PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Clement C. Moore (1779-1863) was one of New York's wealthiest and most educated men, and a respected academic. But he also loved to write stories and poems for his nine children, and is best known for the poem he read to them in 1822, which began with the immortal words,'Twas the Night Before Christmas...Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Geelong, Australia, and still lives and works nearby in Barwon Heads. In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature and he has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia.
