December 15
The Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791. Read more about this important historical document at: www.billofrights.com
You can also check out: www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html; www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=295 or www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html.

December 25
A Christmas Carol was the first book ever to be transmitted over radio in 1939. Read this or other selections by Charles Dickens at: www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/

December 1 - Jan Brett.
Author and illustrator whose books include Daisy Comes Home, Gingerbread Baby and On Noah's Ark.
www.janbrett.com

December 10 - Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).
Poet whose published works include Poems for Youth and Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
www.emilydickinson.org/ or www.online-literature.com/dickinson/

December 14 - Rhoda Blumberg (born in 1917).
Author of Shipwrecked (a 2004-2005 Braille Bug Reading Club selection), What's the Deal?, Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun and others.
www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=15776

December 19 - Eve Bunting (born in 1928).
Author of Nasty Stinky Sneakers, The Skate Patrol, The Mother's Day Mice and more.
www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-bunting-eve.asp

December 23 - Avi (born in 1937).
Author of Abigail Takes the Wheel, Second Sight, Midnight Magic and more.
www.avi-writer.com

December 30 - Mercer Mayer.
Author and illustrator whose books include All By Myself.
www.littlecritter.com