- Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky (born
September 8 ,1940 ) is the author of more than 50poetry collections including "Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep" (1976), "The Mean Old Mean Hyena" (1978), and "Something BIG Has Been Here" (1990). [Nilsen, A. P. and Nilsen, D.L.F. (2000). "Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Humor" [Electronic version] . Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.] He has also compiled numerous children's anthologies comprising poems of others. He currently lives in Washington State with his wife, Carolyn.He has also set his poems to music on the audio versions of his anthologies. He often sings and plays guitar on most of them.
In 2006, the Poetry Foundation named Prelutsky the inaugural winner of the Children’s Poet Laureate award. [http://poetryfoundation.org/foundation/release_092706.html] .
Jack Prelutskydidn't like poetry when he was younger.He currently lives in Mercer Island with his wife, Carolynn. He has also lived in Manhattan, Albuquerque, and Boston. He says that he also plans on living in other cities as well.Fact|date=February 2008
He is known for his appearance in the popular TV Series, Arthur in the episode "I'm a Poet."
References
External links
* [http://www.jackprelutsky.com/ JackPrelutsky.com]
* [http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky on Scholastic.com]
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/imprints/index.aspx?imprintid=517996 Greenwillow Books at Harper Collins]
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