Born: 01/22/1920   Saginaw , MI
Parents: Edward C. Hillert, A, Ilva Hillert
Address(es):
Permanent :
31262 Huntley Sq E
Apt 1224
Beverly Hills , MI 48025

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Love has Many Faces : Selected Poems	Poetry	Adult , Children	Dearborn Heights, MI : Gravity Presses	2002
	The Sky is not so Far Away : Night Poems for Children	Poetry	Children	Honesdale, PA : Wordsong/Boyds Mills	1996
	God's Big Book - Verse for the earliest reader	Non Fiction	Children	Cincinnati, OH : Standard Publishing	1988
	Guess, Guess : Bible Riddles for the Earliest Reader - First reader book	Non Fiction	Children	Cleveland, OH : Standard Publishing	1988
	Dandelions and Daydreams - A collection of poems celebrating the many glorious things God has put into the world.	Poetry	Children	Cincinati, OH : Standard Publishing	1987
	Seasons, Holidays, Anytime - Contains a collection of choral speaking and action verses.	Non Fiction	Children	Livonia, MI. : Partner Press	1987
	A Friend for Dear Dragon - Modern curriculum Press beginning to read series	Fiction	Children	Cleveland, OH : Modern Curriculum Press	1985
	Come to School, Dear Dragon - Modern curriculum Press beginning to read series	Fiction	Children	Cleveland : Modern Curriculum Press	1985
	Go to Sleep, Dear Dragon - Beginning to read	Fiction	Children	Cleveland, OH : Modern Curriculum Press	1985
	Help for Dear Dragon - Modern Curriculum Press beginning to read series.	Fiction	Children	Cleveland : Modern Curriculm Press	1985
	I Need You, Dear Dragon - Modern Curriculum Press beginning to read series.	Fiction	Children	Cleveland : Modern Curriculum Press	1985
	It's Circus Time, Dear Dragon - Modern Curriculum Press beginning to read series	Fiction	Children	Parsipany, NJ : Modern Curriculum Press	1985
	Action Verse in the for Early Childhood : Fingerplays and Body Movement	Non Fiction	Adult	Minneapolis : T.S. Denison	1982
	The Boy and the Goats - Story Retold. Modern Curriculum Press beginning to read series	Fiction , Folklore	Children	Cleveland : Modern Curriculum Press	1982
	I Like Things - Beginning to read series	Fiction	Children	Cleveland : Modern Curriculum Press	1981
	Pinocchio - Just Beginning to Read No. 33.	Fiction	Children	Naperville, IL : Caroline House	1981
	Play Ball - A Follett just beginning-to-read book.	Fiction	Children	Chicago : Follett	1978
	The Cookie House - Story Retold "Hansel and Gretel". Follett just beginning-to-read book.	Fiction	Children	Chicago : Follett	1978
	Happy Birthday, Dear Dragon - Follett just beginning-to-read book.	Fiction	Children	Chicago : Follett	1977
	The Sleepytime Book - "Golden touch and feel books"	Fiction	Children	Racine, WI. : Western Pub. Co.	1975
	Little Puff - Follett just beginning-to-read book.	Fiction	Children	Chicago : Follett	1973
	The Three Goats - Beginning to Read story retold	Folklore , Picture Book	Children	Chicago : Follett	1963
	The Three Pigs - Beginning to Read story retold	Folklore , Picture Book	Children	Chicago : Follett	1963
	The Funny Baby - Beginning to Read story retold "The Ugly Duckling".	Picture Book	Children	Chicago : Follett	1963
	- Hundreds of poems in a variety of periodicals for adults and children	Poetry	Adult , Children , Teen
	- Her papers are in the deGrummond Children's Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi.		Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, " I can't give you a glib one-line definition of poetry such as many I have seen. Poetry has been an undefined but definite part of my life, and I don't think I choose to write it at all. I have been writing it ever since the first one I did when I was eight years old, which seems to indicate it has always been a part of my nature. I read widely, from the poetry stacks in the library when I was growing up--and still do to some extent. I'm not one of those people who can say, 'Today I'll write a poem,' I may go without writing anything for some time as a consequence, but once I get the grain of an idea, the thing must be worked through, sometimes for days, weeks, or months. Things don't usually come to me whole and full blown. It intrigues me to work generally, but not always, with traditional forms but in fresh ways..." She is best known for her Dear Dragon series. She has written over 80 books.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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