Born:
February  21, 1943


Current Home:
Chicago, Illinois,
United States Of America

Jim Aylesworth

Biography

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Jim Aylesworth tells his stories with generous doses of loud sounds, rhythms and rhymes. His teaching career taught him that these are the elements children like in a story — especially when it is being read aloud.

Aylesworth's experiences as a teacher gave him a great appreciation for children's books. And while he agrees teaching requires much patience, Aylesworth says that books really help. He is amazed how a good book will make a room full of children sit and pay attention. Having read hundreds of books to his students over the years, Aylesworth found himself wanting to be a bigger part of this world of children's stories. And so he decided to write his own books, and has stuck with this goal ever since his first work, Hush Up!, was published in 1980.

All of Aylesworth's stories, whether filled with sounds of a country night or catchy rhymes, find their way back to his inspiration — his students and what he found that they liked. So, in Hanna's Hog, Aylesworth includes a loud hog call. In The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock, he offers numerous bouncy nonsensical rhymes. In Country Crossing, the sounds of the still countryside and a train passing fill the night. And in Old Black Fly, a repetitious, rhythmic chant follows a pesky fly in its journey through a house.

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  Mitten by Jim Aylesworth When a little boy loses a mitten in the snow, a passing squirrel finds it's the perfect place to warm his icy toes. So he sqe-e-e-e-zes inside. But he's not the only animal with that idea. How many animals can fit inside a little boy's mitten? Aylesworth's rollicking rhyming refrains and McClintock's delightfully expressive characters are sure to make this book everychild's storytime favorite. $16.99 Hardcover Book | Grades Pre-K-1

  
  Mitten
  Grades Pre-K-1 $16.99
  
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  The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock A freshly baked Gingerbread Man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and chased by a number of pursuers until meeting a clever fox. "Energy and vigor run through the story as every figure is shown in action. With even a recipe included, this is altogether an old-fashioned and enjoyable version of a favorite tale." - Horn Book $5.95 Paperback Book | Grades K-2

  
  The Gingerbread Man
  Grades K-2 $5.95