Poet
Publications & Prizes
Anthologies:
Blood To Remember:American Poets and the Holocaust (Time Being Books, 2007)
, Introduction to Poetry, 7th edition (Norton, 1999)
, Unsettling America (Viking, 1994)
Books:
More Money Than God (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017)
, Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016)
, The Language of Angels: The Reinvention of Hebrew (Charlesbridge, 2016)
, Twice as Good: The story of William Powell and Clearview, the only golf course designed, built, and owned by an African-American (Sleeping Bear Press, 2012)
, Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run King (Sleeping Bear Press, 2011)
, Busing Brewster (Knopf, 2009)
, Animals Anonymous (Simon & Schuster, 2008)
, As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel (Knopf, 2008)
, Tuttle's Red Barn (Putnam, 2007)
, Across the Alley (Putnam, 2006)
, Battles and Lullabies (University of Illinois Press, 2006)
, Oh No Not Ghosts (Harcourt, 2006)
, Happy Feet (Harcourt, 2005)
, Too Young for Yiddish (Charlesbridge, 2002)
, Ten Times Better (Cavendish, 2000)
, Grandpa's Gamble (Cavendish, 1999)
, Masks (Gehenna Press, 1999)
, Animals That Ought to Be (Simon & Schuster, 1996)
, Tap Dancing for the Relatives (University of Central Florida Press, 1985)
Prizes won:
2009 Sydney Taylor Gold Medal (Association of Jewish Librarians)
2009-Nat'l Jewish Book Award Finalist
2009-Skipping Stones Multicultural Award
2008-NYPL 100 Best Book list
2007-Publishers Weekly Best Books
2005-Patterson Prize finalist
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Jewish
Prefers to work with:
Adults, Any, Children, Teachers, Teenagers
Born in:
Brooklyn
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Last update: Aug 06, 2018