Valerie Worth
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About
Known for works such as Animal Poems, Gypsy Gold, and the Small Poems series of books, this Pennsylvania-born writer received the 1991 National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.
Before Fame
In 1955, she graduated summa cum laude from Swarthmore College. She published her first poetry collection, Small Poems, in 1972.
Trivia
She often collaborated with illustrator Natalie Babbit. Her last published work was 1994's All the Small Poems and Fourteen More.
Family Life
She grew up in Philadelphia and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of a biology professor. She later settled in New York with her husband, George Bahlke.
Associated With
She and California-born writer Kenn Nesbitt both became known for their poems for children.
