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A Light in the Attic is a book of poems by American poet, writer, and musician Shel Silverstein. The book consists of 135 poems accompanied by illustrations also created by Silverstein. [ 1 ] It was first published by Harper & Row Junior Books in 1981 and was a bestseller for months after its publication, [ 2 ] but it has also been the subject ...
Pat Mora (born January 19, 1942) [2] is an American poet and author of books for adults, teens and children. A native of El Paso, Texas , her grandparents came to the city from northern Mexico. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, received Honorary Doctorates from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo , and was ...
Children's literature portal; Falling Up is a 1996 poetry collection primarily for children written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein [1] and published by HarperCollins.It is the third poetry collection published by Silverstein, following Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and A Light in the Attic (1981), and the final one to be published during his lifetime, as he died just three years after ...
Skellig is a children's novel by the British author David Almond, published by Hodder in 1998.It was the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and it won the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British author. [3]
Marilyn Singer (born 3 October 1948) [1] [failed verification] is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry. Some of her poems are written as reverso poems. Marilyn Singer Photo by Sonya Sones
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. British children's author and poet (born 1946) For other people named Michael Rosen, see Michael Rosen (disambiguation). Michael Rosen Rosen in 2022 Born Michael Wayne Rosen (1946-05-07) 7 May 1946 (age 78) Harrow, Middlesex, England Occupation Author, broadcaster, poet, activist ...
The museum adds: “Traditionally December 24th is dedicated to children, December 25th—the main day of Christmas—to adults and the elderly, and December 26th to young people,” with the ...
Jason Reynolds (born December 6, 1983) is an American author of novels and poetry for young adult and middle grade audiences. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap and had an early focus on poetry, publishing several poetry collections before his first novel in 2014, When I Was the Greatest, which won the John Steptoe Award ...