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Beverly Cleary

September 9, 2020September 8, 2020

Visit the children’s room at any public library or shop any Scholastic Book Fair in any elementary school, and it’s easy to see that children’s book author Beverly Cleary is a rock star. Henry Huggins, Ramona and Beezus, Socks the Cat — each of these beloved characters are like family …

Rachel Carson

September 3, 2020

In January of 1958 a gardener and birdwatcher in Massachusetts sent Rachel Carson a letter describing the dead birds she kept finding in her back yard. She believed they were dying from chemical exposure, specifically the pesticide DDT. Prompted by the letter and her decades of work with the Fish …