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A delightful portfolio of children's poetry, light verse, and translations by award-winning poet, Robert Schechter.
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MEDIA - Writing | Robert Schechter, Poetry for Children and...
- REVIEWS
Booklist, STARRED REVIEW: Common Sense Media, 4/26/2023....
- ADVANCE PRAISE
Robert Schechter's poems sing with irrepressible joy. His...
- CHILDREN'S POEMS
CHILDREN'S POEMS - Writing | Robert Schechter, Poetry for...
- ABOUT ME
WELCOME! I write poetry that can be enjoyed by both children...
- Doris Chorus
Doris Chorus - Writing | Robert Schechter, Poetry for...
- The "Just Because" Hug
The "Just Because" Hug - Writing | Robert Schechter, Poetry...
- Reading Between the Letters
© 2024 Robert Schechter text © 2024 S. Federico...
- The Horse Who Said Moo
The Horse Who Said Moo - Writing | Robert Schechter, Poetry...
- Chickens
Chickens - Writing | Robert Schechter, Poetry for Children...
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Robert Schechter writes poetry for children, light verse, and is a translator. His first collection of children's poems, The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others, was published in April 2023.
Robert Schechter writes poetry for children, as well as adult light verse and poetry translations. His first book of children's poems, "The Red Ear Blows Its Nose," will be published in early 2023. His poems and translations have appeared in Highlights for Children, High Five, Cricket, Ladybug, Spider, The Caterpillar, The Washing ...
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WELCOME! I write poetry that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. My first book of children's poems, The Red Ear Blows Its Nose, will be published by Word Galaxy Press in April 2023, with delightful illustrations by S. Federico.
Like any writer of light verse worth his salt, Bob Schechter delights in word-play. The following poem could be said to be the ne plus ultra (or should that be reductio ad absurdum ?) of plausible-sounding but utterly daft neologisms: I’m Igserious! If “ignoble” means “not noble,” it seems to me that “ig” should make all words their opposites.
Booklist, STARRED REVIEW: Common Sense Media, 4/26/2023. "Parents need to know that The Red Ear Blows Its Nose, Robert Schechter's delightful book of poems, is an absolute gem, embracing the whimsical with playful words while planting seeds of curiosity and love of language.
Robert Schechter writes poetry that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. His children’s poems appear in such places as Highlights for Children, High Five, Highlights HELLO, Cricket, Spider, Ladybug, the School Magazine, and The Caterpillar, as well as in anthologies edited by J. Patrick Lewis, Kenn Nesbitt, Sylvia Vardell, Brian Moses ...