The Man in the Yellow Hat has a name!
The Man with the Yellow Hat is the first character introduced in the original adventures of the infamous monkey Curious George by Margret...
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"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" first edition was printed ... in Japan!
When came the time to publish the first edition of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle, the editor struggled to find a publisher...
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By the age of 7, children will have spent a entire year in front of a screen
According to a 2020 survey in the US by Common Sense, children spend every day an average of 2 hours in front of screens, watching videos...
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"Where the Wild Things Are" original title was "Where the Wild Horses Are"
"Where the Wild Things Are" was intended from the beginning to feature fillies, foals, and mares. Editor Ursula Nordstrom adored the...
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Maurice Sendak hated eBooks
Maurice Sendak, the author of "Where the Wild Things Are" was strongly against eBooks. In an interview with The Believer, shortly before...
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It took 4 years to publish "The Giving Tree"
Shel Silverstein struggled to publish "The Giving Tree". The book’s somber themes made it a hard sell. One editor at Simon & Schuster...
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"The Giving Tree" is subject to various interpretations
"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein centers on the relationship between a tree and a boy throughout the stages of his life. In each...
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Dr. Seuss got his first book rejected over 20 times
Dr. Seuss got the idea for his first work, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street", from listening to the rhythmic sound of a...
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Children learn a lot from repeating readings
Just as you didn’t learn the names of everyone in your neighborhood or parish overnight, children also need repeated readings to learn....
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Children benefit from read aloud until 13
Although reading aloud to young children has obvious benefits for little ones (especially pre-literacy), it does not mean you should stop...
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"Dr Seuss" is one of the most mispronounced of all writers’ names
It should actually be pronounced like "joice", so "Zoyce" rather than "Zeus". As well as using the name Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel...
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"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is a book of hope
When asked in 2009 why "the Very Hungry Caterpillar" was so popular, its author Eric Carle answered: "My guess is it’s a book of hope....
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"Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr.Seuss: a story with 49 and one words
The infamous children book author Dr.Seuss wrote ''Green Eggs and Ham" as the result of a bet – he was challenged to write a book using...
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Pippi Longstocking's full name is ...
Pippi Longstocking is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The...
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"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was self published for its first edition
When Beatrix Potter first wrote "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", the manuscript was rejected by several commercial publishers. She...
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"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was inspired by a letter
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was inspired by an illustrated letter Potter wrote to Noel Moore, the ill son of her former governess, Annie,...
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