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Happy 90th, Charlotte Pomerantz! (1975 Jane Addams Medalist, "The Princess & the Admiral")
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leno...@yahoo.com
Jul 24, 2020, 2:41:45 PM7/24/20
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Also a poet and playwright, she lives in NYC.
Her most popular book appears to be the 1974 "The Piggy in the
Puddle," illustrated by James Marshall.
She's written for "Ladybug" and "Humpty Dumpty,"
From Contemporary Authors:
(Pomerantz) once commented on the development of her writing skills:
"When I was nine, I wrote a children's story about a trio named Tommy,
Lulu, and Dee Dee Dum Dum. Fortunately, it has been lost." After
writing for her high school newspaper and contributing stories to a
literary magazine at Sarah Lawrence College, Pomerantz said she "wrote
a long children's story about the hierarchy of personnel in a zoo that
roughly paralleled Stern's department store, where I worked as a
salesperson. Some years later, a friend suggested I submit it to a
publisher and, after drastic cutting, it was published. This
encouraged me to write and submit other stories for children. It never
occurred to me to submit stories prior to this, and I still think one
should write for a long time for the pleasurable pain of it before
worrying about publication."
(end)
About "The Princess and the Admiral":
"When a fleet of warships attacks the Tiny Kingdom, a clever young
princess uses ingenuity to preserve her kingdom's one hundred years of
peace. Based on a thirteenth-century incident involving Kublai Khan
and Vietnam."
https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/pomerantz-charlotte-1930
(includes her awards and a long article on her work)
https://www.wnyc.org/people/charlotte-pomerantz/
(17-minute radio interview from 2008, with other guests)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Pomerantz
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=576&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=%22charlotte+pomerantz%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
(covers and photos)
*
Writings
*
FOR CHILDREN
* The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep, illustrated by Meg Wohlberg, Morrow
(New York, NY), 1965.
* The Moon Pony, illustrated by Loretta Trezzo, Young Scott Books
(New York, NY), 1967.
* Why You Look like You Whereas I Look like Me, Young Scott Books
(New York, NY), 1968, published as Why You Look like You Whereas I
Tend to Look like Me, illustrated by Rosemary Wells and Susan Jeffers,
1969.
* Ask the Windy Sea, illustrated by Nancy Grossman and Anita
Siegel, Young Scott Books (New York, NY), 1968.
* The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo: A Drama of Ecology (play
in rhyme), illustrated by José Aruego, Young Scott Books (New York,
NY), 1971.
* The Piggy in the Puddle, illustrated by James Marshall,
Macmillan (New York, NY), 1974.
* The Princess and the Admiral (folktale adaptation), illustrated
by Tony Chen, Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1974.
* The Ballad of the Long-tailed Rat (rhyme), illustrated by Marian
Parry, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1975.
* Detective Poufy's First Case; or, The Missing Battery-operated
Pepper Grinder, illustrated by Marty Norman, Addison-Wesley (Reading,
MA), 1976.
* The Mango Tooth, illustrated by Marylin Hafner, Greenwillow (New
York, NY), 1977.
* The Downtown Fairy Godmother, illustrated by Susanna Natti,
Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1978.
* (Author and lyricist with Jennifer Dent) Eureka! (children's
musical), produced at Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New
York, NY, 1979.
* The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems, illustrated by Byron
Barton, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1980.
* Noah and Namah's Ark, illustrated by Kelly Carson, Holt (New
York, NY), 1981.
* Buffy and Albert, illustrated by Yossi Abolafia, Greenwillow
(New York, NY), 1982.
* If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages, illustrated by Nancy
Tafuri, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1982.
* Posy, illustrated by Catherine Stock, Greenwillow (New York,
NY), 1983.
* All Asleep (poems and lullabies), illustrated by Nancy Tafuri,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.
* The Half-Birthday Party, illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan,
Clarion (New York, NY), 1984.
* One Duck, Another Duck, illustrated by José Aruego and Ariane
Dewey, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.
* Where's the Bear?, illustrated by Byron Barton, Greenwillow (New
York, NY), 1984.
* Whiff, Sniff, Nibble, and Chew: The Gingerbread Boy Retold,
illustrated by Monica Incisa, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.
* Rap, Snap: The Electric Gingerbreak Boy ("rap" play; adapted
from Whiff, Sniff, Nibble and Chew: The Gingerbread Boy Retold),
produced at Children's Dance Theater, 1984.
* Timothy Tall Feather, illustrated by Stock, Greenwillow (New
York, NY), 1986.
* How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow?, illustrated by R. W.
Alley, Random House (New York, NY), 1987.
* The Chalk Doll, illustrated by Frane Lessac, Lippincott (New
York, NY), 1989.
* Flap Your Wings and Try (rhyming verse), illustrated by Tafuri,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.
* Serena Katz, illustrated by Alley, Macmillan (New York, NY),
1992.
* Halfway to Your House (poems), illustrated by Gabrielle Vincent,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1993.
* The Outside Dog, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas, HarperCollins
(New York, NY), 1993.
* Here Comes Henny, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.
* Mangaboom, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.
* You're Not My Best Friend Anymore, illustrated by David Soman,
Dial (New York, NY), 1997.
* The Birthday Letters, illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi, Greenwillow
(New York, NY), 2000.
* The Mousery, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus, Harcourt (San Diego,
CA), 2000.
*
Adaptations
"Several versions of The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo and
The Princess and the Admiral have been produced as children's plays at
public schools throughout the United States."
Her most popular book appears to be the 1974 "The Piggy in the
Puddle," illustrated by James Marshall.
She's written for "Ladybug" and "Humpty Dumpty,"
From Contemporary Authors:
(Pomerantz) once commented on the development of her writing skills:
"When I was nine, I wrote a children's story about a trio named Tommy,
Lulu, and Dee Dee Dum Dum. Fortunately, it has been lost." After
writing for her high school newspaper and contributing stories to a
literary magazine at Sarah Lawrence College, Pomerantz said she "wrote
a long children's story about the hierarchy of personnel in a zoo that
roughly paralleled Stern's department store, where I worked as a
salesperson. Some years later, a friend suggested I submit it to a
publisher and, after drastic cutting, it was published. This
encouraged me to write and submit other stories for children. It never
occurred to me to submit stories prior to this, and I still think one
should write for a long time for the pleasurable pain of it before
worrying about publication."
(end)
About "The Princess and the Admiral":
"When a fleet of warships attacks the Tiny Kingdom, a clever young
princess uses ingenuity to preserve her kingdom's one hundred years of
peace. Based on a thirteenth-century incident involving Kublai Khan
and Vietnam."
https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/pomerantz-charlotte-1930
(includes her awards and a long article on her work)
https://www.wnyc.org/people/charlotte-pomerantz/
(17-minute radio interview from 2008, with other guests)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Pomerantz
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=576&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=%22charlotte+pomerantz%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
(covers and photos)
*
Writings
*
FOR CHILDREN
* The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep, illustrated by Meg Wohlberg, Morrow
(New York, NY), 1965.
* The Moon Pony, illustrated by Loretta Trezzo, Young Scott Books
(New York, NY), 1967.
* Why You Look like You Whereas I Look like Me, Young Scott Books
(New York, NY), 1968, published as Why You Look like You Whereas I
Tend to Look like Me, illustrated by Rosemary Wells and Susan Jeffers,
1969.
* Ask the Windy Sea, illustrated by Nancy Grossman and Anita
Siegel, Young Scott Books (New York, NY), 1968.
* The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo: A Drama of Ecology (play
in rhyme), illustrated by José Aruego, Young Scott Books (New York,
NY), 1971.
* The Piggy in the Puddle, illustrated by James Marshall,
Macmillan (New York, NY), 1974.
* The Princess and the Admiral (folktale adaptation), illustrated
by Tony Chen, Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1974.
* The Ballad of the Long-tailed Rat (rhyme), illustrated by Marian
Parry, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1975.
* Detective Poufy's First Case; or, The Missing Battery-operated
Pepper Grinder, illustrated by Marty Norman, Addison-Wesley (Reading,
MA), 1976.
* The Mango Tooth, illustrated by Marylin Hafner, Greenwillow (New
York, NY), 1977.
* The Downtown Fairy Godmother, illustrated by Susanna Natti,
Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1978.
* (Author and lyricist with Jennifer Dent) Eureka! (children's
musical), produced at Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New
York, NY, 1979.
* The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems, illustrated by Byron
Barton, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1980.
* Noah and Namah's Ark, illustrated by Kelly Carson, Holt (New
York, NY), 1981.
* Buffy and Albert, illustrated by Yossi Abolafia, Greenwillow
(New York, NY), 1982.
* If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages, illustrated by Nancy
Tafuri, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1982.
* Posy, illustrated by Catherine Stock, Greenwillow (New York,
NY), 1983.
* All Asleep (poems and lullabies), illustrated by Nancy Tafuri,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.
* The Half-Birthday Party, illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan,
Clarion (New York, NY), 1984.
* One Duck, Another Duck, illustrated by José Aruego and Ariane
Dewey, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.
* Where's the Bear?, illustrated by Byron Barton, Greenwillow (New
York, NY), 1984.
* Whiff, Sniff, Nibble, and Chew: The Gingerbread Boy Retold,
illustrated by Monica Incisa, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.
* Rap, Snap: The Electric Gingerbreak Boy ("rap" play; adapted
from Whiff, Sniff, Nibble and Chew: The Gingerbread Boy Retold),
produced at Children's Dance Theater, 1984.
* Timothy Tall Feather, illustrated by Stock, Greenwillow (New
York, NY), 1986.
* How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow?, illustrated by R. W.
Alley, Random House (New York, NY), 1987.
* The Chalk Doll, illustrated by Frane Lessac, Lippincott (New
York, NY), 1989.
* Flap Your Wings and Try (rhyming verse), illustrated by Tafuri,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.
* Serena Katz, illustrated by Alley, Macmillan (New York, NY),
1992.
* Halfway to Your House (poems), illustrated by Gabrielle Vincent,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1993.
* The Outside Dog, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas, HarperCollins
(New York, NY), 1993.
* Here Comes Henny, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.
* Mangaboom, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.
* You're Not My Best Friend Anymore, illustrated by David Soman,
Dial (New York, NY), 1997.
* The Birthday Letters, illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi, Greenwillow
(New York, NY), 2000.
* The Mousery, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus, Harcourt (San Diego,
CA), 2000.
*
Adaptations
"Several versions of The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo and
The Princess and the Admiral have been produced as children's plays at
public schools throughout the United States."
leno...@yahoo.com
Jul 24, 2020, 2:59:34 PM7/24/20
to
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=UUnzOjuIhUtLt60vOPxG3K_A&index=10&v=O4XPP3Vlge8
(unusual interview from at least ten years ago)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KCyOiQB41ok
(another - she appears in this one)
There are many read-alouds of her books on YouTube.
(unusual interview from at least ten years ago)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KCyOiQB41ok
(another - she appears in this one)
There are many read-alouds of her books on YouTube.
leno...@yahoo.com
Jul 24, 2020, 3:05:04 PM7/24/20
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http://charlottepomerantz.com
(her site - it includes a few of her poems)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/charlotte-pomerantz/
(eight Kirkus reviews)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/86432.Charlotte_Pomerantz
(reader reviews)
Lenona.
(her site - it includes a few of her poems)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/charlotte-pomerantz/
(eight Kirkus reviews)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/86432.Charlotte_Pomerantz
(reader reviews)
Lenona.
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