A Child's First Book of Poems
1981
First Published
4.40
Average Rating
46
Number of Pages
An illustrated collection of short poems on animals and other subjects by such authors as Aileen Fisher, Eleanor Farjeon, Christina Rossetti, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Avg Rating
4.40
Number of Ratings
40
5 STARS
55%
4 STARS
30%
3 STARS
15%
2 STARS
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Author
Cyndy Szekeres
Author · 33 books
Cyndy Szekeres (pronounced "zeck-er-es") is the daughter of a toolmaker, Stephen Szekeres, and his wife Anna Ceplousky Szekeres. In 1954, Szekeres earned a certificate from the Pratt Institute in New York. Szekeres has illustrated over 40 children's books, and is best known for her animal characters. She has also written or compiled and self-illustrated 67 titles. Szekeres won the AIGA Award for her work on Moon Mouse (1969). Szekeres currently lives on a farm in Vermont.
