Janet Schulman (1933–2011)
Author of The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
About the Author
Janet Schulman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 16, 1933. She graduated from Antioch College in 1956. She started her publishing career in 1959 at Macmillan, where she became the director of children's book marketing. She then worked for more than 30 years at Random House, where show more she was the last editor there to edit Dr. Seuss. She fought for equality for women in publishing. She also wrote numerous children's books including Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, The Nutcracker, Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, A Bunny for All Seasons, and 10 Easter Egg Hunters: A Holiday Counting Book. She died of complications from lung cancer on February 11, 2011 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Janet Schulman
The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Editor — 1,548 copies
Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf: With Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD (2004) — Adaptor — 384 copies
10 Trim -the -Tree'ers 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1933-09-16
- Date of death
- 2011-02-11
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Antioch College (1956)
- Occupations
- editor
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Statistics
- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 3,524
- Popularity
- #7,206
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 49
- ISBNs
- 95
- Languages
- 3