Alyssa Satin Capucilli

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born

January 01, 1957 in Brooklyn, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.alyssacapucilli.com/

genre

Children's Books

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Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and pursued her interest in dance, becoming a professional dancer and dance instructor. Though Capucilli had written stories, poems, and even puppet shows as a child, she didn't consider a career as a writer until after her own two children were born. To this day she sees herself as both a dancer and a writer, and the two professions complement each other nicely: dancing is, in her words, “telling stories in another way,” and readers of her children's books can attest to the rhythm of her language. Since 1994, she has written more than 15 books for children, and her work has been translated into French, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Greek, and Bu...more

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Books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Average rating: 3.93 · 3,033 ratings · 451 reviews · 125 distinct works

	Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit Goes to School by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit Finds a Friend by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit's Big Friend by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit Wants to Play by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit and the Baby by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit's New Trick by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit Wins a Prize by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Biscuit Visits the Big City by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating: