![]() ![]() ![]() She is also the winner (for body of work) of the World Fantasy Assn. Her poetry has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. Her books and stories have won an assortment of awards–two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott, the Golden Kite Award, three Mythopoeic awards, two Christopher Medals, a nomination for the National Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award, among many others. She has also written lyrics for folk rock singers and folk rock groups, several animated shorts, and done voice over work as well as talk radio. Her work ranges from rhymed picture books and baby board books, through middle grade fiction, poetry collections, nonfiction, and up to novels and poetry and story collections for young adults and adults, too. Times) is the author of well over 335 books, including Owl Moon, The Devil’s Arithmetic, and How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. Jane Yolen, often called “the Hans Christian Andersen of America”(Newsweek) and the “Aesop of the Twentieth Century” (N.Y. Though they haven’t written as many bird poems! About The Author My late husband, David Stemple,(“Pa” in Owl Moon) taught us all how to bird though our three children are much better birders than I am. I come from a family of birdwatchers and many of my poems are about birds. From the book An Egret’s Day. Boyds Mills Press. Reprinted by permission of the author. ![]()
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