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Alan Katz

Alan Katz is the author of many seriously silly books for children, including the bestselling Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, illustrated by David Catrow. Alan lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut, with his journalist wife,... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Keep reading, keep laughing.
Learn more about Alan Katz
My life in 8 words: "Wonderful family, grateful doing what I enjoy most."
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Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking will be released on October 25, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 25, 2011
Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 25, 2011
Me! Me! Mine! will be released on July 12, 2011 in Board Book, eBook
Jul 12, 2011
Me! Me! Mine! is now available in Board Book, eBook
Jul 12, 2011
Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer! will be released on July 05, 2011 in eBook
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Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer! is now available in eBook
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Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer! will be released on April 26, 2011 in Hardcover
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Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer! is now available in Hardcover
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Me! Me! Mine!
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Stalling will be released on September 21, 2010 in Hardcover
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Stalling is now available in Hardcover
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Let's Get a Checkup! will be released on August 31, 2010 in Board Book
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Let's Get a Checkup! is now available in Board Book
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Alan Katz Revealed

Alan Katz Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Keep reading, keep laughing. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Cooperstown, at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Never been there, but have always wanted to go. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. Clean your room. No one listens. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. My favorite song is "American Pie." I have 4,235 choices for spots 2 through 5. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. My greatest achievement is developing the ability to make people laugh. Learn more about Alan Katz

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Danville Patch, December 22, 2011
...house associated with the holiday. Wonderful rhymes, reminiscent of Dr. Seuss. Where Did They Hide the Presents by Alan Katz. This hilarious revision of your favorite Christmas songs has caused countless nights of rolling on the floor laughing, and is a...
Huffington Post, December 16, 2011
...Russell's Christmas Magic by Rob Scotton; Where Did They Hide My Presents?: Silly Dilly Christmas Songs by Alan Katz; The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore and Richard Jesse Watson. Hanukkah: Light the Lights! A Story about Celebrating Hanukkah...
Rivertowns Patch, December 7, 2011
...Book & Novel Author Kate Pfeiffer ; 4-time NY Times Best Book Winner Barbara McClintock ; Author, Poet and Producer Alan Katz ; Graphic Novel Author Colleen A Venable ; Author and Illustrator Michael Rex; NY Times Best Seller George O'Connor ;...
Tarrytown Patch, December 6, 2011
...Book & Novel Author Kate Pfeiffer ; 4-time NY Times Best Book Winner Barbara McClintock ; Author, Poet and Producer Alan Katz ; Graphic Novel Author Colleen A Venable ; Author and Illustrator Michael Rex; NY Times Best Seller George O'Connor ;...
NeighborsGo.com, November 18, 2011
...Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland, Where Did They Hide My Presents? by Alan Katz, and Kathryn Lasky's She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year.  Recently, David is...
Appeal-Democrat.com, November 17, 2011
...City Library Director: Roxanna Parker Children's Librarian: Chalese Valdez Choices this week: "Are You Quite Polite?" by Alan Katz; "John, Paul, George and Ben" by Lane Smith; "Summer Reading is Killing Me" by Jon Scieszka Books to Buy The following...
Catholic Courier, October 4, 2011
...the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester committed to working together on issues of mutual concern -- prompted Rabbi Alan Katz to suggest a new assessment of progress in the community, including how the Catholic and Jewish faiths are being taught in each...
A Fuse #8 Production, July 28, 2011
...first and foremost to me, but Koren has certainly done his fair share of books like the upcoming Alan Katz title Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking .  Interestingly, he hasn’t a lot of covers to his name. Gary Larson Yep.  Gary Larson did a...
Or so she says..., June 2, 2011
...A Winter Day by Douglas Florian Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz Hop On Pop by Dr. Seuss See Inside Your Body by Katie Daynes Ootah's Lucky Day by Peggy Parish Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Sylvester and...
Fun Educational Apps: Best Apps for Kids iPad / iP, June 2, 2011
...PRESENT FOR MILO, written and illustrated by Mike Austin; ANDREW ANSWERS, created by bestselling children’s book author Alan Katz; as well as THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Read-Play-and-Record-Along classic storybook app, among others. See...
Wired: GeekDad, May 17, 2011
...original eBook release, Andrew Answers , does a similar thing, but for slightly older children. It is written by Alan Katz and the quality of the work suggests that soon we might be talking about our favorite digital book storytellers, rather than the...
Ecoki, May 7, 2011
...PRESENT FOR MILO, written and illustrated by Mike Austin; ANDREW ANSWERS, created by bestselling children’s book author Alan Katz; as well as THE  VELVETEEN RABBIT Read-Play-and-Record-Along classic storybook app, among others. See...
Peaceful Reader, April 29, 2011
...a child. Yesterday I had a crazy day but part of the craziness involved two different AMAZING Authors... Alan Katz aka Silly  Dilly Man was at my school and Patrick Jennings was at the public library.  I met both and fell in love...see the photos to...
Modern Hippie Mag, April 28, 2011
...PRESENT FOR MILO, written and illustrated by Mike Austin; ANDREW ANSWERS, created by bestselling children’s book author Alan Katz; as well as THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Read-Play-and-Record-Along classic storybook app, among others. See...