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Sid Fleischman
American
Author
Born:
Mar 16
,
1920
Died:
Mar 17
,
2010
Adult
Book
Child
Humor
Me
You
Related authors:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frederick Douglass
Helen Keller
Henry David Thoreau
Joyce Meyer
Mark Twain
Og Mandino
Zig Ziglar
Adult novels are as ephemeral as newspapers. Children's books stay in print for decades.
Sid Fleischman
Books
Stay
Adult
Print
Decades
Children
In Print
Ephemeral
Newspapers
Novels
Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny book.
Sid Fleischman
Funny
Time
Book
Hate
Competition
Humor
Kids
Read
Lot
Oxygen
Children
Want
Literature
Who
Even
In my first story, 'Mr. Mysterious & Company'... I was asked to take out some of the humor because editors were afraid reviewers would dismiss the book as a joke. Today, humor is enjoyed and no longer regarded as literary brummagem.
Sid Fleischman
Today
Book
Humor
Joke
First
Out
Would
Some
Mysterious
Take
Longer
Because
Editors
Were
Reviewers
Afraid
Literary
Regarded
Story
Asked
Dismiss
Company
Enjoyed
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