Shel Silverstein from the 1950 to the present.
Margaret Wise Brown, author; born in Pomfret, Connecticut, May 23, 1910. Margaret wrote many books and stories for children. She was best known for “Goodnight Moon, and The Runaway Bunny. Her books were unique, most of if not all of her characters were animals. Margaret loved animals, and her stories were illustrated through animals. Margaret also wrote poems, she wrote and drew pictures the way she thought children saw things. Margaret