Mary Ann Hoberman, a kids' writer whose poems embraced Jewish homes
She co-founded and performed with “The Pocket People,” a children’s theater group, and “Women’s Voices,” a group giving dramatized poetry readings.
Source: jpost.com
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She co-founded and performed with “The Pocket People,” a children’s theater group, and “Women’s Voices,” a group giving dramatized poetry readings.
(JTA) — Poet and children’s book author Mary Ann Hoberman, whose own childhood in a “very loud, raucous, opinionated” Jewish household inspired the family themes that infused her books, died
She wrote whimsical tales about the little things in a child’s life. “A House Is a House for Me” won a National Book Award.
She received a National Book Award for 'A House Is a House for Me' – first printed in 1978, an enduring classic.