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Frank Asch

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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Writer

Name
  
Frank Asch


Genre
  
Children's literature

Period
  
1968 - present

Education
  
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Born
  
August 6, 1946 (age 77) Somerville, New Jersey (
1946-08-06
)

Occupation
  
artist, illustrator, writer

Books
  
Happy Birthday - Moon, I met a penguin, Just like daddy, Like a Windy Day, Bear Shadow

GEORGE'S STORE by Frank Asch. Grandma Annii's Storytime


Reading children book-Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch


Frank Asch (born August 6, 1946 in Somerville, New Jersey) is an American children's writer, best known for his Moonbear picture books.

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In 1968, Asch published his first picture book, George's Store. The following year, he graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA. Since then he has taught at a public school in India, as well as at a Montessori school in the United States, and conducted numerous creative workshops for children. He has written over 60 books, including Turtle Tale, Mooncake, I Can Blink and Happy Birthday Moon. In 1989 he wrote Here Comes the Cat! in collaboration with Vladimir Vagin. The book was awarded the Russian National Book Award and was considered the first Russian-American collaboration on a children's book.

Asch lived in Somerville, New Jersey.

He currently lives in Hawaii with his wife, Jan.

References

Frank Asch Wikipedia