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Aileen FisherBy Stephanie Wages
Aileen Fisher"My first and chief love in writing is writing children's
verse."
Facts about Aileen American Poet Over 100 Award Winning
Books September 9, 1906 Iron River, Michigan BA in Journalism in 1927
Chicago Missouri
Adult Life = Boulder, CO December 2, 2002
Fun Facts 1st Poem Child Life
Fall 1927 Director of the Women’s National Journal Register
Chicago 1928-1931 Research Assistant for Labor Bureau of the Middle
West Chicago 1931-1932
Freelance Writer 1932
1st Book Coffee-Pot Face 1933
National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry 1978
Types and Themes Poetry Books
Picture Biblical
Prose Nature America
Biographies Plays Articles for magazines and journals
Writerly Techniques
Imagery Rhyming Personification Metaphor
My Cat Has Eyes of Sapphire Blue (1973)
Feathered Ones and Furry (1979)
A Lantern in the Window (1957)
Going Barefoot (1960)
The Story Goes On(2005)
The Story of Easter(1998)
Other Works by Aileen Fisher The Coffee-Pot Face
(1933) I Heard a Bluebird Sing
(2002) In the Woods, In the
Meadow, In the Sky (1962)
In the Middle of the Night (1965)
Classroom Use Lessons about
Nature Seasons Celebrations Animals Famous People
Grade Level Varies on Text Elementary
Works Cited http://poetryatplay.org/2011/10/01/poet-
of-the-week-aileen-fisher-2/
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/books/aileen-fisher-96-prolific-author-of-children-s-books.html
http://theartofchildrenspicturebooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/going-barefoot.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Fisher
Aileen FisherBy Stephanie Wages