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Eric A. Kimmel


Born
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
October 30, 1946

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Eric A. Kimmel is an American author of more than 150 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman), Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster, and Simon and the Bear: A Hanukkah Tale.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Lafayette College in 1967, a master's degree from New York University, and a PhD in Education from the University of Illinois in 1973. He taught at Indiana University at South Bend, and at Portland State University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Education.
Kimmel lives with his wife, Doris, in Portland, Oregon. ...more

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Hershel and the Hanukkah Go...
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4.17 avg rating — 1,533 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions
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Anansi and the Talking Melon
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Hanukkah Bear
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The Tale of Ali Baba and th...
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I Took My Frog to the Library
3.76 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions
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Goose Girl
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Little Red Hot
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The Three Little Tamales
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Anansi Goes Fishing
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