ____________APRIL 2

JjJacques, Brian_________________JUNE 15Jakes, John_________________MARCH 31James, Betsy___________________JULY 26Jeffers, Susan_____________OCTOBER 7Jenkins, Steve ______________MARCH 31Johnson, Angela _______________JUNE 18Johnson, Crockett_________OCTOBER 20Johnson, James Weldon _________JUNE 17Johnston, Tony____________JANUARY 30Jonas, Ann _______________JANUARY 28Jones, Jen _________________AUGUST 3Jones, Marcia Thornton _________JULY 15Joosse, Barbara ___________FEBRUARY 18Joyce, William __________DECEMBER 11Jukes, Mavis___________________MAY 3Juster, Norton ________________JUNE 2

KkKadohata, Cynthia _____________JULY 2Kalman, Bobbie____________AUGUST 29Kalman, Maira _________NOVEMBER 15

Kann, Victoria __________DECEMBER 24Karas, G. Brian_________SEPTEMBER 27Kasza, Keiko____________DECEMBER 23Kaye, Marilyn _________________JULY 19Keats, Ezra Jack_____________MARCH 11Keehn, Sally _______________AUGUST 11Kehret, Peg ____________NOVEMBER 11Keith, Doug _______________MARCH 2Keith, Harold ________________APRIL 8Keller, Helen _________________JUNE 27Keller, Holly_____________FEBRUARY 11Kellogg, Steven ___________OCTOBER 26Kelly, Eric P. _______________MARCH 16Kelly, Katy_____________NOVEMBER 13Kennedy, Anne ________________JULY 25Kennedy, Emma _______________MAY 28Kennedy, X.J.______________AUGUST 21Kerr, M.E. ____________________MAY 27Kerrin, Jessica Scott______NOVEMBER 15Kessler, Leonard __________OCTOBER 28Ketteman, Helen_______________JULY 1Kimmel, Eric ____________OCTOBER 30King, Jr., Martin Luther _____JANUARY 15King-Smith, Dick ___________MARCH 27King, Coretta Scott____________APRIL 27King, Stephen__________SEPTEMBER 21Kinney, Jeff _____________FEBRUARY 19Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie _NOVEMBER 2Kipling, Rudyard ________DECEMBER 30Kitamura, Satoshi _____________JUNE 11Kjelgaard, Jim __________DECEMBER 5Klass, David _______________MARCH 8Klass, Sheila Solomon ____NOVEMBER 6Klause, Annette Curtis__________JUNE 20Kline, Suzy________________AUGUST 27Knight, Eric Mowbray _________APRIL 10Knight, Hilary__________NOVEMBER 1Knudson, Mike___________OCTOBER 30Koertge, Ron_________________APRIL 22Koller, Jackie French _________MARCH 8Konigsburg, E.L. _________FEBRUARY 10Koontz, Dean _________________JULY 9Koontz, Robin Michal___________JULY 29Korman, Gordon _________OCTOBER 23Kraus, Robert_________________JUNE 21Krauss, Ruth __________________JULY 25Krensky, Stephen________NOVEMBER 25Krisher, Trudy __________DECEMBER 22Kroll, Steven_______________AUGUST 11Kroll, Virginia________________APRIL 28Krosoczka, Jarrett J. ______DECEMBER 22Krulik, Nancy _________________MAY 22Krull, Kathleen ________________JULY 29Krumgold, Joseph_____________APRIL 9Kuklin, Susan __________SEPTEMBER 6Kurtz, Jane __________________APRIL 17Kuskin, Karla__________________JULY 17

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LlL'Engle, Madeleine ______NOVEMBER 29Laminack, Lester _______________JULY 11Landau, Elaine ___________FEBRUARY 15Langstaff, John__________DECEMBER 24Langton, Jane___________DECEMBER 30Lasky, Kathryn________________JUNE 24Latham, Jean Lee _____________APRIL 19Lauber, Patricia___________FEBRUARY 5Law, Ingrid ___________________MAY 1Lawrence, Iain ___________FEBRUARY 25Lawson, Robert __________OCTOBER 4Leaf, Munro____________DECEMBER 4Lear, Edward __________________MAY 12Lee, Harper__________________APRIL 28Leedy, Loreen_________________JUNE 15LeGuin, Ursula K. ________OCTOBER 21Lenski, Lois______________OCTOBER 14Lent, Blair________________JANUARY 22Lessem, Don ___________DECEMBER 2Lester, Alison___________NOVEMBER 17Lester, Helen _________________JUNE 12Lester, Julius ______________JANUARY 27LeTord, Bijou _____________JANUARY 15Levin, Betty____________SEPTEMBER 10Levine, Ellen _______________MARCH 9Levine, Gail Carson _____SEPTEMBER 17Levitin, Sonia______________AUGUST 18Levy, Elizabeth _______________APRIL 4Lewin, Betsy __________________MAY 12Lewin, Ted____________________MAY 6Lewis, C.S._____________NOVEMBER 29Lewis, J. Patrick________________MAY 5Lickona, Thomas _____________APRIL 4Lin, Grace ____________________MAY 17Lindgren, Astrid ________NOVEMBER 14Lindgren, Barbro____________MARCH 18Lionni, Leo ___________________MAY 5Lipsyte, Robert ____________JANUARY 16Lisle, Janet Taylor_________FEBRUARY 13Little, Jean________________JANUARY 2Lobel, Anita _________________JUNE 3Lobel, Arnold__________________MAY 22Locker, Thomas _______________JUNE 26Loewen, Nancy _______________JUNE 20Lofting, Hugh_____________JANUARY 14London, Jack______________JANUARY 12London, Jonathan___________MARCH 11Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth ____FEB. 27Lopshire, Robert ______________APRIL 14Lord, Bette Bao _________NOVEMBER 3Lovelace, Maud Hart __________APRIL 25Lowry, Lois ________________MARCH 20Lunn, Janet ____________DECEMBER 28Lupica, Mike _________________MAY 11

Lyon, George Ella _____________APRIL 25Lyons, Mary ___________NOVEMBER 28

MmMacaulay, David ________DECEMBER 2MacBride, Roger Lea ________AUGUST 6MacDonald, Betty___________MARCH 26MacDonald, Suse ___________MARCH 3MacLachlan, Patricia_________MARCH 3Maddox, Jake ________________APRIL 1Maestro, Betsy ____________JANUARY 5Maestro, Guilio ________________MAY 6Maguire, Gregory______________JUNE 9Mah, Adeline Yen _______NOVEMBER 30Mahy, Margaret_____________MARCH 21Major, Kevin___________SEPTEMBER 12Manes, Stephen ___________JANUARY 8Markle, Sandra Lee ______NOVEMBER 10Marley, Cedella ____________AUGUST 23Marshall, James __________OCTOBER 10Martchenko, Michael________AUGUST 1Martin, Ann M.____________AUGUST 12Martin, Bill Jr.______________MARCH 20Martin, Jacqueline Briggs _______APRIL 15Martin, Rafe ______________JANUARY 22Marzollo, Jean ________________JUNE 24Matas, Carol ___________NOVEMBER 14Matheson, Richard _______FEBRUARY 20Mathis, Sharon Bell _______FEBRUARY 26Mayer, Marianna________NOVEMBER 8Mayer, Mercer __________DECEMBER 10Mazer, Anne _________________APRIL 2Mazer, Harry __________________MAY 31Mazer, Norma Fox______________MAY 15McCaffrey, Anne______________APRIL 1McCaughrean, Geraldine________JUNE 6McCloskey, Robert ______SEPTEMBER 15McCully, Emily Arnold__________JULY 1McCunn, Ruthanne L._____FEBRUARY 21McCurdy, Michael ________FEBRUARY 17McDaniel, Lurlene ____________APRIL 5McDermott, Gerald ________JANUARY 31McDonald, Joyce ___________AUGUST 4McDonald, Megan________FEBRUARY 28McDonnell, Christine ___________JULY 3McGovern, Ann________________MAY 25McKay, Hilary ________________JUNE 12McKillip, Patricia _________FEBRUARY 29McKinley, Robin________NOVEMBER 16McKissack, Frederick ________AUGUST 12McKissack, Patricia _________AUGUST 9McMahon, Patricia______SEPTEMBER 1McMillan, Bruce _______________MAY 10McMullan, Kate ___________JANUARY 16McPhail, David _______________JUNE 30Mead, Alice_______________JANUARY 11

Medearis, Angela Shelf ___NOVEMBER 16Meigs, Cornelia _________DECEMBER 6Meloy, Colin_____________OCTOBER 5Meltzer, Milton ________________MAY 8Merriam, Eve__________________JULY 19Merrill, Jean ______________JANUARY 27Meyer, Carolyn _______________JUNE 8Meyer, Stephenie ________DECEMBER 24Mikaelsen, Ben _________NOVEMBER 24Miklowitz, Gloria D.____________MAY 18Miles, Miska ___________NOVEMBER 14Milhous, Katherine ______NOVEMBER 27Mills, Claudia _____________AUGUST 21Milne, A.A._______________JANUARY 18Milway, Katie Smith ___________JUNE 2Minarik, Else Holmelund _SEPTEMBER 13Mohr, Nicholasa ________NOVEMBER 1Mollel, Tololwa M. ____________JUNE 25Montgomery, L.M. ______NOVEMBER 30Moore, Clement C._____________JULY 15Moore, Cyd___________________JULY 4Moore, Eva __________________APRIL 16Moore, Lilian ______________MARCH 17Mora, Pat ________________JANUARY 19Morey, Walt _____________FEBRUARY 3Morris, Ann _____________OCTOBER 1Morrison, Toni___________FEBRUARY 18Mosel, Arlene______________AUGUST 27Moss, Marissa __________SEPTEMBER 29Most, Bernard__________SEPTEMBER 2Mourning, Tuesday____________APRIL 5Mowat, Farley _________________MAY 12Munoz, William ___________JANUARY 12Munro, Roxie __________SEPTEMBER 5Munsch, Robert ______________JUNE 11Murphy, Jill ___________________JULY 5Murphy, Jim ___________SEPTEMBER 25Murphy, Stuart J. _____________APRIL 25Musgrove, Margaret _____NOVEMBER 19Myers, Walter Dean_________AUGUST 12

NnNaidoo, Beverley _______________MAY 21Namioka, Lensey ______________JUNE 14Napoli, Donna Jo_________FEBRUARY 28Nash, Ogden ______________AUGUST 19Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds_____JANUARY 4Nelson, Kadir _________________MAY 15Nelson, Marilyn ______________APRIL 26Nelson, Theresa____________AUGUST 15Ness, Evaline_________________APRIL 24Neville, Emily___________DECEMBER 28Newbery, John_________________JULY 19Nix, Garth____________________JULY 19Nixon, Joan Lowery ______FEBRUARY 3North, Sterling _________NOVEMBER 4

Norton, Mary __________DECEMBER 10Numeroff, Laura Joffe ___________JULY 14Nye, Naomi Shihab__________MARCH 12

OoO'Brien, Robert C._________JANUARY 11O'Connor, Jane _________DECEMBER 30O'Dell, Scott __________________MAY 23O'Hara, Mary _________________JULY 10O'Henry ______________SEPTEMBER 11O'Malley, Kevin ________SEPTEMBER 8Oliver, Lin ______________FEBRUARY 2Oppel, Kenneth ____________AUGUST 31Orgel, Doris _____________FEBRUARY 15Orlev, Uri _______________FEBRUARY 24Ormerod, Jan __________SEPTEMBER 23Osborne, Mary Pope ____________MAY 20Otfinosky, Steven __________JANUARY 11Oxenbury, Helen ______________JUNE 2

PpPalatini, Margie_________NOVEMBER 25Pallotta, Jerry_______________MARCH 26Paolini, Christopher _____NOVEMBER 17Papademetriou, Lisa_________AUGUST 25Park, Barbara ________________APRIL 21Park, Linda Sue_____________MARCH 25Parker, Marjorie Blain________MARCH 2Parker, Steve____________DECEMBER 7Parrish, Peggy _________________JULY 14Pascal, Francine ________________MAY 13Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw_______APRIL 30Paterson, Katherine _______OCTOBER 31Patron, Susan ______________MARCH 18Patterson, James ____________MARCH 22Paulsen, Gary__________________MAY 17Pearson, Susan __________DECEMBER 21Peck, Richard ________________APRIL 5Peck, Robert Newton______FEBRUARY 17Peet, Bill _________________JANUARY 29Perkins, Lynne Rae _____________JULY 31Perrault, Charles ___________JANUARY 12Perrotta, Tom______________AUGUST 13Peschke, Marci ________________MAY 18Petersen, P.J. _____________OCTOBER 23Petersham, Maud___________AUGUST 5Pfeffer, Susan Beth ________FEBRUARY 17Pfister, Marcus_________________JULY 30Phelan, Matt __________________MAY 5Picoult, Jodi __________________MAY 19Pierce, Meredith Ann ___________JULY 5Pierce, Tamora__________DECEMBER 13Pilkey, Dav ________________MARCH 4Pinkney, Andrea Davis ___SEPTEMBER 25Pinkney, Brian _____________AUGUST 28

Pinkney, Gloria Jean _____SEPTEMBER 5Pinkney, Jerry___________DECEMBER 22Pinkwater, Daniel _______NOVEMBER 15Poe, Edgar Allan ___________JANUARY 19Polacco, Patricia________________JULY 11Politi, Leo _____________NOVEMBER 21Pomerantz, Charlotte ___________JULY 24Porter, Connie_________________JULY 29Porter, Eleanor H. _______DECEMBER 19Potter, Beatrix _________________JULY 28Pratchett, Terry ______________APRIL 28Preller, James ____________FEBRUARY 1Prelutsky, Jack__________SEPTEMBER 8Priceman, Marjorie_________JANUARY 8Primavera, Elise ________________MAY 19Pringle, Laurence________NOVEMBER 26Provensen, Alice____________AUGUST 14Pryor, Bonnie___________DECEMBER 22Pullman, Philip___________OCTOBER 19Pyle, Howard ______________MARCH 5

QqQuackenbush, Robert ___________JULY 23Quattlebaum, Mary_____________MAY 2

RrRaffi_________________________JULY 8Rand, Ted _____________DECEMBER 27Ransome, Arthur __________JANUARY 18Ransome, James E. ______SEPTEMBER 25Rappaport, Doreen________OCTOBER 31Raschka, Chris _____________MARCH 6Raskin, Ellen_______________MARCH 13Rathmann, Peggy ___________MARCH 4Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan ___AUGUST 8Rawls, Wilson__________SEPTEMBER 24Ray, Deborah Kogan ________AUGUST 31Rayner, Mary ___________DECEMBER 30Reeder, Carolyn_________NOVEMBER 16Reid, Barbara ________________APRIL 18Reiser, Lynn___________________JULY 28Reiss, Johanna________________APRIL 4Reit, Seymour __________NOVEMBER 11Rey, H.A. _____________SEPTEMBER 16Rey, Margret __________________MAY 16Rice, James______________FEBRUARY 11Riddell, Chris ________________APRIL 13Ride, Sally ____________________MAY 26Rinaldi, Ann ______________AUGUST 27Ringgold, Faith___________OCTOBER 8Riordan, Rick_________________JUNE 5Ripken, Jr., Cal ____________AUGUST 24Robbins, Ruth __________DECEMBER 29Roberts, Willo Davis ____________MAY 29Robinson, Barbara ________OCTOBER 24

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Rocklin, Joanne_____________MARCH 7Rockwell, Anne __________FEBRUARY 8Rockwell, Thomas __________MARCH 13Rodgers, Mary ____________JANUARY 11Rodowsky, Colby _________FEBRUARY 26Rogers, Fred _______________MARCH 20Rogers, Jacqueline ______________JULY 17Rohmann, Eric ___________OCTOBER 26Roop, Peter ________________MARCH 8Roos, Stephen ___________FEBRUARY 9Ross, Pat________________FEBRUARY 4Ross, Tony________________AUGUST 10Rostkowski, Margaret_______JANUARY 12Roth, Susan L. ___________FEBRUARY 29Rowling, J.K.__________________JULY 31Roy, Jennifer __________________MAY 26Roy, Ron____________________APRIL 29Rubel, Nicole ________________APRIL 29Ruby, Lois_____________SEPTEMBER 11Ryan, Pam Muñoz_______DECEMBER 25Ryder, Joanne __________SEPTEMBER 16Rylant, Cynthia _______________JUNE 6

SsSabuda, Robert _____________MARCH 8Sachar, Louis _______________MARCH 20Sachs, Marilyn __________DECEMBER 18Sadler, Marilyn _________NOVEMBER 17Salinger, J.D.______________JANUARY 1Salisbury, Graham_____________APRIL 11Salley, Coleen______________AUGUST 7San Souci, Daniel _________OCTOBER 10San Souci, Robert D. ______OCTOBER 10Sandburg, Carl ____________JANUARY 6Sandin, Joan _________________APRIL 30Savage, Deborah_________DECEMBER 15Say, Allen _________________AUGUST 28Sayre, April Pulley_____________APRIL 11Scarry, Richard _______________JUNE 5Schachner, Judith Byron _____AUGUST 20Scheinmel, Courtney ___________JUNE 21Schertle, Alice ________________APRIL 7Schnur, Steven _______________APRIL 8Schoenherr, John_______________JULY 5Schories, Pat __________________JULY 30Schroeder, Alan____________JANUARY 18Schulz, Charles _________NOVEMBER 26Schwartz, Alvin_______________APRIL 25Schwartz, Amy _______________APRIL 2Schwartz, David M.______NOVEMBER 29Scieszka, Jon ___________SEPTEMBER 8Scott, Ann Herbert ______NOVEMBER 19Scotton, Rob___________SEPTEMBER 26Seabrooke, Brenda______________MAY 21Seibold, J. Otto____________JANUARY 3Seibold, Jan______________OCTOBER 26

Selden, George_________________MAY 14Selznick, Brian_________________JULY 14Sendak, Maurice ______________JUNE 10Seredy, Kate____________NOVEMBER 10Seuss, Dr. _________________MARCH 2Sewall, Marcia __________NOVEMBER 5Sewell, Anna _______________MARCH 30Shakespeare, William __________APRIL 23Shan, Darren__________________JULY 2Shange, Ntozake__________OCTOBER 18Shannon, David __________OCTOBER 5Shannon, George _________FEBRUARY 14Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman _____NOV. 12Sharmat, Mitchell _____________APRIL 18Shaw, Nancy _________________APRIL 27Shelley, Mary ______________AUGUST 30Shoulders, Michael__________AUGUST 19Showers, Paul ________________APRIL 12Shreve, Susan__________________MAY 2Shulevitz, Uri ____________FEBRUARY 27Shusterman, Neal _______NOVEMBER 12Sidman, Joyce_________________JUNE 4Siebold, Jan______________OCTOBER 26Sierra, Judy___________________JUNE 8Silverman, Erica________________MAY 21Silverstein, Shel_________SEPTEMBER 25Silverstein, Virginia B.__________APRIL 3Simon, Seymour ___________AUGUST 9Simont, Marc __________NOVEMBER 23Singer, Isaac Bashevis____________JULY 14Singer, Marilyn___________OCTOBER 3Sis, Peter _____________________MAY 11Skurzynski, Gloria______________JULY 6Sleator, William __________FEBRUARY 13Slobodkin, Louis _________FEBRUARY 19Slobodkina, Esphyr______SEPTEMBER 22Small, David_____________FEBRUARY 12Smith, Audrey _________________MAY 25Smith, Betty____________DECEMBER 15Smith, Cynthia Leitich____DECEMBER 31Smith, Jeff ______________FEBRUARY 27Smith, Lane _______________AUGUST 25Smith, Robert Kimmel __________JULY 31Smith, Roland __________NOVEMBER 30Smith, Susan Mathias_______JANUARY 23Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk _____FEB. 21Snicket, Lemony _________FEBRUARY 28Snyder, Zilpha Keatley___________MAY 11So, Meilo _______________OCTOBER 24Sobol, Donald J. __________OCTOBER 4Sonnenblick, Jordan ____________JULY 4Soto, Gary___________________APRIL 12Speare, Elizabeth George __NOVEMBER 21Sperry, Armstrong _______NOVEMBER 7Spier, Peter __________________JUNE 6Spinelli, Eileen _____________AUGUST 16Spinelli, Jerry ____________FEBRUARY 1

Spinner, Stephanie_______NOVEMBER 16Spyri, Johanna_________________JULY 12St. George, Judith_________FEBRUARY 26Stanley, Diane __________DECEMBER 27Staples, Suzanne Fisher ______AUGUST 27Stead, Erin E. ___________DECEMBER 27Stead, Rebecca ____________JANUARY 16Steele, Mary Q._______________APRIL 8Steig, William __________NOVEMBER 14Stein, David Ezra __________JANUARY 27Steptoe, Javaka _______________APRIL 19Steptoe, John___________SEPTEMBER 14Stevens, Janet _____________JANUARY 17Stevenson, James _______________JULY 11Stevenson, Robert Louis __NOVEMBER 13Stevenson, Suçie ____________MARCH 29Stewart, Mary __________SEPTEMBER 17Stewart, Paul _________________JUNE 4Stewart, Sarah _____________AUGUST 27Stine, R.L._______________OCTOBER 8Stoker, Bram ___________NOVEMBER 8Stolz, Mary ________________MARCH 28Stone, Jeff_________________AUGUST 5Stowe, Harriet Beecher__________JUNE 14Strasser, Todd _________________MAY 5Sullivan, George____________AUGUST 11Sutcliff, Rosemary _______DECEMBER 14Sutton, Jane___________________MAY 11Sweat, Lynn___________________MAY 27Sweeney, Joan ____________OCTOBER 2Swift, Jonathan _________NOVEMBER 30

TtTaback, Simms___________FEBRUARY 13Tafuri, Nancy___________NOVEMBER 14Tate, Eleanora E.______________APRIL 16Taylor, Mildred _________SEPTEMBER 13Taylor, Theodore ______________JUNE 23Teague, Mark ____________FEBRUARY 10Terban, Marvin_______________APRIL 28Thaler, Mike_____________OCTOBER 8Thomas, Jane Resh _________AUGUST 15Thomas, Joyce Carol ____________MAY 25Thompson, Colin_________OCTOBER 18Thurber, James__________DECEMBER 8Tolan, Stephanie S.________OCTOBER 25Tolkien, J.R.R. ____________JANUARY 3Tompert, Ann_____________JANUARY 11Tresselt, Alvin __________SEPTEMBER 30Tripp, Valerie___________SEPTEMBER 12Tudor, Tasha ______________AUGUST 28Turner, Ann ____________DECEMBER 10Turner, Megan Whalen ___NOVEMBER 21Twain, Mark ___________NOVEMBER 30

UuUchida, Yoshiko_________NOVEMBER 24Udry, Janice __________________JUNE 14Uegaki, Chieri ___________FEBRUARY 21Ullman, James Ramsey ___NOVEMBER 24Ungerer, Tomi__________NOVEMBER 28

VvVail, Rachel ___________________JULY 25Van Allsburg, Chris ____________JUNE 18Van Draanen, Wendelin_____ JANUARY 6Van Laan, Nancy ________NOVEMBER 18Van Leeuwen, Jean ______DECEMBER 26VanCleave, Janice __________JANUARY 27Vande Velde, Vivian ____________JUNE 18Velasquez, Eric ________________MAY 29Verne, Jules______________FEBRUARY 8Viorst, Judith ____________FEBRUARY 2Voigt, Cynthia ___________FEBRUARY 25

WwWaber, Bernard_________SEPTEMBER 27Waddell, Martin ______________APRIL 10Wahl, Jan ___________________APRIL 1Walker, Alice ____________FEBRUARY 9Walker, Barbara __________OCTOBER 13Wallace, Barbara Brooks___DECEMBER 3Wallace, Bill _______________AUGUST 1Walsh, Ellen Stoll _______SEPTEMBER 2Walsh, Jill Paton ______________APRIL 29Walter, Mildred Pitts_____SEPTEMBER 9Warner, Gertrude Chandler _____APRIL 16Waters, Kate ___________SEPTEMBER 4Watson, Richard Jesse_______JANUARY 15Watson, Wendy________________JULY 7Watts, Bernadette ______________MAY 13Wells, H.G.____________SEPTEMBER 21Wells, Rosemary ___________JANUARY 29Werlin, Nancy____________OCTOBER 29Wersba, Barbara____________AUGUST 19West, Tracey _________________APRIL 16Westcott, Nadine Bernard________JULY 24Wheeler, Lisa _____________JANUARY 3Whelan, Gloria _________NOVEMBER 23White, E.B. ___________________JULY 11White, Ruth _______________MARCH 15White, T.H.___________________MAY 29Wick, Walter ____________FEBRUARY 23Wiesner, David___________FEBRUARY 5Wiggin, Kate___________SEPTEMBER 28Wilde, Oscar_____________OCTOBER 16Wilder, Laura Ingalls ______FEBRUARY 7Wildsmith, Brian __________JANUARY 22Wiles, Deborah ________________MAY 7

Wilhelm, Hans _________SEPTEMBER 21Willard, Nancy________________JUNE 26Willems, Mo ____________FEBRUARY 11Williams, Barbara__________JANUARY 1Williams, Carol Lynch ___SEPTEMBER 28Williams, Linda ___________JANUARY 6Williams, Margery______________JULY 22Williams, Vera B. __________JANUARY 28Williams-Garcia, Rita __________APRIL 13Wilson, Karma ___________OCTOBER 8Wing, Natasha ___________FEBRUARY 7Winkler, Henry __________OCTOBER 30Winter, Jeannette _________OCTOBER 6Winthrop, Elizabeth _____SEPTEMBER 14Wisler, G. Clifton ______________MAY 15Wisniewski, David __________MARCH 21Wolf, Bernard____________FEBRUARY 26Wolff, Ashley _____________JANUARY 26Wolff, Virginia Euwer _______AUGUST 25Wong, Janet S. _________SEPTEMBER 30Wood, Don ___________________MAY 4Wood, Douglas _________DECEMBER 10Woodruff, Elvira_______________JUNE 19Woodson, Jacqueline ______FEBRUARY 12Worth, Valerie____________OCTOBER 29Wrede, Patricia C. ___________MARCH 27Wright, Betty Ren _____________JUNE 15Wynne-Jones, Diana ________AUGUST 16Wynne-Jones, Tim__________AUGUST 12

YyYaccarino, Dan ________________MAY 20Yashima, Taro__________SEPTEMBER 21Yates, Elizabeth _________DECEMBER 6Yee, Paul ________________OCTOBER 1Yep, Laurence_________________JUNE 14Yolen, Jane ______________FEBRUARY 11Yorinks, Arthur ____________AUGUST 21Young, Ed _____________NOVEMBER 28Young, Judy _____________FEBRUARY 13

ZzZalben, Jane Breskin___________APRIL 21Zarr, Sara _______________OCTOBER 3Zelinsky, Paul O. _________FEBRUARY 14Zemach, Harve _________DECEMBER 5Zemach, Kaethe ____________MARCH 18Zemach, Margot ________NOVEMBER 30Ziefert, Harriet ________________JULY 7Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn ________APRIL 21Zindel, Paul ___________________MAY 15Zion, Gene ______________OCTOBER 5Zolotow, Charlotte_____________JUNE 26Zwerger, Lisbeth _______________MAY 26

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Self-Sacrifice - Delaying what you would like for one individual or for the benefit of many.

Leadership - The ability to take on every taskwith a sense of purpose and caring for thosearound them. Leading others to grab hold of avision and inspiring them to reach it.

Curiosity - A passionate motivation to explorethe unknown and learn new things.

Cheerfulness - Maintaining a good-humored,bright, and pleasant attitude toward others and the world around them.

Courage - To face difficulty or danger and express your beliefs even if you’re afraid.

Resourcefulness - Ability and willingness toenvision and carry out an effective solution in adifficult situation while valuing people, nature, animals, and things.

Anti-Bully - Treating others in a way that doesnot intimidate by hurting or humiliation in a verbal, emotional or physical way as to cause dominance.

Perseverance - Continue to work hard and persist toward the goal even when obstacles and difficulties arise.

Respect - Show consideration and regard foryourself, others, and the world around you.

Imaginative - Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination that is able tothink of something new.

Etiquette - Conducting yourself with courtesy,respect, and displaying polite behavior.

Patience - The power to wait calmly with ahappy spirit; avoiding extremes.

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As defined by Dr. Thomas Lickona, authorof Character Matters, character educationis the deliberate effort to develop virtuesthat are good for the individual and goodfor society. The objective goodness ofvirtues is based on the fact that they:

Affirm our human dignity

Promote the well-being and happiness of the indvidual

Serve the common good

Define our rights and obligations

Meet the classical ethical tests of:Reversibility Would you want to be treated this way?Universalizability Would you want all persons to act this way in a similar situation?

Good Character Has Two Big PartsPerformance Character –– all the virtues such as effort,

diligence, positive attitude, and perseverance thathelp us do our best work.

Moral Character –– all the virtues such as honesty,respect, fairness, and caring that help us be our bestin relationships.

We Will Have The Most Success In TeachingAny Given Virtue If We Use The 7 E’s.

Explain ItDefine it, describe it (what does it look like?),

and discuss its importance.Examine ItIn literature, history, and current events.Exhibit ItThrough your personal example.Expect ItThrough mutually understood rules and consequences.Experience ItIn everyday relationships and activities.Encourage ItThrough goal-setting and daily practice.Evaluate ItThrough feedback and student self-assessment.

First-grade teacher Jan Gorman shows how to use the7 E’s to unlock the character-building power of children’s literature. She teaches a virtue a week, beginning with caring. She gathers her students in a circle and elicits their thoughts about the following questions, making a visual web of their responses:

• What is caring?• Why is it important?• How can each of us show caring? In our classroom?

Our school? Our families?

She then reads a picture book that exemplifies thetheme of caring: Peter Golenbock’s Teammates. It tellsthe story of how Brooklyn Dodgers Captain Pee WeeReese stood by Jackie Robinson when Jackie facedracism, even from some of his teammates, for being thefirst black man to play major league baseball. After thestory, the teacher conducts a discussion, asking: “Whoin the story showed caring? Who did not show caring?”

Then she says, “I want you to remember this story andmake it your goal to show caring toward each otherduring the rest of the day.” When a child behaves incaring way, she publicly compliments that child. If achild behaves in an unkind way, she gently correctsthat student privately: “Did that behavior show caring?Remember our story. . . remember our discussion.”

On each subsequent day of the week, she reads a different children’s book about caring, followed by another class discussion. She repeats her challenge tochildren to act in a caring way and again looks foropportunities to compliment or correct their behavior.

“By the end of the week,” she says, “caring has been established as an expectation in my classroom.” During the following weeks, she repeats this processwith different virtues such as courtesy, courage, and perseverance.

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––Thomas Lickona, Director of the Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility), www.cortland.edu/character; author, Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgement, Integrity, and Other EssentialVirtues (Touchstone, 2004).

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