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Happy Birthday Zerna. Happy. Happy. Happy.
Writer and elementary school teacher Zerna Sharp – best known as the mother of the Dick and Jane series of books for beginning readers — was born on August 12, 1889 in Hillisburg, Indiana.
Sharp didn’t write the stories that taught American children how to read from 1930 through the 1960s but she named the characters and selected their clothing – all of which came from the Sears and (Montgomery) Wards catalogues. Read more »
August 6 — 69 Years Ago
I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead, for I am dead.
I’m only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago. I’m seven now, as I was then – When children die, they do not grow. Read more »
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