Unlike most children, Edith Lee-Payne of Detroit went to the March on Washington with her mother to celebrate her 12th birthday. Pupils walk the march with her by analyzing a closeup image of her that has come to represent the pivotal...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seven Little Maids: The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury (c1884), includes an illustrated poem for each day of the birthday week.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book My Birthday Book by William and Robert Chambers (c1884), a children's novel about a girl's birthday.

The non-prose piece describes a thirtieth birthday candle being blown out and the thoughts surrounding this event.

This is the text of the short story "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde, a fantasy story.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book My Birthday Present by Thomas Nelson & Sons (c1884), a collection of illustrated reading passages.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seven Little Maids, or, The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury (c1884), a picture book with a poem for children for each day of the week.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children, a book of poetry for children.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Lily Sweet-briar's Birthday, a book of children's poetry.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication Baby's Birthday and How It Was Spent, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Birthday Gift by Laura Valentine (1865), a collection of illustrated children's stories and poems.

A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Little Susy's Six Birthdays by Elizabeth Prentiss, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Birthday Gift by Harriot Stone Arnold, a book of poetry for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Amy's Birthday, and Other Tales by Harriet Myrtle (1865), a collection of five children's stories.

This poem expresses the events to come after turning age thirty.

This non-prose piece shares the poet life as he reminisces about his boyhood.

This website contains links to the following Ronald Reagan speeches: Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union Addresses, The 1964 Speech, The Challenger Disaster Speech, The Evil Empire Speech, Pointe de Hoc Normandy, Speech at Omaha...

In this non-prose piece, the poet shares his experience with a birthday passing without much celebration.

Speech given by Walt Whitman, "In Memory of Thomas Paine," on January 28, 1877 for the 140th anniversary of Paine's birthday.