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  2. A Light in the Attic - Wikipedia

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    0-06-025673-7. OCLC. 7574216. A Light in the Attic is a book of poems by American poet, writer, and musician Shel Silverstein. The book consists of 135 poems accompanied by illustrations also created by Silverstein. [1] It was first published by Harper & Row Junior Books in 1981 and was a bestseller for months after its publication, [2] but it ...

  3. William Wordsworth - Wikipedia

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    William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that ...

  4. Robert Bly - Wikipedia

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    Robert Bly. Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), [ 1] which spent 62 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, [ 2] and is a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement.

  5. Jaco Jacobs - Wikipedia

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    www.jacojacobs.co.za. Jaco Jacobs (born 1980) is a South African children's author who writes in Afrikaans . Jacobs was born in the South African town of Carnarvon, Northern Cape. He started writing at a young age and sold his first short stories to magazines while still in high school. [ 1 ] To date, he has published more than 260 books for ...

  6. Edward Lear - Wikipedia

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    Genre. Children's literature, literary nonsense and limericks. Notable works. The Book of Nonsense, "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat". Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [ 1][ 2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a ...

  7. Roald Dahl - Wikipedia

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    Roald Dahl[ a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. [ 1][ 2] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. [ 3][ 4] He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".

  8. Sherman Alexie - Wikipedia

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    fallsapart .com. Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle, Washington.

  9. Elizabeth Acevedo - Wikipedia

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    www .acevedowrites .com. Elizabeth Acevedo is an American poet and author. [ 1] In September 2022, the Poetry Foundation named her the year's Young People's Poet Laureate. [ 2] Acevedo is the author of the young adult novels The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land. The Poet X is a New York Times Bestseller, [ 3] National Book ...