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| Karla Kuskin. Photo: Julia Kuskin. |
Author and illustrator Karla Kuskin died on August 20, at the age of 77. Her career as an author spanned half a century, with her first book, Roar and More, published by Harper & Row in 1956. Since then, Kuskin wrote more than 50 books for children, most often in rhymed verse, including The Philharmonic Gets Dressed; Soap Soup; In the Middle of the Trees; and Moon, Have You Met My Mother? HarperCollins will publish her book A Boy Had a Mother Who Bought Him a Hat in March 2010.
To read a longer obituary from the New York Times, click here.
And to read a tribute to Kuskin by author/illustrator Jon Agee, click here.
