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GIRL
COMING IN FOR A LANDING—A Novel in Poems
By
April Halprin Wayland, illustrated by Elaine Clayton (Knopf,
2002)
ISBNS: 375-80158-8 (trade)
and 375-90158-2 (library edition). |
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"Thirteen Ways Of Looking At Peace" included in
LINES IN THE SAND--New
Writing On War And Peace
Edited by Mary Hoffman and Rhiannon
Lassiter. (2003) Disinformation Co.. ISBN: 0-9729529-1-8
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"Period." included in
PERIOD PIECES:Stories for Girls
Selected by Erzsi Deak and Kristin
Embry Litchman. (2003) Ages 8-12 HarperCollins. ISBN:
0-06-623796-3
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Four
Limericks
included in WRITING FUNNY BONE POEMS by Paul B. Janeczko
(Scholastic Professional Books, 2001)
ISBN: 0-439-07349-9 |
"Crayon
Dance"
included in DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE
edited by Paul B. Janeczko
(HarperCollins, 2001)
ISBN: 0-688-16251-7 |
"Bongo"
and "Rabbit",
included in I AM WRITING A POEM ABOUT...edited by
Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1997)
ISBN:
0-689-81156-X
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"Cactus"
and "Santa Fe, New Mexico",
included in MY AMERICA edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
(Simon & Schuster, 2000)
ISBN: 0-689-81247-7 |
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Illustration © by Ellen Beier |
"Taking
Violin at School",
included in CALL DOWN THE MOON: POEMS OF MUSIC
edited by Myra Cohn Livingston
(McElderry Books, 1995)
ISBN: 0-689-80416-4;
reprinted in Cricket Magazine (4/95),
and in
GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING |
"Busssssss"
and "Truck Quake",
included
in ROLL ALONG: POEMS ON WHEELS, edited
by Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1993)
ISBN: 0-689-50585-X |
"Bath",
included in POEMS FOR BROTHERS, POEMS FOR SISTERS,
edited by Myra Cohn Livingston
(Holiday House, 1991)
ISBN: 0-8234-0861-2 |
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"When
Mom Plays Just For Me",
in POEMS FOR MOTHERS,
edited by Myra Cohn Livingston
(Holiday House, 1988)
ISBN: 0-8234-0678-4 |
"Creation",
in WEST/WORD, (UCLA literary magazine). Winter/Spring
1990,
reprinted in
GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING |
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| More
than twenty-five poems have been accepted for publication
in Cricket Magazine. Cricket accepts
poems and then holds them until they can use them. Here
are the ones that have been published so far: |
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"Duets
for Two Violins" (8/97) |
Illustration © by Allen Marks |
"My
Father Whistles the Hills" (6/98)
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“Riddle”
(9/98)
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“Sandpiper”
(7/98) |
Illustration © by Brad Teare |
"Symmetry"
(6/99)
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"On
the Death of a Small Dog" (11/99)
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“Those
School Dances” (9/99) |
Illustration © by Eric von Schmidt |
"Music
Critic" (12/99)
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"Crayon
Dance" (3/00) |
Illustration © by Chad Cameron |
"Better
Than A TV Weather Forecaster" (4/00)
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| "Float"
(6/00) |
"Frog
in a Bucket" (8/00) |
| "My
Dad Lettered In Sports" (6/01), ) |
"Cat
Act" (1/01), |
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"Pied
Piper" (4/02) |
Recording
(Tape & CD):
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IT'S
NOT MY TURN TO LOOK FOR GRANDMA AND OTHER STORIES
Tape:
ISBN: 0-9666277-0-9, CD: ISBN 0-9666277-1-7
order here
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Radio:
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DOWN THE STAIRS (KPFK - 91.7 FM), a Los Angeles children's
radio program hosted by Uncle Ruthie Buell, occasionally
airs my stories and poems on Sundays at 8:30 a.m. |
Autobiography:
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See
my chapter in volume 26 of
SOMETHING
ABOUT THE AUTHOR-Autobiography Series
(Gale Research) ISBN: 0-7876-1144-1. My twenty-five-page
chapter has lots of poetry interwoven in it. Most
libraries have this series at the reference desk. |
Poetry
Awards:
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The CD and tape IT’S NOT MY TURN TO LOOK FOR GRANDMA AND
OTHER STORIES (which includes 17 poems) won the
National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Medal
for Storytelling
order here |
Music Critic (The Ocean’s Opinion)
won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Magazine Merit Award for Poetry:
Cat
Act
won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Magazine Merit Honor Award for Poetry.
Procrastination
was runner-up for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Magazine Merit Award for Poetry. |
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"[April
Halprin Wayland’s] work is stupendous...some of the best
writing I've seen in a long, long time." ~ poet
Lee Bennett Hopkins
(Okay…this isn’t technically an award, but Lee’s comment
sure makes me FEEL as if I’ve won an award!) |
