LEWIS, J. Patrick

LEWIS, J. Patrick. American, b. 1942. Genres: Children's fiction, Poetry. Career: Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, professor of economics, 1974-98, professor emeritus, 1998-; children's poet. Publications: FOR CHILDREN: The Tsar and the Amazing Cow, 1988; The Hippopotamusn't, 1990; Two-legged, Four-legged, No-legged Rhymes, 1991; Earth Verses and Water Rhymes, 1991; The Moonbows of Mr. B. Bones, 1992; The Fat-Cats at Sea, 1994; July Is a Mad Mosquito, 1994; The Frog Princess, 1994; The Christmas of the Reddle Moon, 1994; Black Swan/White Crow, 1995; Ridicholas Nicholas, 1995; Riddle-icious, 1996; The Boat of Many Rooms, 1997; The La-Di-Da Hare, 1997; Long Was the Winter Road They Traveled, 1997; The Little Buggers, 1998; Boshblobberbosh: Runcible Poems for Edward Lear, 1998; Doodle Dandies, 1998; The House of Boo, 1998; Riddle-Lightful, 1998; The Bookworm's Feast, 1999; Night of the Goat Children, 1999; At the Wish of the Fish, 1999; Earth & Sea and You & Me (in Japanese), 1999; Freedom Like Sunlight: Praisesongs for Black Americans, 2000; Isabella Abnormella and the Very, Very Finicky Queen of Trouble, 2000; Good Mousekeeping, 2001; A Burst of Firsts, 2001; Earth + Us: Continuous, 2001; The Shoe Tree of Chagrin, 2001; Arithmetickle, 2002; A World of Wonders, 2002; Earth and Me: Our Family Tree, 2002; The Last Resort, 2002; The Snowflake Sisters, 2003; Swan Songs: Poems of Extinction, 2003. Address: 104 Fairview Rd, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022, U.S.A. Online address: jplewis42@aol.com; www.jpatricklewis.com