Judi Barrett

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Judi Barrett (born Nielsen-Smith, born 1941 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is a writer of picture books for children, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Animals That Should Not Wear Clothes .

Life

Barrett received the BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1962 . She married the artist Ron Barrett , who sometimes illustrated her most famous books. After they divorced, they nonetheless worked on books for many years afterwards. Barrett lives in Brooklyn, in New York City.

Literary works

  • Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House. 1969.
  • Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing. 1970.
  • An Apple a Day. 1973.
  • Benjamin's 365 Birthdays. 1974.
  • Peter's Pocket. 1974.
  • I hate to take a bath. 1975.
  • I Hate to Go to Bed. 1977.
  • The Wind Thief. 1977.
  • Cloudy with a chance of meatballs . 1978.
  • Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People. 1980.
  • I'm Too Small, You're Too Big. 1981.
  • A Snake Is Totally Tail. 1983.
  • What's Left ?. 1983.
  • Pickles Have Pimples, and Other Silly Statements. 1986.
  • Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. 1997.
  • Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House. 1998.
  • The Things That Are Most in the World. 1998.
  • I Know Two Who Said Moo: A Counting and Rhyming Book. 2000.
  • Which Witch Is Which ?. 2001.
  • Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and Other Things Not To Do). 2008.
  • The Marshmallow Incident (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 2009.
  • The Complete Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. 2009.
  • Santa from Cincinnati. 2012.
  • Planet of the Pies. 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Judi Barrett General. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 29, 2015 ; Retrieved December 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  2. ↑ Stephen Schaefer: Judi and Ron Barrett, team at work . Retrieved December 3, 2013. 
  3. ^ Judi Barrett (Official Publisher Page) . Retrieved December 3, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Barrett, Judi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nielsen-Smith, Judi (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author of picture books for children
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City