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Karla Kuskin
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Karla Kuskin

Cats have permitted Karla Kuskin to observe their antics for a very long time. She's found that they especially like to nap on her papers when she is trying to write about them! She has written dozens of poetry collections and picture books, including Roar and More; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed; The Animals and the Ark; and Moon, Have You Met My Mother? She has won numerous awards for her witty way with words, including the prestigious NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children and the Children's Book Council's Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives with her husband and Velma the cat on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? will be released on May 20, 2008 in Trade Paperback
May 20, 2008
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? is now available in Trade Paperback
May 20, 2008
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So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? will be released on May 31, 2005 in Hardcover
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So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? is now available in Hardcover
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I Am Me will be released on June 01, 2000 in Hardcover
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So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

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Boston Globe, August 29, 2009
...NEW YORK - Karla Kuskin, a noted childrens author and illustrator whose work combined sly wit and propulsive vitality with deep thoughtfulness about the essential natures of people, animals, and things, died of a...
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 2009
...Karla Kuskin, 77, a prominent children's book writer and illustrator, died Thursday in Seattle. She had a neurological disorder, and died of cortical basal ganglionic degeneration, said her children, Nicholas...
Los Angeles Times, August 24, 2009
...of prose and poetry, including 'Roar and More,Â'about animals and the noises they make. Text size Karla Kuskin, an award-winning children's author and illustrator who first achieved fame with 'Roar and More,' a 1956 book about animals and the noises...
Boston Globe, August 24, 2009
...NEW YORK - Karla Kuskin, a noted childrens author and illustrator whose work combined sly wit and propulsive vitality with deep thoughtfulness about the essential natures of people, animals, and things, died of a...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, August 23, 2009
...Children's book author and illustrator Karla Kuskin . Children's book author and illustrator Karla Kuskin of a neurological disorder. She was 77. Kuskin was best known for writing poetry for children that was meant to be...
SiliconValley.com, August 22, 2009
...Karla Kuskin, a noted children's author and illustrator whose work combined sly wit and propulsive vitality with deep thoughtfulness about the essential natures of people, animals and things, died Thursday...
New York Times, August 22, 2009
...Karla Kuskin, a noted childrens author and illustrator whose work combined sly wit and propulsive vitality with deep thoughtfulness about the essential natures of people, animals and things, died on Thursday...
Hope Is the Word, October 8, 2009
...shared a nice little stack of books. . .   I was delighted to find James and the Rain by Karla Kuskin spread-eagle atop a bookcase, ready for the taking.  (Those librians really do  know their tricks!)  I don’t know if it was the fortuitious...
Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves, August 31, 2009
...week I'll use the Great Monday Give as a platform to honor two children's literature legends: Karla Kuskin , who died last week at the age 77, and Reading Rainbow which was canceled due to funding and aired its last episode on Friday after 26 years on the...
Shelfari, August 25, 2009
...at No. 1 on the August 30 New York Times bestseller list in the Advice and How-To category. Karla Kuskin (1932-2009): Award-winning children's book author and illustrator Karla Kuskin died on August 20 at the age of 77. Inglourious Agatha: Last week, on...
TWO WRITING TEACHERS, April 1, 2009
...it to you (their teacher). Take a class on free-verse poetry at http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/karla_home.htm with Karla Kuskin. While Kuskin doesn’t promise to comment on kids’ poems, she does promise to read their published poetry...
Cynsations, February 23, 2009
...and Elma Hader , Maurice Sendak , Ezra Jack Keats as well as personal moments with good friends, Paula Danziger , Karla Kuskin , Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff , Avi , Hilary Knight ...to mention a wee few. My life has been blessed. Looking back, I...