Harriet Ziefert
Harriet Ziefert
Harriet Ziefert is an American children's author. Ziefert was born in North Bergen, New Jersey. She has written several hundred children's books, including the Little Hippo series. Notable illustrators of her books include Emilie Boon and Santiago Cohen...
consider decades foolish language might seeing seen somewhere structure though
I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book - though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.
truly
It's nothing huge, nothing truly terrible. They're more like little aggravations,
address books goal range sure
My goal is to make sure (children's) books address a whole range of emotions, ... There are too many books that are too sweet, too saccharine. Everyone is happy, everything is good, everything is fine. And that's just not real life.
feelings paper parents talked teachers
Teachers and parents should try to get these feelings out in the open, down on paper and let them be talked about.
author both full responsibility since
Since I am both the author and the publisher of this book, I must, of course, take full responsibility for the text.