Born: 04/12/1910   Sunnyside
Died: 07/17/1999
Parents: Frank L. and M. Ethelyn Showers
Spouse: Kay M., a psychologist
Children: Paul Walker, and Kate Barger (twins)

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Ears Are for Hearing - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1990
	You Can't Make a Move Without Your Muscles - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1982
	No Measles, No Mumps for Me - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1980
	Me and My Family Tree - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1978
	A Book of Scary Things		Children	Doubleday	1977
	The Bird and the Stars		Children	Doubleday	1975
	The Moon Walker		Children	Doubleday	1975
	Sleep is For Everyone - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1974 -1997
	Where Does the Garbage Go? - Let's Read and Find Out Series. Republished 2010 by HarperTrophy.	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1974 -1994
	Use Your Brain - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1971
	What Happen to a Hamburger? - Let's Read and Find Out Series (Publication Years: 1970, revised 1985, 2001)	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1970
	Indian Festivals	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1969
	Hear Your Heart - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1968 -2001
	Before You Were A Baby - With Kay M. Showers, Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1968
	How You Talk - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1967 -1992
	A Drop of Blood - Let's Read and Find Out Series (Publication Years: 1967, revised 1987, 2004)	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1967
	Columbus Day	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1965
	Your Skin and Mine - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1965 -1991
	Follow Your Nose - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1963
	How Many Teeth? - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1962 -1991
	Look at Your Eyes - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1962 -1993
	Find Out by Touching - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1961
	In the Night - Let's Read and Find Out Series	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1961
	The Listening Walk - Let's Read and Find Out Series (Publication Years: 1961, new edition 1991)	Non Fiction	Children	Crowell	1961
	Fortune Telling for Fun and Popularity - (Publication Years: 1942, 1971, 1985)	Non Fiction	Children	New Home Library
	New York Times Book Review - Contributor of articles and book reviews		Children
	- Contributor of humorous verse and short articles to Life, Judge, and Ballyhoo		Children

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Contemporary Authors says, "While trying out his dream of becoming an actor and playwright, he took a job in 1932 for Life Magazine when they included a novelty crossword feature, a gigantic "cockeyed" puzzle that covered an entire two-page spread. Constructing puzzles quicky became his main occupation. Life called them "cockeyed" because the definitions were to be outrageously misleading and whenever possible funny...all words had to be in the average reader's vocabulary. The only one he could recall was a four-letter word meaning 'a bender you can take the children on'. The answer was knee."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/XPaul+Showers&searchscope=15&SORT=D/XPaul+Showers&searchscope=15&SORT=D&SUBKEY=Paul+Showers/1%2C177%2C177%2CB/browse#anchor_1

Death Date - in Orange, MA. Shower's manuscripts are included in the Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota.

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