Author of the Month
September's Author is Jack Prelutsky!
Jack Prelutsky was born on September, 8th, 1940. He is the poet of over 40 books! Some of his most loved books include, Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, It's Raining Pigs and Noodles, A Pizza the Size of the Sun, and The New Kid On the Block.
Here is Jack Prelutsky's advice to young readers and writers.
READ! READ! READ! and WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! Keep a notebook and write down things you see, hear, and think about. Ideas disappear quickly unless you jot them down. When you have an idea for a poem or story, write down anything you can think of that has to do with that idea. Study your list and you'll start to see connections among certain items. If you are writing poetry, don't force rhymes. It's better to work on what you want to say and create a feeling for the poem than to try to make up things just to make the poem rhyme.
Other September Birthdays!Jon Sciszka - Sept. 8th
Roald Dahl - Sept. 13th Mildred D. Taylor - Sept. 13th Tomie DePaola - Sept. 15th Robert McCloskey - Sept 15th H.A. Rey - Sept 16th |
Gail Carson Levine - Sept. 17th H.G. Wells - Sept. 18th Hans Wilhelm - Sept. 21st Jim Henson - Sept. 24th Wilson Rawls - Sept. 24th Andread Davis Pinkney - Sept. 25 Shel Silverstein - Sept. 25th Stan Berenstain - Sept. 29th |