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Books I Recommend: Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator

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Hey, everyone! This is my 46th book recommendation. I appreciate any friends, family member, or author who reads these books. Thank you!

1. Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator

2. Graphic Design by James Bow

3. Mysterious Guests by Eric A. Kimmel

4. The Blizzard by Betty Ren Wright

5. Real Princesses by Valerie Wilding

6. Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

7. Children of the Dragon by Sherry Garland

8. Nature Ranger by Richard Walker

9. The Nifty-Gritty Gardening Book by Kari Cornell

10. The Case of the Christmas Snowman by James Preller

11. The Case of the Best Pet Ever by James Preller

12. Switched at Birthday by Natalie Standiford

13. Thea Stilton and the Lost Letters by Geronimo Stilton

14. Red Pizzas for a Blue Count by Geronimo Stilton

15. The Thirteen Ghosts by Geronimo Stilton

16. Shadow of the Sharks by Mary Pope Osborne

17. Ernest Hemingway by Jim Whiting

18. Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly K. Jones

19. Larger Than Life by Matt Donnelly

20. Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts by Tom Watson

21. Dragonwings by Laurence Yep

22. The Man With The Red Bag by Eve Bunting

23. Drama Queen by Monica Brown

24. Meet Caroline by Kathleen Ernest

25. Caroline Takes A Chance by Kathleen Ernest

26. Seven Wild Sisters by Charles De Lint

27. Friends For Life by Andrew Norris

28. The Shining Princess by Eric Quayle

29. Who Is Richard Branson? by Michael Burgan

30. Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco

31. When Lightning Comes In A Jar by Patricia Polacco

32. Shells! Shells! Shells! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

33. Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco

34. Just In Time, Abraham Lincoln by Patricia Polacco

35. Look and Make With Paper by Matthew Parselle

36. Look What You Can Make With Paper Plates by Margie Hayes Richmond

37. Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco

38. Old Jake’s Skirts by C. Anne Scott

39. Grumbles from the Forest by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich

40. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

41. The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

42. Chickadee by Louise Erdrich

43. The Secret of the Ginger Mice by Frances Watts

44. The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book by Kari Cornell

45. Far From Fair by Elana K. Arnold

46. Nick and Tesla’s Solar-Powered Showdown by Science Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

47. You Can’t Take A Balloon Into The Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and Robin Preiss Glasser

48. Machu Picchu by Elizabeth Mann

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A Friendly Letter To Robert Frost

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Hi there! I am typing a friendly letter to Robert Frost who has past away. I’m doing this for fun. Below is where it begins.

Hey there, Robert Frost!

I had no idea that you live in New Hampshire. I loved your winter poems and some of the other poems you wrote. I hope you love New Hampshire! I’ve heard it’s beautiful there!

I like poetry and I know you like reading because you are technically an author. Take your time to read this. Enjoy a nice day!

Best wishes,

Lillian

P.S. My family says hello.

Thanks for reading this friendly letter!

Rachel Carson

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Rachel Carson was born in May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania near the Allegheny River. It was the perfect place to fall in love with nature and that’s how she became inspired to be a writer and marine biologist.   If Rachel Carson was imagine how popular she’d be even though she was 107 years old! Imagine someone that old!

Robert and Maria Carson which were Rachel’s parents met in the winter of 1879 when they both sang at a musical social chorus. They fell in love, got married, and had children who were Marian Frazer, Robert, and Rachel.

As a little girl, Rachel helped the farm pets around the farm. She had a lot fabulous teachers. Her first great teacher was her mother Maria who loved books and music. Her mother introduced her to literature and nature while  diseases struck the town of Springdale, PA. Rachel also loved to read and write. Around age eight, Rachel wrote her first book called The Little Brown House. On April 14, 1964, she died of a heart failure after a long battle with breast cancer.

Chronology of Rachel Carson’s Life and Work

1907 May 27

Carson born in Springdale, Pa.

1918 September

Published first story in St. Nicholas Magazine

1925 -1929

Carson attends Pennsylvania College for Women; majors in science.

Carson goes to Woods Hole, MA to study marine biology.

Begins graduate work in zoology at Johns Hopkins University

1932 May

Graduates with MA in zoology from Hopkins; goes again to Woods Hole to study at Bureau of Fisheries.

1935

Writes radio scripts for Bureau of Fisheries and publishes articles on natural history of the Chesapeake Bay for The Baltimore Sun. Writes “The World of Water” later published as “Undersea” in The Atlantic Monthly, September, 1937.

Father, Robert Carson dies.

1936 -1952

Appointed Junior Aquatic Biologist with the Bureau of Fisheries, U.S. Department of Commerce. Becomes staff biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service,

1939

retires as editor in chief of all USFWS publications.

1937

Sister, Marian Carson Williams dies, leaving two daughters Virginia and Marjorie who live with Rachel and her mother.

1941

Under the Sea-wind. A Naturalist’s Picture of Ocean Life published by Simon& Schuster.

1947

Publishes first of five pamphlets in Conservation in Action series for USFWS.

1950

Confirmed breast tumor removed. No further treatment.

1951

The Sea Around Us., excerpted in “Profiles” of The New Yorker. The Sea Around Us published by Oxford University Press. Resigns from Government service to write full time.

1952

National Book Award for Non-fiction for The Sea Around Us; Roger Christie, Marjorie’s son born. RKO film version released; Awarded the John Burroughs Medal, April 1952. The Henry Grier Bryant Gold Medal, Geographical Society New York Zoological Society Gold Medal. Awarded a Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for research on tidal life.

1955

The Edge of the Sea published by Houghton Mifflin Co.

1956

July “Help Your Child to Wonder,” Women’s Home Companion. Published posthumously as The Sense of Wonder, Harper& Row, 1965.

1957

Rachel adopts Roger Christie after the death of his mother.

1960 April

Carson has radical mastectomy for breast cancer.

1962 June

First of three installments of Silent Spring published as Reporter at Large in The New Yorker September Silent Spring published by Houghton Mifflin December Silent Spring, a book-of-the-month club selection

1963 January

Albert Schweitzer award from Animal Welfare Institute April 3 CBS Reports airs “The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson.”

1963 June 3

Carson testifies on the misuse of pesticides; US Senate Subcommittee of Government Operations. 88th Cong. 1st.sess.

1963 June 6

Carson testifies before the US Senate Committee on Commerce December Awarded the National Audubon Society Medal. Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

1964 April 14

Carson dies in Silver Spring, Md. at age 56.

The sources I used were:

Who on Earth is Rachel Carson by Glenn Scherer

 

Rachel Carson was born in May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania near the Allegheny River. It was the perfect place to fall in love with nature and that’s how she became inspired to be a writer and marine biologist.   If Rachel Carson was imagine how popular she’d be even though she was 107 years old! Imagine someone that old!

 

Robert and Maria Carson which were Rachel’s parents met in the winter of 1879 when they both sang at a musical social chorus. They fell in love, got married, and had children who were Marian Frazer, Robert, and Rachel.

 

As a little girl, Rachel helped the farm pets around the farm. She had a lot fabulous teachers. Her first great teacher was her mother Maria who loved books and music. Her mother introduced her to literature and nature while  diseases struck the town of Springdale, PA. Rachel also loved to read and write. Around age eight, Rachel wrote her first book called The Little Brown House. On April 14, 1964, she died of a heart failure after a long battle with breast cancer.

 

Chronology of Rachel Carson’s Life and Work

1907 May 27

Carson born in Springdale, Pa.

1918 September

Published first story in St. Nicholas Magazine

1925 -1929

Carson attends Pennsylvania College for Women; majors in science.

Carson goes to Woods Hole, MA to study marine biology.

Begins graduate work in zoology at Johns Hopkins University

1932 May

Graduates with MA in zoology from Hopkins; goes again to Woods Hole to study at Bureau of Fisheries.

1935

Writes radio scripts for Bureau of Fisheries and publishes articles on natural history of the Chesapeake Bay for The Baltimore Sun. Writes “The World of Water” later published as “Undersea” in The Atlantic Monthly, September, 1937.

Father, Robert Carson dies.

1936 -1952

Appointed Junior Aquatic Biologist with the Bureau of Fisheries, U.S. Department of Commerce. Becomes staff biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service,

1939

retires as editor in chief of all USFWS publications.

1937

Sister, Marian Carson Williams dies, leaving two daughters Virginia and Marjorie who live with Rachel and her mother.

1941

Under the Sea-wind. A Naturalist’s Picture of Ocean Life published by Simon& Schuster.

1947

Publishes first of five pamphlets in Conservation in Action series for USFWS.

1950

Confirmed breast tumor removed. No further treatment.

1951

The Sea Around Us., excerpted in “Profiles” of The New Yorker. The Sea Around Us published by Oxford University Press. Resigns from Government service to write full time.

1952

National Book Award for Non-fiction for The Sea Around Us; Roger Christie, Marjorie’s son born. RKO film version released; Awarded the John Burroughs Medal, April 1952. The Henry Grier Bryant Gold Medal, Geographical Society New York Zoological Society Gold Medal. Awarded a Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for research on tidal life.

1955

The Edge of the Sea published by Houghton Mifflin Co.

1956

July “Help Your Child to Wonder,” Women’s Home Companion. Published posthumously as The Sense of Wonder, Harper& Row, 1965.

1957

Rachel adopts Roger Christie after the death of his mother.

1960 April

Carson has radical mastectomy for breast cancer.

1962 June

First of three installments of Silent Spring published as Reporter at Large in The New Yorker September Silent Spring published by Houghton Mifflin December Silent Spring, a book-of-the-month club selection

1963 January

Albert Schweitzer award from Animal Welfare Institute April 3 CBS Reports airs “The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson.”

1963 June 3

Carson testifies on the misuse of pesticides; US Senate Subcommittee of Government Operations. 88th Cong. 1st.sess.

1963 June 6

Carson testifies before the US Senate Committee on Commerce December Awarded the National Audubon Society Medal. Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

1964 April 14

Carson dies in Silver Spring, Md. at age 56.

The sources I used were:

 

Who on Earth is Rachel Carson by Glenn Scherer

 

 

New! Monthly Stories

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Hi y’all! For For all story-lovers even authors that I know are welcome to join! This just might be inspiration for many authors out there!

Every month, I’ll give out a story including July! You can pick a genre you want me to write if you want to they’ll be right here as a poll!

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But for now I’ll  do one for this month. By the way, type your answer of what you’ve selected for the stories in the comment box!