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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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American illustrator and author
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Shel Silverstein
American poet, songwriter, illustrator, and playwright Shel Silverstein, 1996.
Photo by Larry Moyer, courtesy of the Estate of Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein in Alaska, 1960
As a correspondent for Playboy, Silverstein traveled the world and documented...
Photo by Larry Moyer, courtesy of the Estate of Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
A lifelong nomad and nonconformist, Silverstein was born in Chicago but moved often...
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