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Sep 8, 1940 — —· 85 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · POETRY · JUVENILE POETRY

Jack Prelutsky

Also known as: Prelutsky Jack Illustrated by Robert Leydenfrost, jack prelutsky

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Jack Prelutsky was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began writing and illustrating poems in his early twenties and continues to write children's poetry today. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife.

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NO KIND of writing lodges itself so deeply in our memory, reverberating there for the rest of our lives, as the books that we met in our childhood, and when we grow up and read them to our own children they are the oldest of old friends.

— from The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)

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Mamman och den vilda Bebin

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Baby Ben gets into one difficulty after another, from which Mama rescues him--but not for long.

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The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)

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Essays on writing for children by well respected children's authors.

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Pizza, pigs, and poetry

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Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things — and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your family, your pets, and your friends into poems. He offers tips, advice, and secrets about writing and provides some fun exercises to help you get started (or unstuck). You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at the ingredients of some of his most popular poems. If you are a poet, want to be a poet, or if you have to write a poem for homework and you just need some help, this is the book for you!

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