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