Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Barbara Park

Born: April 21, 1947
Died: November 15, 2013 (aged 66)
Bio: Barbara Lynne Park was an American author of children's books.
Known for:
- Junie B. First Grader (2001)
- Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (1992)
- Skinnybones (1982)
- Mick Harte Was Here (1995)
- Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth (1993)