I was born in New York City, and have lived there my whole life.
When I was young, we lived on Arnow Avenue in the Bronx.The Bronx is part of New York City.
There were loads of kids on my street.
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This is a picture of my house
on Arnow Ave.
My favorite thing to do was catch fireflies.
We used to call them lightening bugs.
We would put them in a jar.It was fun to watch the jar light up. Then we would let the bugs go.
We had a lot of fun.
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I liked going to school.
I remember elementary school.
I went to P.S. 121.P.S. stands for
Public School.
I went to Junior High School, 113, and then to
Evander High school.
After high school I went to Hunter College.
In college , I studied history and education.
My goal was to become a teacher
I wanted to work with young children.
When I was older, I worked in the library.
Reading my stories to the children is fun.
I am telling one of my WillySilly stories
using a Kamishibai stage.
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I went to graduate school too.I went to New York University. New York University is also called NYU. I received a Masters Degree in history.
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I work as a librarian at the Kinneret is a school in the Bronx, New York.
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I have also worked at other schools. To see some of the work done by the children, click on PROJECTS.
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Working with children in the library and in classrooms has helped me learn all about books for children. I love the picture books best of all.
I guess that is why I now write my own picture book stories
It is a lot of fun.
In 2003, I started writing picture books with rhyming words. My first rhyming story is called The Legend of Long Bearded Bill.
I have written many stories.
Some are in rhyme and some are not in rhyme.
I hope that all of you children will have fun reading and writing too. Maybe you will write your own stories and books.
I hope so!
I also enjoy writing songs for children. I have written several songs including songs about animals. I have some of my songs on this
website.
If someone asked me what my life's work is, I would say "writing stories."
However, I also like making craft projects, especially miniature scenes. I like making dolls too, and made my
first doll when I was l8 years old. Now I make all sorts of dolls.If you would like to see some pictures of my click on DOLLS.
Sometimes I put on puppet shows for the children.
This is an old East-European Folktale.
It is called "My House Is Crowded Wall to Wall."
I like to be creative.
I hope you like to be creative too.
Think of some great ideas!
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