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Sylvia Cassedy

Born

in New York, The United States

January 29, 1930

Died

April 06, 1989

Genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

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An American author of picture books, poetry, and fiction, the Brooklyn-born creative-writing teacher began her career with a few minor picture books, such as Little Chameleon (1966), but is best known today for her poetry and novels. Roomrimes (1987) and the posthumously published Zoomrimes: Poems about Things That Go (1993) were praised for their perceptiveness, humor, and unusual variety of poetic forms.

Cassedy's three novels, Behind the Attic Wall (1983), M.E. and Morton (1987), and Lucie Babbidge's House (1989) are all intricate, leisurely paced novels about troubled or difficult protagonists who gain self-esteem through the intervention of possibly magical characters.

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Average rating: 4.05 · 6,262 ratings · 558 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Behind the Attic Wall 4.07 avg rating — 5,940 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucie Babbidge's House 3.75 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	M.E. and Morton 3.86 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1987 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Dragonfly on My Shoulder by Sylvia Cassedy (Translator), Kunihiro Suetake (Translator), Molly Bang (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roomrimes: Poems by Sylvia Cassedy, Michele Chessare (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birds, Frogs, and Moonlight 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Zoomrimes: Poems About Things That Go by Sylvia Cassedy, Michele Chessare (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marzipan Day on Bridget Lane really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1967	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I love the name Maggie, he went on, and she glanced up at him suspiciously-nobody loved the name Maggie-but his face was serious. It makes your teeth feel good to say it. Maggie, Maggie, Maggie. It feels like eating peanuts. Try it, and he paused, waiting for her to recite her name aloud.

She turned away, but she did try it anyway, to herself, and she felt a surprising tingle around her upper molars.”
― Sylvia Cassedy, Behind the Attic Wall

tags: maggie

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“Ideas for stories and poems are like imprisoned statues waiting to be released, not with a hammer and a chisel, but with a notebook and a pen.”
― Sylvia Cassedy, In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing

tags: advice-for-writers

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