Pomerantz, Charlotte

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POMERANTZ, Charlotte

POMERANTZ, Charlotte. American, b. 1930. Genres: Children's fiction. Career: Writer; has worked as a salesperson, waitress, researcher, copy editor, and editor. Publications: FOR CHILDREN. FICTION: The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep, 1965; The Moon Pony, 1967; Ask the Windy Sea, 1968; Why You Look Like You Whereas I Tend to Look Like Me, 1969; The Princess and the Admiral (folktale), 1974; Detective Poufy's First Case; or, The Missing Battery-Operated Pepper Grinder, 1976; The Mango Tooth, 1977; The Downtown Fairy Godmother, 1978; Noah and Namah's Ark, 1981; Buffy and Albert, 1982; Posy, 1983; The Half-Birthday Party, 1984; One Duck, Another Duck, 1984; Where's the Bear?, 1984; Whiff, Sniff, Nibble, and Chew: The Gingerbread Boy Retold, 1984; Timothy Tall Feather, 1986; How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow?, 1987; The Chalk Doll, 1989; Serena Katz, 1992; The Outside Dog, 1993; Here Comes Henny, 1994; You're Not My Best Friend Anymore, 1997; Mangaboom, 1997; The Birthday Letters, 2000; The Mousery, 2000. POETRY: The Piggy in the Puddle, 1974; The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems, 1980; If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages, 1982; All Asleep: Poems and Lullabies, 1984; Flap Your Wings and Try, 1989; Halfway to Your House, 1993. OTHER: The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo: A Drama of Ecology (play), 1971; (lyricist and co-author with J. Dent) Eureka! (musical), 1996- 97. Contributor to anthologies. Address: 261 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A.