Share Share Share April 1, 2018 Biography, Pets & Animals, Reading Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny ...and Beatrix Potter Feeling nostalgic for Beatrix Potter's classic children's stories of Peter Rabbit and his friends? This episode of the 1993 TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends combines live action… Read More
Share Share Share April 12, 2017 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Author Beverly Cleary Update April 12 2017: Beverly Cleary is now 101 years old! The United States Library of Congress has named children's author Beverly Cleary a "Living Legend"; her 35+ books for… Read More
Share Share Share December 12, 2016 Reading Baby Boomer Books: Trixie Belden Series Baby boomers may be familiar with the children's mystery book series featuring amateur girl detective Trixie Belden, based in the the Hudson Valley area of New York. (Source Photos: Pinterest,… Read More
Share Share Share January 27, 2016 Biography, Movies, Reading Remembering Mordecai Richler: His Love Story Today, January 27, is the anniversary of the Auschwitz Death Camp Liberation. It's also the same day that Jewish Canadian journalist, author and screenwriter Mordecai Richler was born on back… Read More
Share Share Share January 9, 2016 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Author Anne Rivers Siddons is 80 Southern blockbuster fiction author and new octogenarian senior citizen Anne Rivers Siddons (nee Sybil Anne Rivers) was born in Atlanta, George on January 9, 1936. An alumni of Auburn University… Read More
Share Share Share December 30, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Mercer Mayer is 72 Prolific children's author and illustrator Mercer Mayer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 30, 1943, during World War II. His American Navy father moved the family to Honolulu,… Read More
Share Share Share December 11, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Pauline Gedge Turns 70 Baby boomer and Canadian historical, fantasy, sci-fi and horror fiction author Pauline Gedge was born December 11, 1945 in Auckland, New Zealand. On her website paulinegedge.com, Pauline Gedge recounts a… Read More
Share Share Share November 24, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Author Eric Wilson is 75 Canadian writer Eric Wilson - author of Tom and Liz Austen youth mystery series - was born 75 years ago today on November 24, 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario. From left,… Read More
Share Share Share November 16, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - William Kent Krueger is 65 Baby boomer and award-winning crime novelist (Cork O'Connor mystery series) William Kent Krueger was born in Torrington, Wyoming on November 16, 1950. (Photo: WilliamKentKrueger.com) Growing up, Krueger was influenced by… Read More
Share Share Share October 10, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Nora Roberts Turns 65 Prolific romance, mystery, suspense and fantasy author and baby boomer Nora Roberts (nee Eleanor Marie Robertson) was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, and becomes an official… Read More
