Born: 09/09/1906   Iron River , MI
Died: 12/02/2002
Parents: Nelson E. Fisher, Lucia M. Fisher
Address(es):
Last known address:
Boulder , CO

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	I Heard a Bluebird Sing :children select their favorite poems by Aileen Fisher	Poetry	Children	Honesdale, Pa: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press	2002
	Sing of the Earth and the Sky: poems about our planet and the wonder beyond	Poetry	Children	Honesdale, Pa: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press	2001
	Always Wondering	Poetry	Children	New York: HarperCollins	1991
	Valley of the Smallest: the life story of a shrew	Non Fiction	Children	New York: Crowell	1966
	All on a Mountain Day	Fiction	Children	New York: Nelson	1956
	Timber! Logging in Michigan	Non Fiction	Children	New York: Aladdin Books	1955
	- Over 100 books published for children and young adults-plays, verse, biography, fiction, and non-fiction (mostly natural history)	Poetry	Children		1927 -2002

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Illustrator

Name	Date
NCTE Poetry Award for Sing of the Earth and Sky	2011
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities	1988
National Council of Teachers of English, Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children	1978
Western Writers of America, Spur Award for Valley of the Smallest	1967
Notable Books of the Year, American Library Association for Valley of the Smallest	1966
Notable Books of the Year, American Library Association for In the Middle of the Night	1965
Notable Books of the Year, American Library Association for Listen, Rabbit	1964
Notable Books of the Year, American Library Association for My Cousin Abe	1962
Junior Literary Guild Books - Books include: The Coffee Pot Face, All on a Mountain Day, Summer of Little Rain, We Dickinsons, Feathered Ones and Furry	1933 -1977

MeLCat Links:
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http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/09sep/9-9fisher.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Fisher

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