August 27th
C.S. Forester, British author born in Cairo, Egypt in 1899. Famous for his Horatio Hornblower series of novels based on a semi-fictional English sea captain fighting in the Napoleonic wars as well as his novel The African Queen later made into a movie by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Many of his books would be appealing to Young Adult readers interested in adventure and maritime history.
Arlene Mosel, American author born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in 1921. She was a librarian by profession and wrote two very well received picture books for children. Tikki Tikki Tembo came out in 1968 and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for picture books. The story is a retelling of a Chinese folktale as to why short names are now preferred in China. The Funny Little Woman was published in 1973, winning the Caldecott Medal. Both books were illustrated by Blair Lent. Another Asian folktale, this one from Japan, recounting the (mis)adventures of a dumpling maker and her ultimate good fortune.
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