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Biography. (TV program) Biography is an American documentary television series and media franchise created in the 1960s by David L. Wolper and owned by A&E Networks since 1987. Each episode depicts the life of a notable person with narration, on-camera interviews, photographs, and stock footage. The show originally ran in syndication in 1962 ...
Eloise Greenfield. Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job.
Landmark Books was a children's book series published by Random House from 1950 to 1970, featuring stories of significant people and events in American history written by popular authors at the time. The series expanded in 1953 to include world history as a sub-series called World Landmark Books, and a second sub-series of larger-format books ...
Jeff Kinney was born and raised in Fort Washington, Maryland. Kinney attended Potomac Landing Elementary School and later Bishop McNamara High School, where he graduated in 1989. He has an older brother and sister, and a younger brother. [ 2] He is of Irish descent. [ 3] He attended the University of Maryland, College Park, in the early 1990s.
Little Golden Books is an American series of children's books, published since 1942. The Poky Little Puppy, the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States. [ 1] Many other Little Golden Books have become bestsellers, [ 1] including Tootle, Scuffy the Tugboat, The Little Red Hen, and Doctor ...
Mo Willems (born February 11, 1968) is an American writer, animator, voice actor, and children's book author. His work includes creating the animated television series Sheep in the Big City for Cartoon Network, working on Sesame Street and The Off-Beats, and creating the children's book series Elephant and Piggie .
Roald Dahl bibliography. Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was a British author and scriptwriter, [ 1] and "the most popular writer of children's books since Enid Blyton ", according to Philip Howard, the literary editor of The Times. [ 2] He was raised by his Norwegian mother, who took him on annual trips to Norway, where she told him the stories of ...
Douglas Emhoff. Douglas Emhoff is the husband of Kamala Harris. He was born to Jewish parents [ 1] Michael and Barbara Emhoff in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in New Jersey from 1969 to 1981, moving with his family to California when he was 17. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Emhoff graduated from the California State University, Northridge and USC Gould School of ...