Jack Prelutsky
Autore di The New Kid on the Block
Sull'Autore
Jack Prelutsky, born on September 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, is primarily known as a poet for children but he is also a gifted musician, actor, photographer, sculptor and potter. Prelutsky studied at Hunter College for two years. He proposed to his future wife, Carolynn, on the day they met; mostra altro she accepted the next day. While growing up in Brooklyn, Prelutsky studied voice at The High School of Music and Art in New York and first planned to be an opera singer. However, he decided he did not have the drive to sing opera, and he became a folk singer. Later he tried his hand at drawing. For fun, he wrote some short poems and made some drawings, which became his first publication. He has since published numerous books of illustrated poetry and also provided illustrations for books by other writers, including many in translation. Prelutsky never condescends to his young readers. He deals in verse with many imaginative creatures, but he also writes about people and problems such bullies, school, and fear of the dark. He is aware of the sound of his words and likes to perform his poetry to the accompaniment of the guitar. He visits schools and libraries to perform his work. Jack Prelutsky is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1977 The Children's Book Council honored him for Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep. His other award-winners are The Mean Old Mean Hyena, The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight, and The New Kid on the Block. In 2006, the Poetry Foundation named Prelutsky the inaugural winner of the Children's Poet Laureate award. His book Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems (illustrated by Carin Berger) won the 2007 Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards in the Picture Book category. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Library of Congress
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Opere di Jack Prelutsky
Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face: And Other Poems: Some of the Best of Jack Prelutsky (2008) 168 copie
Jack Prelutsky's Big Collection: The New Kid on the Block/ Something Big Has Been Here (2000) 2 copie
Jack Prelutsky - set of 5 books 1 copia
The Pancake Collector 1 copia
OIt's Raining Pigs and Noodles 1 copia
The random house 1 copia
It's Snowing! It's Snowinng! 1 copia
TEN BOOK PACK - 5 Copies Each of 'My Creature' and 'Pumpkins' - Houghton Mifflin, Invitations to… (1996) 1 copia
The Horror 1 copia
Once upon a time 1 copia
Today I'm Going Yesterday 1 copia
The Telephone Call 1 copia
Ma! Don't throw That Shirt Out 1 copia
We Are Plooters 1 copia
The Rains in Little Dribbles 1 copia
Dauntless Dimble 1 copia
Surprise Party, The 1 copia
Opere correlate
Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating (1994) — Collaboratore — 296 copie
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Collaboratore — 149 copie
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1, September 1980 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1940-09-08
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Queen Anne, Washington, USA
- Istruzione
- Hunter College
High School of Music and Art, New York - Attività lavorative
- poet
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Children's Poet Laureate Award (2006)
Utenti
Recensioni
Absurdist. Dada-ist. Delightful
I really liked this poem book. There are a lot of poems but some of the ones that I read were good and silly. I think maybe a first grader would be able to follow along with no issues. These poems are pretty long. They have good illustrations with every poem passage. It has really good children literature for sure. Good tongue twisters too.
Hilarious book of poems. Lots of great examples of common literary devices like onomatopoeia and alliteration . Would use to model specific examples of literary devices in a poetry unit with k-5th graders.
Liste
Youth: Poetry (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 114
- Opere correlate
- 23
- Utenti
- 27,807
- Popolarità
- #732
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 897
- ISBN
- 525
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 16
I recommend this fun book to primary students. It is great for new readers as they are short easy reading for the kids to stay! Would love to have this as an option for students in my library.