Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky
In 1940, Jack Prelutsky was born in Brooklyn, and attended Hunter College in New York City. Although he claims to have hated poetry through most of his childhood, he rediscovered poetry later in life, and has devoted many years since to writing fresh, humorous poetry aimed specifically at kids.
"I realized poetry was a means of communication, that it could be as exciting or as boring as that person or that experience."
After stints as a truckdriver, photographer, folksinger, and more, he is now the author of more than thirty collections of original verse and anthologies of children's poetry, including: Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Facey And Other Poems (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2008); Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems (2006); The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom (2006); The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983); Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1978), and The Queen of Eene (1976).
In 2006, Prelutsky was named the first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. He lives in Seattle, Washington, and spends much of his time presenting poems to children in schools and libraries throughout the United States.
"jack prelutsky poetry books" - just a few of many of his humorous books...
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson (Aug 20, 1984)
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky (Feb 26, 2008)
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury (Treasured Gifts for the Holidays) by Jack Prelutsky and Meilo So (Sep 28, 1999)
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky and Marc Brown (Oct 12, 1986)
Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face: And Other Poems: Some of the Best of Jack Prelutsky by Jack Prelutsky and Brandon Dorman (Oct 14, 2008)
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles by Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson (Mar 15, 2005)
Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson (Feb 23, 2010)
The Carnival of the Animals (Book and CD) by Jack Prelutsky, Camille Saint-Saens and Mary GrandPre (Aug 24, 2010)
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