Posted
on September 8, 2013
...and
International Literacy Day!
This
combination of events cannot be a coincidence, can it? Obviously, we
want to make sure people can read SO THAT they can read the fun and
funny poems written by Jack Prelutsky!

According
to UNESCO, this year's theme for the day is “Literacies of the 21st
Century.”
Now
for fun and funny poems!

(Wouldn't you love to try Chocolate Chop Suey Cluster ice cream? And
how about Tuna Taco Baked Potato ice cream? Yum!)
Jack
Prelutsky was born in Brooklyn, New York, on this date in 1940. He
seemed unlikely to succeed as an author. He claims he was a skinny
kid with a big mouth, which was a bad combination, and he was quite poor. He hated school, and he particularly hated poetry. He finally
got happy when he was able to go to The High School of Music and Art,
where he trained his singing voice and performed in musicals. Still,
he went on to flunk English classes in college several times before
dropping out of college.
Prelutsky
worked odd jobs but sang in coffeehouses, where he met famed musician
Bob Dylan. The two became friends. (Prelutsky apparently met him when Dylan was becoming
known but wasn't yet huge.)

He
heard back! And it was a “yes”! People wanted to publish his
work!
But
it wasn't the pictures that Prelutsky had poured time and effort on
that the publishers wanted. It was those last-minute poems!

Also
on this date:
Check
out my Pinterest pages on September
holidays, September
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in September.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on October
holidays, October
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in October.
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