(1906-09-09)September 9, 1906 Iron River, Michigan, USA
Died
December 2, 2002(2002-12-02) (aged 96) Boulder, Colorado, USA
Occupation
Children's writer, poet, playwright
Alma mater
University of Chicago, University of Missouri School of Journalism, BA (1927)
Notable works
"Otherwise" "After a Bath" Valley of the Smallest
Notable awards
NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
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Aileen Lucia Fisher (September 9, 1906 – December 2, 2002) was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books, including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible-themed books, plays, and articles for magazines and journals. Her poems have been anthologized many times and are frequently used in textbooks. In 1978 she was awarded the second National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.[1] Born in Michigan, Fisher moved to Colorado as an adult and lived there for the rest of her life.
^Hopkins, Lee Bennett; Books are by People: Interviews with 104 Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young Children; Citation Press; 1969.
Aileen Lucia Fisher (September 9, 1906 – December 2, 2002) was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books, including poetry, picture books...
Fisher. Fisher was born in San Francisco, California to a Jewish family, the eldest of three sons of AileenFisher (née Emanuel) and Sydney Fisher, a...
wrestling promoter Aileen Mary Elliott (1896–1966), British artist AileenFisher (1906–2002), American writer, poet, and children's author Aileen Fox (1907–2005)...
Poe, selected by Dwight MacDonald, Crowell, 1965. We Dickinson's, by AileenFisher and Olive Rabe, Atheneum, 1965. The Jewish Sabbath, by Molly Cone, Crowell...
of Caspian in 1907. Fisher's daughter AileenFisher moved with her family to High Banks in 1912 at the age of six. AileenFisher later became a notable...
National Book Award (resided in Grand Rapids, attended Calvin College) AileenFisher (1906–2002), author (born in Iron River) Margaret Hillert, poet and...
(Little, Brown) 1970: But Ostriches, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: AileenFisher (Crowell) 1970: Doctor Rabbit, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Jan...
son Christopher Awdry) Narain Dixit – Khar Khar Mahadev (serialized) AileenFisher – A Lantern in the Window Edward Gorey – The Doubtful Guest Éva Janikovszky...
Brown Gemmill The Little Bear and the Princess Abelard-Schuman 1962 AileenFisher I wonder how, I wonder why Abelard-Schuman 1962 Frances Armytage Georgian...
written by Dimitry Varley (Knopf, 1961) Cricket in a Thicket, written by AileenFisher (Scribner, 1963) I Can Count, written by Carl Memling (Merrigold Press...
January 1978); married Jemma Kidd Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness (1876–1949) Aileen Guinness (1904–1999) Maureen Guinness (1907–1998); married Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood...
Marais [af] as Candice "Candy" Webster Lya du Toit as Sanmarie Robyn Scott as Aileen McClintock Loren Loubser as Lucille Richard Wright-Firth [es] as Gordon...
unhappy because Jack is late to the party, which she explains to her sister Aileen (Hitchcock). Phyllis is also very upset when Jack tells her that he killed...
1946, Philby arranged a divorce from Litzi. He and Aileen were married on 25 September 1946, while Aileen was pregnant with their fourth child, Miranda. Their...
Science at the University of Oxford and Keeper Emeritus at the Science Museum Aileen Fyfe, Reader in British History at the University of St Andrews James Sumner...
sentence. 9 6 "Predators" John Mavety Paul Hawker April 1, 2009 (2009-04-01) Aileen Carol Wuornos – Wuornos, a prostitute, shot and killed seven men in Florida...
Ribbit the frog to change him back into a human prince. She was portrayed by Aileen Quinn. Princess Mary Gulliver's Travels Princess of Lilliput and daughter...
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