Jack+Prelutsky

=**Jack Prelutsky**= By: Mason J.

1940 - still living


====Jack Prelutsky was born September 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. Prelutsky has been writing poetry for over 30 years. He has won several awards for his writing including the U.S. Children's Poet Laureate in 2006 and the Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award in 2007. Prelutsky has also made an appearance on the children's television show, Arthur. When he was younger he disliked poetry very much because of one of his teachers. He even said "they left me with the impression that poetry was the literary equivalent of liver. I was told it was good for me, but I wasn't convinced." Later in life when Prelutsky was in his early twenties he took six months to draw imaginary animals using ink and watercolors. He then decided to write twenty four short poems to go with each picture. A friend saw his poems and encouraged Prelutsky to take them to an editor. The editors loved his poems and he has been writing ever since. Prelutsky currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Carolynn.====

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my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.
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no elephant at all.
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