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A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for America’s 250th anniversary. The manuscript was found earlier this year in archival materials at the Geisel Library at The University California San Diego. Geisel also left behind a cover sketch and notes on the overall art direction. New illustrations were done by artist Tom Brannon, in the style of Dr. Seuss Read more about it here.

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In a history-making evening at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, Oct. 11, Grammy winner Kathy Mattea officially became the Opry’s newest member — and immediately turned around to invite her longtime friend and fellow country icon Suzy Bogguss to join the Opry family as well. The emotional moment unfolded as Mattea, newly inducted by Terri Clark, wrapped up her milestone night. After performing “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses” alongside Clark, Trisha Yearwood, and Bogguss, Mattea paused before the final chorus to make a surprise announcement. “On behalf of my friends, and the entire Grand Ole Opry family,” she said, “Suzy Bogguss has the voice of an angel with a generous spirit…

On this day in 1950, Charlie Brown made his first appearance in the very first Peanuts cartoon strip. The strip appeared in seven newspapers across the country: The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, and The Seattle Times. According to the Charles M Schulz Museum, he was paid $90 for his first month of strips. Through the decades since that first comic, Schulz, known to many by his nickname, "Sparky," went on to create a world of characters that not only changed the landscape of Sunday comics, but also became beloved around the world. Over the span of his fifty ye…