Today's Merriam-Webster's word of the day:
Pleiad: a group of usually seven illustrious or brilliant persons or things
In honor of this word I'm going to link to a pleiad of children's writers and illustrators that I love and know personally.
- Cynthia Lord - author of Newbery Honor book Rules
- Tamra Wight - author of The Three Grumpies
- Jennifer Ward - author of many, many books
- Val Giogas - author of In My Backyard
- Mona Pease - author of articles in Babybug, Ladybug & Appleseeds Magazines
- Denise Ortakaes - author AND illustrator of a bunch of books
- Donna Farrell - Illustrator of Here's to Our Childfirst Day
The only problem is I have one more children's author I love. But that makes eight. And pleiad means a group of seven. What's a girl to do? Okay, pleiad plus one:
- Candice Ransom - author of about a billion books. Instead of linking to some of them, I will link to her amazon page.
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