TWA Poet: Jack Prelutsky

Born 1940

It is the birthday of Brookyn-born, Jack Prelutsky. He attended Hunter College in New York. Jack was not a fan of poetry early on but found a passion in writing humorous children’s poetry later in life.

"I realized poetry was a means of communication, that it could be as exciting or as boring as that person or that experience."

Before he made his way to f…