Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
John Ciardi
Born: June 24, 1916
Died: March 30, 1986 (aged 69)
Bio: John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.
Known for:
- The Collected Poems of John Ciardi
- A Third Browser's Dictionary (1980)
- Doodle Soup (1985)
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You (1961)
- The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks