tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51492270178268557722013-06-18T19:39:38.757-07:00Celebrating children's literature was a joy for me as a special education teacher in the classroom. I decided to share my ideas with parents, homeschoolers, and enthusiastic teachers, as I take time off to be a stay at home dad. I hope you enjoy the format of this blog to study an author each week to celebrate their birthday. Check back often to celebrate more author birthdays!Eric VanRaepenbuschhttps://plus.google.com/110379482943862338414noreply@blogger.comBlogger29713HappyBirthdayAuthorhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149227017826855772.post-90233086086713988752013-06-13T20:13:00.000-07:002013-06-18T07:53:17.499-07:002013-06-18T07:53:17.499-07:00Eric VanRaepenbuschhttps://plus.google.com/110379482943862338414noreply@blogger.com0 Happy Birthday Bruce Degen - June 14 Do you know a "Charlie Muttnik" -- a child that is always drawing, creating, playing, and imagining? Charlie Muttnik, the main character in I Gotta Draw, doesn't know why he draws all of the time, but he knows it is all he wants to do. Unfortunately, his house is cramped and busy and no paints are allowed.  He has to search for a quiet and comfortable <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=q5ddP3Mvzrs:-H__lOtONdI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HappyBirthdayAuthor/~4/q5ddP3Mvzrs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/2013/06/happy-birthday-bruce-degen-june-14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149227017826855772.post-59321385489506249002013-06-03T18:57:00.001-07:002013-06-03T18:57:38.650-07:002013-06-03T18:57:38.650-07:00Eric VanRaepenbuschhttps://plus.google.com/110379482943862338414noreply@blogger.com0 Happy Birthday Joyce Sidman - June 4 "Anyone can write poems. Really. Here's the secret of poetry: the poems are already inside you. They are waiting." (Joyce Sidman, HMH Books, Poetry Kit).  Poems, art, projects, imaginary play only need a spark -- a burst of imagination or inspiration -- to set forth spirals of creativity. Some spirals of creativity swirl slowly, others at a much faster <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=v2tMAbjb6GQ:1EYuWtHlkok:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HappyBirthdayAuthor/~4/v2tMAbjb6GQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/2013/06/happy-birthday-joyce-sidman-june-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149227017826855772.post-17661600861989273922013-05-23T20:16:00.000-07:002013-05-24T04:18:55.509-07:002013-05-24T04:18:55.509-07:00Eric VanRaepenbuschhttps://plus.google.com/110379482943862338414noreply@blogger.com0 Happy Birthday Julie Hedlund - May 24 My passion for reading and blogging about children's books developed into a desire to write children's books.  Last year, I submitted my first ever picture book manuscript to an online contest hosted by an eBook publisher.  Even though my manuscript wasn't chosen as a winner,  I felt like a children's writer for the first time and started to get more <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?a=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HappyBirthdayAuthor?i=EhpTPnrgkaA:gsq81A5TzL4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HappyBirthdayAuthor/~4/EhpTPnrgkaA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/2013/05/happy-birthday-julie-hedlund-may-24.html