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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.

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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...
Examiner.com, July 14, 2009
...the day. The precious few moments spent together is an undeniable pleasure that does not happen often enough. Eileen Spinelli has taken the indescribable moments and beautifully done just that: described the indescribable moments in the book When Mama...
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, June 25, 2009
...Kira-Kira' by Cynthia Kadohata Books to buy The following books are available at favorite bookstores. 'Silly Tilly' by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by David Slonim, Marshall Cavendish, 2009, 32 pages, $16.99, hardcover. Read aloud: age 3 and older. Read...
Port Huron Times-Herald, June 24, 2009
...Hatchet' by Gary Paulsen. Books to Buy The following books are available at favorite bookstores. 'Silly Tilly' by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by David Slonim, Marshall Cavendish, 2009, 32 pages, $16.99 hardcover. Read aloud: 3 and older Read yourself: 7...
Examiner.com, June 23, 2009
...Fresh peaches and walnuts top hearty pancakes Night after night I read a poem, Rise The Moon (by Eileen Spinelli), to my sleepy four-year-old Joseph. The following stanza is accompanied by a lovely illustration (by Raul Colon) of an artist painting a...
Canton Repository, June 18, 2009
...by Marc Tyler Nobelman BOOKS TO BUY The following books are available at favorite bookstores. ?Silly Tilly? by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by David Slonim, Marshall Cavendish, 2009, 32 pages, $16.99 hardcover Read aloud: 3 and older. Read yourself:...
Detroit News, June 18, 2009
...a book he can read with the kids? Here are some great new choices, all starring dads: Author Eileen Spinelli celebrated the nightly reunions of working mothers and children in 'When Mama Comes Home Tonight,' published 11 years ago. Now, Spinelli turns...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 16, 2009
...book he can read with the kids? Here are some great new choices, all starring dads: " Author Eileen Spinelli celebrated the nightly reunions of working mothers and children in 'When Mama Comes Home Tonight,' published 11 years ago. Now, Spinelli turns...
HeraldNet, June 15, 2009
...read with the kids? Here are some great new choices, all starring dads: 'When Papa Comes Home Tonight,' Eileen Spinelli, ages 3 to 6, $16.99 Spinelli celebrated the nightly reunions of working mothers and children in 'When Mama Comes Home Tonight,'...
Deseret Morning News, June 15, 2009
...book he can read with the kids? Here are some great new choices, all starring dads: -- Author Eileen Spinelli celebrated the nightly reunions of working mothers and children in 'When Mama Comes Home Tonight,' published 11 years ago. Now, Spinelli turns...
Deseret Morning News, June 15, 2009
...book he can read with the kids? Here are some great new choices, all starring dads: -- Author Eileen Spinelli celebrated the nightly reunions of working mothers and children in 'When Mama Comes Home Tonight,' published 11 years ago. Now, Spinelli turns...
Leaf Chronicle, June 15, 2009
...B. Johnson signed a proclamation declaring the third Sunday in June to be Father's Day. Prolific writer Eileen Spinelli and illustrator David McPhail team up for 'When Papa Comes Home Tonight' (Simon and Schuster Books for Younger Readers, $16.99)....
TH Online, June 14, 2009
...Tilly's actions become annoying, and the final straw is when Tilly sits on Rooster's birthday cake. Eileen Spinelli's story isn't just of a goose misbehaving. It's about friends accepting friends as they are. Tilly's friends order her to stop being...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 8, 2009
...yard. Readers will find kinship with these warm, loving brothers and their parents. 'Lizzie Logan, Second Banana' by Eileen Spinelli (Simon & Schuster, $15): Lizzie is afraid that her stepfather will stop loving her after her mother has a new baby so she...
Daily Item, May 21, 2009
...Beavertown Community Library, 111 W. Walnut St., Beavertown Librarian: Sherri Sellers Choices this week: 'Sophie's Masterpiece' by Eileen Spinelli; 'One of Each' by Mary Ann Hoberman; 'Harriet the Spy' by Louise Fitzhugh Books to Buy The following books...
Fort Campbell Courier, April 12, 2009
...books designed specifically to calm anxieties about deployment and military service, such as ?While You Were Away,? by Eileen Spinelli. ?I am scheduled to deploy next year. I read Spinelli?s book and found it very touching and brought tears to my...
Defense Link, April 9, 2009
...childrenâs books, some titles have been chosen especially for military children. One, âWhile You Were Away,â by Eileen Spinelli, was very comforting, she said. âI read Spinelliâs book and found it very touching. It brought tears...
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...
My World-Mi Mundo, April 24, 2009
...I use it constantly. I was excited to see her new book of list poems where poets like Eileen Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Bobbi Katz, Elaine Magliaro, Patrick Lewis, among others are having a wonderful poetry reunion. How can anyone resist...