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.
Scott O'Dell

Born: May 23, 1898
Died: October 15, 1989 (aged 91)
Bio: Scott O'Dell was an American author of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several children's novels about historical California and Mexico.
Known for:
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960)
- The Black Pearl (1967)
- Sing Down the Moon (1970)
- The King's Fifth (1966)
- Streams to the river, river to the sea (1986)