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2008 Newbery Medal and Honor Books

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children…

Madonna Biography

(Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)singer, songwriter, actress, record producerBorn: 8/16/1958Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan Singer, songwriter, and actress whose eroticism, determination, and…

Badger’s Parting Gifts

Distributor:GPN/Nebraska ETV Network and WNED-TV, Buffalo, NY Part of the Reading Rainbow series, this video explores the way people deal with the loss of a loved one, including host LeVar Burton…

Forrest Edward Mars

candy manufacturerBorn: 1904 The son of the man who invented the Milky Way candy bar, Forrest Mars left the country after a disagreement with his father. The younger Mars settled in Britain and…

Rosanna Arquette

actressBorn: 8/10/1959Birthplace: New York City Born into an acting family, she played on numerous TV shows in the late 1970s, making the transition to the big screen in the 1980s, mainly in off-…

Judd Nelson

actorBorn: 11/28/1959Birthplace: Portland, Maine A member of the so-called “Brat Pack,” of the 1980s, Judd Nelson burst upon the Hollywood scene by starring in three successful young adult films,…

Kankan

(Encyclopedia) KankanKankankänkänˈ, käNkäNˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 261,341), E Guinea, a port on the Milo River, a tributary of the Niger. It is the commercial center for a farm area where rice,…

Lake Charles

(Encyclopedia) Lake Charles, city (1990 pop. 70,580), seat of Calcasieu parish, SW La.; inc. 1867. It is located on Lake Charles at the mouth of the Calcasieu River in a rice, timber, oil, and…

Besant, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Besant, Sir WalterBesant, Sir Walterbĭzăntˈ [key], 1836–1901, English novelist and humanitarian, grad. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1859. He taught at the Royal College of Mauritius…