Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Distinguished Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books to Aid the Homeless

Michael J. Rosen

feb 2011 · Harper Collins

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In this very special anthology of beautifully poetic short stories, thirty distinguished authors and illustrators explore the unique and varied meanings of home. Their touching words and magnificent art affirm the importance—and joy—of having a place to call one’s own.

Culturally diverse, multi-representative, and socially inclusive, this book is nourishment for the young soul.

At a time when displacement and homelessness remain painfully present in our society, this classic anthology is indispensable.

The distinguished contributors to this collection include:

• Franz Brandenberg
• Mimi Brodsky
• Lucille Clifton
• Virginia Hamilton
• Jamake Highwater
• Karla Kuskin
• Myra Cohn Livingston
• Liz Rosenberg
• Cynthia Rylant
• Jon Scieszka
• Laurence Yep
• Jane Yolen
• Arthur Yorinks
• Aliki
• Karen Barbour
• Pat Cummings
• Lisa Desimini
• Leo and Diane Dillon
• Richard Egielski
• Sheila Hamanaka
• James Marshall
• Jerry Pinkney
• Vladimir Radunsky
• James Ransome
• Aminah Robinson
• Marc Simont
• Lane Smith
• Mary Szilagyi
• Vera B. Williams

Home can be. . .

playing on the stoop of your building,

sitting in your grandmother’s kitchen,

or hiding under your back porch stairs.

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Michael J. Rosen was born on Septembr 20, 1954 in Ohio. After getting his MFA in poetry, Rosen started work as a design consultant for the Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts in 1982. In 1983, he became the literary director of the Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. During his near-twenty-year stay as literary director, Rosen was the editor for several compilations of James Thurber's writings; he also was involved in the creation of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Rosen has also "taught in the Ohio Art Council Poetry-in-the-Schools Program and Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist-in-the-Schools Program, and has conducted over 500 young authors' conferences, in-service days, writing workshops, guest author days, and residencies (for elementary, middle school, and high school students and teachers). He has acted as editor for Mirth of a Nation and 101 Damnations: The Humorists' Tour of Personal Hells, and his poetry has been featured in The Best American Poetry 1995.