Karla Kuskin (1932–2009)
Author of Under My Hood I Have a Hat
About the Author
Karla Kuskin was born in Manhattan on July 17, 1932. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Yale University in 1955. Her first book, Roar and More (1956), was the result of her senior graphic-arts project, for which she had to design and print a book on a small press. She was the author show more or illustrator of more than 50 children's books during her lifetime including In the Middle of the Trees (1958); The Rose on My Cake (1964); The Philharmonic Gets Dressed (1982); The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed (1986); Jerusalem, Shining Still (1987); City Dog (1994); The Upstairs Cat (1997); Moon, Have You Met My Mother? (2003); and Traces (2008). She died of cortical basal ganglionic degeneration on August 20, 2009 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Karla Kuskin
Associated Works
Who woke the sun? — Illustrator — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, December 1975 — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Kuskin, Karla Seidman
- Birthdate
- 1932-07-17
- Date of death
- 2009-08-20
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Education
- Yale University
- Occupations
- children's book author
children's book illustrator
poet - Short biography
- Karla Kuskin grew up in New York City, and wanted to write and draw from an early age. Her many books include those written by her, or illustrated by her, and those she has both written and illustrated. She first became well-known with her 1956 book Roar and More, and went on to produce such award-winning and popular titles as In the Middle of the Trees (1959), The Philharmonic Gets Dressed (1982), The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed (1986), and The Sky Is Always in the Sky (1998). In 1979, she won a National Council of Teachers of English Poetry prize for her body of work.
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Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin
Beautiful illustrations, along with the story, it opens it up for discussions.
This is a marvelous book about the orchestra. It introduces the concept of the symphony by showing the musicans preparing for a concert by bathing and dressing and going to the concert hall. It's a little long for storytime, but for a kid with a good attention span it would be a great one-on-one. It makes me kind of sad that it's no longer very well known, because it's just terrific.
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