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Eileen Spinelli

Eileen Spinelli

Eileen Spinelli

Eileen Spinelli is no stranger to the Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers list. Since her debut in 1991 with Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, an IRA/CBC Children's Choice book and Christopher Award winner, she has gone on to author numerous picture books, poetry collections, and chapter books, including the best-selling When Mama Comes Home Tonight, and the critically acclaimed Sophie's Masterpiece. Eileen lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Buzz will be released on July 06, 2010 in
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When Papa Comes Home Tonight will be released on April 28, 2009 in Hardcover
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When Papa Comes Home Tonight is now available in Hardcover
Apr 28, 2009
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Sophie's Masterpiece has won an award
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Sophie's Masterpiece has won an award
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch has won an award
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch has won an award
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch has won an award
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Do You Have a Hat? has won an award
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Do You Have a Hat? has won an award
Mar 09, 2009
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Do You Have a Hat? has won an award
Mar 09, 2009
When You Are Happy will be released on April 11, 2006 in
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Do You Have a Hat? will be released on September 21, 2004 in
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Do You Have a Hat? is now available in
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Sophie's Masterpiece will be released on April 27, 2004 in
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Sophie's Masterpiece is now available in
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Sophie's Masterpiece will be released on May 01, 2001 in
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When Mama Comes Home Tonight will be released on September 01, 1998 in
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch will be released on January 01, 1996 in
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch is now available in
Jan 01, 1996

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TheDay.com, August 1, 2010
...Keith Choices this week: "Kitten for a Day" by Ezra Jack Keats; "Three Pebbles and a Song" by Eileen Spinelli; "Power of Un" by Nancy Etchemendy BOOKS TO BUY The following books are available at favorite bookstores. "Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a...
San Angelo Standard-Times, July 14, 2010
...School. Each student also gets a copy of a book. This year it is "Where I Live" by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Matt Phelan. "It’s about this girl who’s about to move to live with her Grandpa Joe because he broke his arm falling off the ladder...
CBS 7, June 17, 2010
...Palatini •June 30: Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow •July 07: Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli •July 14: Bubbles, Bubbles by Kathi Appelt •July 21: The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack •July 28: Rumble in the Jungle by...
Associated Content, April 28, 2010
...Rice song if you would like to add it to this cute book. Here Comes the Year by Eileen Spinelli. This picture book for learning the months of the year is more complex than most. The lyrical, rhyming words for each month use descriptive adjectives and...
Associated Content, April 23, 2010
...children. Enjoy this book with your children: I like Noisy, Mother Likes Quiet: A Mother's Day Story Eileen Spinelli has written an endearing book especially for Mother's Day. The theme will ring true with mom and the kids. Little Raccoon is noisy and...
Teachers Net, February 1, 2010
...is $3.00 + media mail shipping, payable by money order. 1. Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli 2. First Grade Valentines by Joanne Ryder 3. It's Valentine'sDay by Jack Prelutsky 4. Valentine's Day by Miriam Nerlove 5. Two Special Valentines...
Military.com, December 25, 2009
...are some books that might appeal to you or someone on your Christmas list: 'Where I Live,' by Eileen Spinelli (Dial, 2007) The spare poetry of this children's book captures the heartache of leaving behind all that is familiar and embracing a new life -...
Wellsboro Gazette, December 15, 2009
...and reading a book. The book she read over the loudspeaker was Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli. It was the story of a shy man who opened up when a Valentine came to him accidentally. Feel like you're not getting the whole story? You...
Wellsboro Gazette, December 12, 2009
...and reading a book. The book she read over the loudspeaker was Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli. It was the story of a shy man who opened up when a Valentine came to him accidentally. Feel like you're not getting the whole story? You...
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, December 1, 2009
...Melanie Fiske Choices this week: “I.Q. Goes to School” by Mary Ann Fraser, “Wanda’s Monster” by Eileen Spinelli, “Because of Anya” by Margaret Peterson Haddix Books to buy The following books are available at favorite bookstores. “The...
Time For Kids, November 22, 2009
...By TFK Kid Reporter Brennan LaBrie Jerry and Eileen Spinelli are the authors of many books, including Eggs, Maniac Magee and Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. Jerry Spinelli is a Newbery Prize winner and writer of many young adult...
Rochester Post Bulletin, October 19, 2009
...That's the advice Jerry and Eileen Spinelli give you for Oct. 7 in their book 'Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes and Letters to Myself' ($15.99, Knopf), which hits bookstores Friday. The book...
Teaching K-8, October 15, 2009
...to write an explanation describing why they thought their particular book was scary or silly. Monster Me by Eileen Spinelli Your students can listen to this story and see how this scary monster gets a surprise! This lesson plan will show the child that...
KansasCity.com, October 8, 2009
...t sometimes go along with what they're telling you to do. That's the advice Jerry and Eileen Spinelli give you for Oct. 7 in their book "Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes and Letters to Myself" ($15.99, Knopf), which hits bookstores Oct. 16. The...
Cabinet.com, September 10, 2009
...children's book and educational publishers. After her first illustrated novel in 1982, ?Thanksgiving at the Tappletons? by Eileen Spinelli, she began writing her own stories and has published 45 books for children since then. She says the process of...
Springfield Sun, September 10, 2009
...pictures.? Partnering with such noted children?s book authors as Ann Stott, Anne Rockwell, Betty Birney, Liz Wu, Eileen Spinelli, Jacqui Robbins, Lorijo Metz, Sonia Manzano and Alice Schertle, Phelan has been illustrating some very good stories...
readergirlz, July 3, 2010
...This Week's Picks Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff This Month's Spotlighted Title Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter...
Kids Lit, June 3, 2010
...The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff Bindi is facing a lot of changes in her life.  First, her father has left their family to find a job in another city...
Fishing for Words, January 5, 2010
...came across Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green , ( Albert Whitman and Company , 2009) a picture book written by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by my fellow Ohioan,  Anne Kennedy  (we are not acquainted). Being the treehugger I am, I immediately picked it...
Jacksonville's Most Recent Headlines - Jacksonvill, January 5, 2010
...on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 EMAIL PRINT BLOG THIS COMMENT Photos 'How to Clean Your Room'  Author: Eileen Spinelli.  Data:  Ideals Publications, $18.99; ages 5 to 8.    » Subscribe to Brandy's RSS feed  » See all of our feeds, and learn how to use...
Words World and Wings, January 4, 2010
...Today I Will Jerry and Eileen Spinelli Knopf Nonfiction October 2009 Grades 5-8 I love quotes, and this book, written for children and young adults, inspires and amuses with a quote for each day of the...
Welcome to Mrs. DeRaps's Online Class!, January 4, 2010
...Thalia Chaltas 43. Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself by Jerry & Eileen Spinelli 44. Graceling by Kristin Cashore 45. We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change by Tim Flannery & Sall Walker 46. Hanging...
Write for a Reader, January 1, 2010
...story has as much devious fun as a picture book can hold. -- Natasha Maw Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books Nominated by: Kathy Temean Silly Tilly is not your ordinary goose. Quite the opposite, in fact — and her...
Maw Books, December 31, 2009
...Free Verse Novels Sold by Patricia McCormick Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson Holiday A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck So there you have it!!  I’m a bit of a book...
Tara's View on Books, December 28, 2009
...by P.K.Hallinan HERE. (ends January 5, open to Canada/USA)Win How To Clean Your Room by Eileen Spinelli HERE. (ends January 6, open to Canada/USA)Win SafetyTats HERE. (ends January 11, open to Canada/USA...
5 Great Books, November 4, 2009
...Jack and Annie go back to the night before the first Thanksgiving. Chapter Book . The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli (Author) and JoAnn Adinolfi (Illustrator) A rhyming tale of two Thanksgivings, at a “perfect” house and…the other kind....
Metropolitan Mama, October 13, 2009
...inspire action. The following three books definitely fall into that category: Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch written by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Paul Yalowitz (Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996) Mr. Hatch is a balding older gentleman who works a ho-hum...