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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals
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Causes of the Great Depression
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Also Known As Catherine Greenaway
Born March 17, 1846 • London • England
Died November 6, 1901 (aged 55) • London • England
Notable Works “Under the Window”

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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Beatrix Potter, 1913
Beatrix Potter
British author
Hansel and Gretel
Arthur Rackham
British artist
E. H. Shepard
English artist
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Arthur Ransome
English author
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
British author
Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain
British author
George Cruikshank
British artist
Caldecott, Randolph
Randolph Caldecott
British artist
Ludwig Bemelmans
American author
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
American historian and illustrator
Lynd Ward
American artist
Will James
American author
Elizabeth Enright
American author
Tony Sarg
American puppeteer
Ib Spang Olsen
Danish author
Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator

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