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'Jack Prelutsky' (born September 8 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet noted for his children's poems. He attended New York public schools, and later the High School of Music and Art and Hunter College.
Prelutsky, who has also worked as a busboy, furniture mover, folk singer, and cab driver,
claims that he hated poetry in grade school because of the way it was taught.
He is the author of more than 50 poetry collections including ''Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep'' (1976), ''The Mean Old Mean Hyena'' (1978), and ''Something BIG Has Been Here'' (1990) ^[1]. He has also compiled numerous children's anthologies comprising poems of others.
In 2006, the Poetry Foundation named Prelutsky the inaugural winner of the Children’s Poet Laureate award. [1].
He currently lives in Queen Anne, Washington with his wife, Carolynn. He has also lived in Manhattan, Alberquerque, and Boston. He says that he plans on living in other cities as well.

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Works

★ Prelutsky, J. (2008). ''Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem''. New York: Collins.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2008). ''My Dog May Be a Genius''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2007). ''The Wizard''. New York: HarperCollins Children's Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2007). ''In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2007). ''Me I Am''. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2007). ''Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2006). ''The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom''. New York: Random House Children's Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2006). ''Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2006). ''What a Day it Was at School!'' New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutksy, J. (2005). ''Read a Rhyme. Write a Rhyme''. New York: Random House Children's Books.

★ Prelustky, J. (2004). ''Wild Witches' Ball''. New York: HarperFestival.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2004). ''If Not for the Cat''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2002). ''Halloween Countdown''. New York: HarperFestival.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2002). ''Scranimals''. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2002). ''The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2001). ''Awful Ogre's Awful Day''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2000). ''The Random House Book of Poetry for Children : A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today's Child''. New York. Random House.

★ Prelutsky, J. (2000). ''It's Raining Pigs and Noodles''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1999). ''Dog Days: Poems Around the Year''. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1999). ''The Gargoyle on the Roof''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1998). ''Imagine That! Poems of Never-Was: Knopf Publishing Group.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1997). ''Collins Treasury of Animal Poems''. New York: Collins.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1996). ''Monday's Troll''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1995). ''Poetry Fun by the Ton with Jack Prelutsky''. New York: Upstart Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1995). ''For Laughing Out Louder: More Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone''. New York: Knopf Publishing Group.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1994). ''A Pizza the Size of the Sun''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1993). ''The Dragons Are Singing Tonight''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1993). ''A. Nonny Mouse Writes Again''. New York: Knopf Publishing Group.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1992). ''Jack Prelutsky's Sweet and Silly Muppet Poems''. Racine: Western Publishing Company, Inc.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1991). ''For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone''. New York: Knopf Publishing Group.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1991). ''There'll Be a Slight Delay: And Other Poems for Grown-Ups''. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1990). ''Beneath a Blue Umbrella''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1990). ''Something Big Has Been Here''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1989). ''Poems of A. Nonny Mouse''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1988). ''The Wild Baby Gets a Puppy''. New York: William Morrow & Co.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1988). ''Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1987). ''Rolling Harvey Down the Hill'. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1986). ''Brave Little Pete of Geranium Street''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1986). ''Ride a Purple Pelican''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1986). ''Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young''. New York: Random House Children's Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1985). ''My Parents Think I'm Sleeping''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1984). ''It's Snowing! It's Snowing!''. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

★ Prelutksy, J. (1984). ''What I Did Last Summer''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1984). ''The New Kid on the Old Block''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1983). ''The Wild Baby Goes to Sea''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1983). ''Zoo Doings: Animal Poems''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelustky, J. (1983). ''The Random House Book of Poetry for Children''. New York: Random House.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1983). ''It's Valentine's Day''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1982). ''Kermit's Garden of Verses''. New York: Random House Children's Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1982). ''The Sheriff of Rottenshot''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1982). ''The Baby Uggs Are Hatching''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1982). ''It's Thanksgiving''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1981). ''It's Christmas''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1980). ''Rainy Rainy Saturday''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1980). ''The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1978). ''The Queen of Eene''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1978). ''The Mean Old Mean Hyena''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1977). ''It's Halloween''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1976). ''Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1976). ''The Snopp on the Sidewalk''. New York: Greenwillow Books.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1974). ''Packrat's Day and Other Poems''. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1974). ''Circus''. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1971). ''The Terrible Tiger''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1970). ''Toucans Two and Other Poems''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1969). ''Three Saxon Nobles and Other Verses''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1969). ''Lazy Blackbird and Other Verses''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1967). ''A Gopher in the Garden and Other Animal Poems''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1967). ''The Mountain-Bounder''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Prelutsky, J. (1966). ''No End of Nonsense''. New York: Macmillan.

★ Perlutsky, J. (1888). ''Fuck with her wife.

References

1. Nilsen, A. P. and Nilsen, D.L.F. (2000). ''Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Humor'' [Electronic version]. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.

External links

★ JackPrelutsky.com

★ Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky on Scholastic.com