Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965–2017)
Author of Duck! Rabbit!
About the Author
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Tufts University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in advertising for several years. She wrote both children's and adult books. Her children's books included Little Pea, Little Hoot, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, show more Duck! Rabbit!, Spoon, The OK Book, Plant a Kiss, I Wish You More, That's Me Loving You, Exclamation Mark!, and Uni the Unicorn. She also wrote a picture book with her daughter Paris entitled Dear Girl. Her books for adults include Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her short films include The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree, The Kindness Thought Bubble, and Life Is a Marathon. Her essays and articles appeared in The New York Times, Hallmark Magazine, Parenting, O: The Oprah Magazine, and McSweeney's. She was also the host of the radio show Writers' Block Party on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. She died of ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017 at the age of 51. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Stuart O'Sullivan
Series
Works by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Mother's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What I've Learned in My Never-Ending Quest to Become a Dalai Mama (2001) — Author — 21 copies
Food preschool story time kit 20 copies
The Same Phrase Describes My Marriage and My Breasts: Before the Kids, They Used to Be Such a Cute Couple (Notes While… (1999) 9 copies
Uni's First Recital 2 copies
Benji, I wish you more 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Rosenthal, Amy Renee Krouse
- Birthdate
- 1965-04-29
- Date of death
- 2017-03-13
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Education
- Tufts University (AB|1987)
- Occupations
- radio host
children's book author
filmmaker - Organizations
- Foote Cone & Belding
- Agent
- Amy Rennert
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A big-eyed little owl sets out the ground rules: every time you blink, you have to turn the page, so the only way to delay (or completely avoid) bedtime is...DON'T BLINK! The owl advises all sorts of strategies, until at last the only one to try is to close your eyes - that way you can't blink. (You CAN fall asleep...but that's okay...morning will be here "in a blink"!)
Very funny - a bedtime version of There's A Monster at the End of This Book.
Very funny - a bedtime version of There's A Monster at the End of This Book.
book for very early primary, preschool and kindergarten. A little pea doesn't like to eat his candy for dinner, but after he does he gets to eat his vegetables for a treat.
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- Works
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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As someone who enjoyed the picture books about Uni, I picked up A Valentine for Uni the Unicorn with every expectation of pleasure. The first thing I noticed however, was the publication date in 2019. Given that Rosenthal sadly died of cancer in 2017, and that the cover here states that the pictures are "based on art by Brigette Barrager," I concluded that neither original creator was involved with this title. Of course, this isn't all that unusual with series devoted to popular children's book characters, but it is something to note. Unfortunately, while this fact alone wouldn't preclude enjoyment, and while I found the artwork cute, the narrative in this one just felt a little flat to me, with a text that felt more organized around its rhyming structure than geared toward communicating any story or sense of magic. Tastes vary of course, and younger children who love Uni, or just unicorns in general, might still find it enjoyable, so it is to them that I would recommend it.… (more)