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Born in July 19, 1916 / Died in April 11, 1992 / United States / English

Bibliography

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JUVENILE POETRY

  • There Is No Rhyme for Silver (first book in trilogy; Junior Literary Guild selection), illustrated by Joseph Schindelman, Atheneum, 1962.
  • It Doesn't Always Have to Rhyme (second book in trilogy), illustrated by Malcolm Spooner, Atheneum, 1964.
  • Catch a Little Rhyme (third book in trilogy), illustrated by Imero Gobbato, Atheneum, 1966.
  • Independent Voices (biographical sketches in verse form), illustrated by Arvis Stewart, Atheneum, 1968.
  • Finding a Poem (Junior Literary Guild selection), illustrated by Seymour Chwast, Atheneum, 1970.
  • I Am a Man: Ode to Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Suzanne Verrier, Doubleday, 1971.
  • Out Loud, illustrated by Harriet Sherman, Atheneum, 1973.
  • Rainbow Writing, Atheneum, 1976.
  • The Birthday Cow, illustrated by son Guy Michel, Knopf, 1978.
  • A Word or Two with You: New Rhymes for Young Readers, illustrated by John Nez, Atheneum, 1981.
  • If Only I Could Tell You: Poems for Young Lovers and Dreamers, illustrated by Donna Diamond, Knopf, 1983.
  • Jamboree: Rhymes for All Times, illustrated by Walter Gaffney-Kessell, Dell, 1984.
  • Blackberry Ink: Poems, pictures by Hans Wilhelm, Morrow, 1985.
  • Fresh Paint: New Poems, woodcuts by David Frampton, Macmillan, 1986.
  • A Sky Full of Poems, illustrated by Gaffney-Kessell, Dell, 1986.
  • Halloween ABC, illustrated by Lane Smith, Macmillan, 1987.
  • You Be Good and I'll Be Night: Jump on the Bed Poems, illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt, Morrow, 1988.
  • Chortles: New and Selected Wordplay Poems, illustrated by Hamanaka, Morrow, 1989.
  • A Poem for a Pickle: Funnybone Verses, illustrated by Hamanaka, Morrow, 1989.
  • The Singing Green: New and Selected Poems for All Seasons, illustrated by Kathleen Collins Howell, Morrow, 1992.
  • Higgle Wiggle: Happy Rhymes, illustrated by Hans Wilhelm, Morrow, 1994.
  • Ten Rosy Roses, illustrations by Julia Gorton, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999.
  • On My Street, pictures by Melanie Hope Greenberg, HarperFestival (New York, NY), 2000.
  • Low Song, illustrations by Pam Paparone, Margaret K. Elderberry Books (New York, NY), 2001.

OTHER JUVENILE BOOKS

  • The Real Book about Franklin D. Roosevelt, illustrated by Bette J. Davis, Garden City, 1952.
  • The Real Book about Amazing Birds, Garden City, 1954.
  • (Contributor) Believe and Make-Believe (anthology), Dutton, 1957.
  • The Voice of Liberty: The Story of Emma Lazarus, illustrated by Charles W. Walker, Farrar, Straus, 1959.
  • A Gaggle of Geese, illustrated by Paul Galdone, Knopf, 1960.
  • (Contributor) Let's Read More Stories, Garden City, 1960.
  • Mommies at Work, illustrated by Beni Montressor, Knopf, 1961, reprint illustrated by Eugenie Frenandes, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1989.
  • Funny Town, illustrated by Evaline Ness, Macmillan, 1963.
  • What's in the Middle of a Riddle?, illustrated by Murray Tinkelman, Collier, 1963.
  • What Can You Do with a Pocket?, illustrated by Sherman, Knopf, 1964.
  • Small Fry, illustrated by Garry MacKenzie, Knopf, 1965.
  • Don't Think about a White Bear, illustrated by Tinkelman, Putnam, 1965.
  • The Story of Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by Brinton Turkle, Four Winds, 1965.
  • Do You Want to See Something?, illustrated by Abner Graboff, Scholastic Books, 1965.
  • Miss Tibbett's Typewriter, illustrated by Rick Schreiter, Knopf, 1966.
  • Andy All Year 'Round: A Picture Book of Four Seasons and Five Senses, illustrated by Margo Huff, Funk & Wagnalls, 1967.
  • (Reteller) Epaminondas, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, Follett, 1968, republished as That Noodle-Head Epaminondas, Scholastic Books, 1972.
  • Project 1-2-3 (counting book), illustrated by Sherman, McGraw, 1971.
  • (Translator) Hana Doskocilova, Animal Tales, illustrated by Mirko Hanak, Doubleday, 1971.
  • Bam! Zam! Boom!: A Building Book, illustrated by William Lightfoot, Walker & Co., 1972.
  • Boys and Girls, Girls and Boys, illustrated by Sherman, Holt, 1972.
  • Ab to Zogg: A Lexicon for Science-Fiction and Fantasy Readers, illustrated by Albert Lorenz, Atheneum, 1977.
  • Unhurry Harry, illustrated by Gail Owens, Four Winds, 1978.
  • Good Night to Annie (alphabet book), illustrated by John Wallner, Four Winds, 1980, reprint illustrated by Carol Schwartz, Hyperion Books for Children (New York, NY), 1992.
  • A Book of Wishes for You, Gibson, 1985.
  • The Christmas Box (picture book), illustrated by David Small, Morrow, 1985.
  • The Birthday Door, illustrated by Peter Thornton, Morrow, 1986.
  • Daddies at Work, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, Simon & Schuster, 1989.
  • Where Is Everybody? An Animal Alphabet, illustrated by Diane de Groat, Simon & Schuster, 1989.
  • The Wise Woman and Her Secret, illustrated by Linda Graves, Simon & Schuster, 1991.
  • Fighting Words, illustrated by David Small, Morrow, 1992.
  • Goodnight to Annie: An Alphabet Lullaby, illustrated by Carol Schwartz, Hyperion Books for Children (New York, NY), 1992.
  • Train Leaves the Station, illustrated by Dale Gottlieb, Holt (New York, NY), 1992.
  • Quiet, Please, illustrated by Hamanaka, Simon & Schuster, 1993.
  • Twelve Ways to Get to Eleven, illustrated by Bernie Karlin, Simon & Schuster, 1993.
  • The Hole Story, illustrated by Ivan Chermayeff, Simon & Schuster, 1995.
  • Bam, Bam, Bam, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino, Holt, 1995.
  • What in the World?, illustrated by Barbara J. Phillips-Duke, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997.
  • (With Pam Pollack) Where's That Cat?, Margaret K. Elderberry Books (New York, NY), 2000.

ADULT POETRY

  • Family Circle, edited, and with a foreword, by Archibald MacLeish, Yale University Press, 1946.
  • Tomorrow Morning, Twayne, 1953.
  • Montgomery, Alabama, Money, Mississippi, and Other Places (pamphlet), Cameron, 1957.
  • The Double Bed from the Feminine Side, Cameron, 1958, reprinted, M. Evans, 1972.
  • The Trouble with Love, Macmillan, 1960.
  • The Inner City Mother Goose, photographs by Lawrence Ratzkin, Simon & Schuster, 1969, reprint illustrated by David Diaz, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
  • The Nixon Poems, illustrated by John Gerbino, Atheneum, 1970.
  • A Husband's Notes about Her, Collier, 1976.
  • Embracing the Dark: New Poems, Garden Street Press (Cambridge, MA), 1995.

ADULT PLAYS

  • Out of Our Fathers' House (based on Merriam's book Growing up Female in America: Ten Lives; also see below; first produced in New York City at Theatre of the Riverside Church, November, 1977), Samuel French, 1975.
  • The Club (first produced in New York at Circle in the Square Theatre, 1976), Samuel French, 1976.
  • Viva Reviva, first produced in Lenox, MA, at Lenox Arts Center, 1977.
  • At Her Age (first produced in New York City at Theatre for Older People, 1979), Samuel French, 1979.
  • The Good Life: Lady Macbeth of Westport, first produced in Ithaca, New York, at Ithaca College, 1979.
  • Dialogue for Lovers: Sonnets of Shakespeare Arranged for Dramatic Presentation (first produced in New York City at Symphony Space, 1980), Samuel French, 1981.
  • And I Ain't Finished Yet, Samuel French, 1982.
  • Plagues for Our Time, first produced Off-Broadway at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, April, 1983.

OTHER ADULT BOOKS

  • Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch (biography), Citadel, 1956.
  • Figleaf: The Business of Being in Fashion (nonfiction), illustrated by Burmah Burris, Lippincott, 1960.
  • Basics: An I-Can-Read-Book for Grownups, illustrated by Robert Osborn, Macmillan, 1962.
  • After Nora Slammed the Door: American Women in the 1960s—The Unfinished Revolution, World Publishing, 1964.
  • Man and Woman: The Human Condition, Research Center on Women, 1968.
  • Equality, Identity, and Complementarity, Research Center on Women, 1968.
  • (Editor and author of introduction) Growing up Female in America: Ten Lives, Doubleday, 1971, reprinted, Beacon Press, 1987.
  • (Editor with Nancy Larrick) Male and Female under Eighteen: Frank Comments from Young People about Their Sex Roles Today, Avon, 1973.

Also contributor to journals, including Nation, New Republic, Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, Village Voice, Newsweek, Washington Post, and Ms. Merriam's manuscripts are part of the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; the de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg; and the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA.