Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965–2017)
Author of Duck! Rabbit!
About the Author
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Tufts University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in advertising for several years. She wrote both children's and adult books. Her children's books included Little Pea, Little Hoot, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, show more Duck! Rabbit!, Spoon, The OK Book, Plant a Kiss, I Wish You More, That's Me Loving You, Exclamation Mark!, and Uni the Unicorn. She also wrote a picture book with her daughter Paris entitled Dear Girl. Her books for adults include Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her short films include The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree, The Kindness Thought Bubble, and Life Is a Marathon. Her essays and articles appeared in The New York Times, Hallmark Magazine, Parenting, O: The Oprah Magazine, and McSweeney's. She was also the host of the radio show Writers' Block Party on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. She died of ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017 at the age of 51. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Stuart O'Sullivan
Series
Works by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Food preschool story time kit 23 copies
Mother's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What I've Learned in My Never-Ending Quest to Become a Dalai Mama (2001) — Author — 22 copies
The Same Phrase Describes My Marriage and My Breasts: Before the Kids, They Used to Be Such a Cute Couple (Notes While… (1999) 9 copies, 1 review
Benji, I wish you more 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Rosenthal, Amy Renee Krouse
- Birthdate
- 1965-04-29
- Date of death
- 2017-03-13
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Education
- Tufts University (AB|1987)
- Occupations
- radio host
children's book author
filmmaker - Organizations
- Foote Cone & Belding
- Agent
- Amy Rennert
Members
Reviews
Lists
Storytime (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 87
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 16,267
- Popularity
- #1,396
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 905
- ISBNs
- 411
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 12