National Children\u2019s Books Day is April 2. There are many children\u2019s books that have impacted different generations \u2013 sometimes more than one. While there are too many to be able to mention all of them, let\u2019s at least look at some of the highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNancy Drew\u201d by Carolyn Keene <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first \u201cNancy Drew\u201d book, \u201cThe Secret of the Old Clock\u201d was published in 1930<\/a>. The author \u201cCarolyn Keene\u201d is actually a pen name that has been used for the different \u201cNancy Drew\u201d series over the decades. Edward Stratemeyer<\/a> was the creator of the plot for the early books who paid someone else to write the full story. For twenty-three<\/a> of the first thirty books, this was Mildred Wirt Benson<\/a>. Original ideas Stratemeyer had for the girl detective\u2019s name included \u201cDiana Dare\u201d or, closer to the real one, \u201cNan Drew.\u201d Now ninety years later, more than 600 \u201cNancy Drew\u201d books<\/a> have been written by different authors under the name \u201cCarolyn Keene.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n