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Brooklyn College; University of Washington.
(One morning a Hungry Thing comes to town. He sits on his ...)
One morning a Hungry Thing comes to town. He sits on his tail and says, ³I want some shmancakes and tickles and feetloaf and gollipops.² The adults simply do not understand. But one little boy thinks he does . . . and young readers will have a great time guessing what the Hungry Thing really wants to eat. Spanish edition.
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(The food-loving monster is back in a welcome sequel to th...)
The food-loving monster is back in a welcome sequel to the all-time favorites The Hungry Thing and The Hungry Thing Returns. Freem's fantastical illustrations enhance the absurdity and humor in this fun-filled fantasy. Full color.
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(What will the people do when a Hungry Thing comes to town...)
What will the people do when a Hungry Thing comes to town? This hilarious book will get kids excited about reading and words as they fall in love with the Hungry Thing's crazy antics!
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(Emily can now do all kinds of wonderful things she couldn...)
Emily can now do all kinds of wonderful things she couldn't do when she was younger. She used to spill her milk when she poured it. Now she doesn't. She used to be scared to go down the twisty slide. Now she isn't. But there is still one thing that Emily cannot do. When nighttime comes and the darkness arrives, she still cannot spend the whole night at her grandma's. Will the someday ever come when Emily is no longer so afraid? In the classic tradition of Bedtime for Frances comes a warm, reassuring picture book for all children impatient to grow up, and for all parents who know that, alas, that day will come sooner than children think. Jan Slepian lives in Summit, NJ. Glo Coalson lives in Dallas, TX.
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(During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family...)
During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixth grade class in Boston, detailing the ups and downs of her life.
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Brooklyn College; University of Washington.
She obtained a degree in psychology at Brooklyn College, later doing graduate work in clinical psychology and speech pathology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She worked as a speech therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and then embarked on a writing career. With co-author Ann Seidler, she published several illustrated books in a series called the "The Listen-Hear ".
Titles included The Hungry Thing, The Hungry Thing Returns and The Hungry Thing Goes to a Restaurant: all three are for young readers and teach about phonemic awareness.
They also co-authored The Cat Who Wore a Pot on Her Head, Alfie and the Dream Machine and several other titles. Some of her books deal with mental disability, including The Alfred Summer (1980) Lester"s Turn (1981) (both of which feature the voice of a child afflicted by cerebral palsy) and Risk n" Roses (1990). for adolescent readers include The Night of the Bozos (1983),, Pinocchio"s Sister (1995), Mind Reader (1997) and Emily Just in Time (1998).
Her husband was the noted mathematician David Slepian. Her 2009 book, Astonishment: Life in the slow lane (), self-published when she was 88, is a collection of twenty brief essays on aging and life in a retirement community.
In 2010, Laura Ekstrand, artistic director of Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater in South Orange, adapted the work into a stage production which was subsequently performed at various venues in New Jersey.
In 2012, Slepian published a follow-up to Astonishment called How to Be Old. The Alfred Summer was included on a list of the One Hundred that Shaped the Century by the School Library Journal (2000).
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