![]() ![]() He lives in Seattle, Washington, and spends much of his time presenting poems to children in schools and libraries throughout the United States. In 2006, Prelutsky was named the first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. After stints as a truckdriver, photographer, folksinger, and more, he is now the author of more than forty collections of original verse and anthologies of children's poetry, including: Stardines Swim High Across the Sky: and Other Poems (2013) The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems From Beyond the Solar System (2009) Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem (2008) 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). 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. ![]() ![]() Appetite comes with eating, goes the proverb. Nightmares : poems to trouble your sleep Available at Calvin T Ryan Library Juvenile Literature (Lower. On September 8, 1940, Jack Prelutsky was born in Brooklyn, and attended Hunter College in New York City. The government wants the Arabs to be a whip against their Jewish brothers fighting the fascist onslaught. ![]()
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