Ah—-March, in like a lion, out like a lamb.
March is not a powerhouse for honoring literary birthdays, but still, we have a few. And, you have a nice long month for lots of reading before spring pokes its pretty head into your
life and activities. Ready?
1. Robert Lowell
2. George Sands; Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham
7. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (“How do I love thee?”);
and Ring Lardner
8. saving # 8 until last because it has the best photo!!!
12. Jack Kerouac
13. Anna Sewell (wish I had a copy of Black Beauty . . .)
14. Albert Einstein—no quibbling here, he “wrote”
17. Kate Greenaway (left click on photo so you can memorize verse; back
arrow to return)
20. Nikolai Gogol; Henrik Ibsen below
25. Flannery O’Connor
26. Robert Frost–you’ve got something–go take a photo; A.E. Housman—look in a
poetry book; and Tennessee Williams below
28. Maxim Gorky
30. Sean O’Casey————see what I mean? a little light on March birthdays–but!
Loveliest of all—–March 8th: Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
Actually, there is a pleasant thread of children’s literature in the month of March, and things don’t get much better than that. Maybe you’ll read (reread) some.
