Today we’re celebrating Grammy Award-winning songwriter Shel Silverstein…
Childhood Classics
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The man who gave the world a silly bear.
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Forty years after he’d made his name portraying Davy Crockett, actor Fess Parker still had fans seeking autographs and photos. But they wouldn’t go to the Walt Disney lot to …
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Phil Harris would have turned 110 this week. Movie fans may not know his name now, but they’re probably familiar with names like Baloo, Little John, and Patou. Harris gave …
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20 things you might not know about the creator of the Muppets.
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Animator Walter Lantz was born 115 years ago, April 27, 1899, 41 years before he created the cartoon bird that would make him famous…
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Bob Keeshan played Clarabell the Clown on “Howdy Doody” before finding fame as Captain Kangaroo.
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Madeleine L’Engle was a prolific writer who targeted her books at children and young adults because she felt their minds were more open.
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In the beginning it was Betty James who found the word “slinky” in a dictionary and thought it aptly described the toy her husband had invented. In the long haul, she was …
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William Steig’s illustrations and stories often centered on anthropomorphic and adventurous animals, tough-talking kids, neurosis-challenged adults – and one curmudgeonly ogre.