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Facts about Jack

 

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    Facts about Jack

  • Jack Prelutsky was born September 8, 1940.
  • He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
  • He grew up in a mutlicultural neigborhood.
  • Jack grew up with his mother, father, and younger brother in a six-story apartment house.
  • He attended New York Public Schools.
  • As a teenager, Jack studied music at the High School of Music and Art.
  • He attended Hunter College in Manhattan.
  • Jack is married to Carolyn and has been married since 1979.
  • Jack and Carolyn live in Washington State.
  • He published his first book when he was twenty-four years old.
  • Jack Prelutsky enjoys photography, creating games, collages, and carpentry.

Ladybug. 1998. Jack Prelutsky: Meet the poet. In Ebscohost. Accessed on June 8, 2002.

 
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Jumping Jack Flash

Three Wishes
  • He wishes to sing like Pavarotti.
  • He wishes to paint like Picasso.
  • He wishes to dance like Fred Astaire.

Ladybug. 1998. Jack Prelutsky: Meet the poet. In Ebscohost. Accessed on June 8, 2002.

Jack Prelutsky is a man of many talents. Here is a list of some of his various talents.

  • Singer
  • Actor
  • Sculptor
  • Laborer
  • Carpenter
  • Popular Poet
  • Storyteller
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Jack's Jar of Poetry Tips

 

  • READ! READ! READ!
  • WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
  • Keep a notebook or journal.
  • Write down all that you see, hear, and think.

How to write a funny poem! Tips for writing poems. Jack Prelutsky shares tips for budding poets.

  • Exaggerate your ideas.
  • Make the ordinary special.
  • Create absurd conclusions.
  • Play with words.
  • Arrange your ideas.

For more information read: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/feature/6293/t/103-9587041-9716632



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Additional Resources: Jack Prelutsky

The Academdy of American Poets
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
The Resource Center: J. Prelutsky



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Poetry Books by Jack Prelutsky

2001.Awful Ogre’s awful day. Illus. Paul Zelinsky. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 068807779X.

1989. Baby uggs are hatching. Illus. James Stevenson. Mulberry: New York. ISBN 068809239X.

1974. Circus. Illus. Arnold Lobel. MacMillan: New York. ISBN0027750604.

1999. The Dragons are singing tonight . Illus. Peter Sis. Scholastic: New York. ISBN PB RSB223313.

1999. Dog days: Rhymes around the year. Illus. Dyanna Wolcott. Knopf: New York. ISBN 0375801049

1995. For laughing out louder: Poems to tickle your funnybone. Ilus.Marjorie Priceman. Knopf: New York. ISBN 0679870636.

2002. The Frogs wore red suspenders. Illus. Petra Mathers. Green Willow: New York. ISBN 0688167195.

1999. Gargoyle on the roof. Illus. Peter Sis. Greenwillow:New York. ISBN 0688096433.

1996. It’s Halloween. Illus. Marylin Hafner. Willam Morrow: New York. ISBN 0688156258.

2000. It’s raining pigs and noodles . Illus. James Stevenson. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 006029194X.

1984.It’s snowing, it’s snowing. Illus.Jeanne Titherington. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 0688015131.

1982. It’s Thanksgiving. Illus. Marylin Hafner. William Morrow: New York. ISBN 0807200824.

1998. Imagine that: Poems of never was. Illus. Kevin Hawkes. Knopf: New York ISBN 0679882065

1996. Monday’s troll. Illus. Peter Sis. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 0688143733.

1995.My parents think I’m sleeping. Illus. Yossi Abolafia. Mulberry: New York. ISBN 0688040289.

1984. New kid on the block. Illus. James Stevenson. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 0807201588.

1987. Nightmares: Poems to trouble your sleep. Illus. Arnold Lobel. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 0688049531.

1996. A Pizza the size of the sun. Illus. James Stevenson. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 0688132359.

1986. Ride the purple pelican. Illus. Garth Williams. William Morrow: New York. ISBN 0688040314.

1993. Rolling Harvey down the hill. Illus. Victoria Chess. Mulberry: New York. ISBN 0606055711.

1982. Sheriff of Rottenshot . William Morrow: New York. ISBN 0688004423.

1984. Snopp on the sidewalk, and other poems. Illus. Byron Barton. Willam Morrow: New York. ISBN 0688840841.

1990. Something big has been here . Illus. James Stevenson. . Mulberry: New York. ISBN

1992. Tyrannosaursu was a beast: Dinosaur poems . Illus. Arnold Lobel. Green Willow: New York. ISBN 0688064434.

1984. What I did last summer . Illus. Yossi Abolafia. Greenwillow: New York. ISBN 068801755X.

1983. Zoo doings: Animal poems. Illus. Paul Zelinsky. William Morrow: New York. ISBN 0688017827.


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