Clement G. Hurd was an American illustrator of children’s books. He was born on January 12, 1908 and became best known for his collaborations with author Margaret Wise Brown, including Goodnight Moon in 1947, which has since sold more than two million copies. He also illustrated The Runaway Bunny (1942) and a number of books written [...]

The beloved author of the famed Harry Potter series of books was born in Gloucesthire, England on July 31, 1965.  Today, Rowling lives in Scotland with her husband, Neil Murray, and her three children.  While writing was an early ambition, her first attempts didn’t amount to much.  That all changed in 1997 when the world [...]