Hi. You've arrived at the cyber office of children's writer, Susan Katz,
author of:
Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems,
illustrated by Stacey Schuett (Clarion, 2007)
When the Shadbush Blooms,
co-authored w Carla Messinger, illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden
(Tricycle, 2007)
Looking for Jaguar and Other Rain Forest Poems,
illustrated by Lee Christiansen (Greenwillow, 2005)
A Revolutionary Field Trip: Poems of Colonial America,
illustrated by R.W. Alley (Simon and Schuster, 2004)
Mrs. Brown on Exhibit and Other Museum
Poems, illustrated by R.W. Alley (Simon and Schuster, 2002)
Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth
(Simon and Schuster, 1998)
This website was built by Demian Katz, and the graphics were created by
Jode Carrasco.
I'm glad you stopped by. Please come in and click around. You can pick up the rules here for the Kids Can Write contest, which I hope you'll decide to enter. Or you can find information about me and my books.
Make yourself at home. When you come in, if you hear a sound like a telephone having a temper tantrum, don't worry. That's just our neighbor, Harry the squirrel, asking why you haven't brought him a peanut butter sandwich. Don't feel bad about not bringing one, though. Harry gets plenty to eat (as you can see from the picture below).
Once you're inside, it will get even noisier since our newest family member is a rescued beagle who can't possibly get enough petting. So prepare to start a long, long belly rub, along with a bit of ear-scratching, and brace yourself for deafening howls if you dare to stop petting. The dog's name is Odie, and he knows how to dance on his hind legs, pirouetting with his nose in the air. In fact, he seems to know how to do everything Charles Schulz's cartoon beagle can do except, so far, write books - but I'm hoping....
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To find out more about Susan Katz, click
here.
To contact me, click here.
MY BOOKS:
When the Shadbush Blooms
(Tricycle, 2007), 2008 Children's Choice Book Award Finalist
Reviews of When the Shadbush
Blooms
Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems (Clarion, 2007),
Oprah's Book Club recommendation for kids ages 6-9
Reviews of Oh, Theodore!
NEW! Listen to "Peeps, Squeaks, and
an Awol Cavy," a podcast conversation about Oh, Theodore! at
Just One More Book!!
Looking for Jaguar and Other Rain Forest Poems
For teachers:
1.
HELP TO SAVE THE RAIN FOREST and
win a free copy of Looking for Jaguar.
2. You can receive a copy of the HarperCollins teaching
guide to Looking for Jaguar via direct email by
contacting me.
3. Background information about the
poems in Looking for Jaguar
4.
Reviews of Looking for
Jaguar
A Revolutionary Field Trip: Poems of Colonial America:
For teachers:
1. Background information about the
poems
2. A Revolutionary Field Trip
guide to writing poetry
3. Reviews of A
Revolutionary Field Trip
4. Find pictures of Mrs. Brown's class on the webpage of their
wonderful illustrator,
R.W. Alley.
Mrs. Brown on Exhibit and Other Museum Poems:
For teachers:
1. A
Comprehension Guide and Multiple Intelligence Projects for Mrs.
Brown on Exhibit, prepared by teacher and children's author, Tracie
Vaughn Zimmer.
2. Character study: meet the kids in Mrs. Brown's class
3. Background information about the poems
4. Mrs. Brown's guide to writing poetry
5. Reviews of Mrs. Brown on Exhibit
Meet a few real field trip queens named Mrs.
Brown
Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth
1. Background information about the
novel
2.Reviews of Snowdrops for
Cousin Ruth
KIDS' POETRY:
Classroom poetry-writing suggestions.
Bring poetry to your school.
Rules for the Kids Can Write contest.
List of winning classes.
Poems by young poets
The art gallery can be found here.
A general links page can be found here.
This page's privacy policy can be found here.
If you'd like to help me with a new idea, click here.
