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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist
once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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Mark Buehner has six little pilgrims of his own in Salt
Lake City, Utah, where he lives with his wife, Caralyn,
and their children: Heidi, Grant, Sarah, Samuel, Laura,
and Jake. Mark has illustrated many wonderful children's
books, including I Am the Cat by Alice Schertle
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and Harvy Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen.
(http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids
/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=11859)
Mark Buehner is the award-winning illustrator of several
children’s books, including a few that were written by
his wife, Caralyn, like Snowmen at Night and
Superdog. Other popular books that Mark has
illustrated include Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm
and I Am the Cat. He has six children and lives
in Salt Lake City. Mark himself is the youngest of seven
children, and says he received a lot of encouragement
from teachers who saw his artistic talent.
(http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators /beuhner.mspx) |
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January 7th in History ….
1896 - Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook.
1927 - Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between
New York and London.
1953 - Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the
hydrogen bomb.
1955 - Marian Anderson made her Metropolitan Opera debut.
1979 - Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom
Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government.
1989 - Japan's Emperor Hirohito died.
1999 - The impeachment trial of President William Clinton began
in the Senate. |