All posts tagged "children’s books"
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27.6K11Arts and LeisureMaxfield Parrish, A Mechanic Who Painted Fantastically
The landscape of Vermont and New Hampshire inspired Maxfield Parrish in 1922 to create the lush, romantic painting Daybreak. Daybreak became the...
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11.9K5New HampshireSarah Josepha Hale, the Little Lady From NH Who Started Thanksgiving
Growing up in Newport, N.H., Sarah Josepha Hale hardly seemed likely to move a president, build a monument or influence a generation...
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61.6K15MaineHow the Real Miss Rumphius Decorated Maine With Lupines
There was a real Miss Rumphius who lived in Christmas Cove and secretly planted lupine seeds to adorn Maine’s roadsides and meadows....
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11.5K1Arts and LeisureThe Real Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man
The real Burt Dow was an oceangoing man who lived in a Maine fishing village, liked kids and animals and was handy...
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