10 Interesting Fact About Famous authors of children's books

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• Dr. Seuss or Theodore Geisel is a famous writer in the world of children. The name Pena Seuss is his mother's family name.
• J.K. Rowling, writer Harry Potter, initially wrote his first book in a cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Roald Dahl, author of Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, worked as an intelligence agent during World War II.
• Maurice Sendak, writer Where the Wild Things are, inspired by his childhood memories while watching the train through his bedroom window.
• Beverly Cleary, writer Ramona Quimbo and Henry Huggins, were born and raised in Oregon, a place where many books have a background.
• Shel Silverstein, author of The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends, initially worked as a cartoonist in Playboy magazine.
• Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after a friend bet that he could not write a book using only 50 words.
• Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, illustrates a hungry caterpillar as a metaphor for his childhood during World War II.
• Lois Lowry, author of The Giver, initially wrote for adults but then turned to children's literature after his son asked him to write a story for him.
• Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, is an illustrator and draws funny characters in the letters he sent to his nephew.