Text Copyright © 2008 Margot Theis Raven
Illustration Copyright © 2008 Chris Soentpiet
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Raven, Margot Theis.
Happy birthday to you! / written by Margot Theis Raven ; illustrated
by Chris K. Soentpiet.
p. cm.
Summary: “In 1889 Patty and Mildred Hill, two Kentucky sisters, wrote the words and composed the melody of “Good Morning to All” for their kindergarten students. They later changed the words and the song is today known as the happy birthday song”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-58536-169-4
1. Hill, Mildred J., 1859-1916. Happy birthday to you—Juvenile literature. 2. Hill, Patty Smith,
1868-1946—Juvenile literature. I. Soentpiet, Chris K. ill II. Title.
ML3930.H56.R38 2008
782.42’158—dc22 2007037438