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Frank Asch


Born
in Somerville, New Jersey, The United States
August 06, 1946

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Genre
Children's Books


Frank Asch is an American children's writer, best known for his Moonbear picture books.

Asch published his first picture book, George's Store, in 1968. The following year he graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA. Since then he has taught at a public school in India, as well as at a Montessori school in the United States, conducted numerous creative workshops for children. He has written over 60 books, including Turtle Tale, Mooncake, I Can Blink and Happy Birthday Moon. In 1989 he wrote Here Comes the Cat! in collaboration with Vladimir Vagin. The book was awarded the Russian National Book Award and was considered the first Russian-American collaboration on a children's book.

Asch lived in Somerville, New Jersey where he and his wife home-sc ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 14,299 ratings · 1,642 reviews · 107 distinct works • Similar authors
Happy Birthday, Moon
4.20 avg rating — 4,211 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions
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Popcorn
4.29 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — published 1979 — 29 editions
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Mooncake (Moonbear Books)
3.91 avg rating — 758 ratings — published 1983 — 29 editions
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Milk & Cookies
4.18 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions
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Bearshadow
3.92 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 1985 — 31 editions
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Moongame
3.87 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 1984 — 29 editions
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Sand Cake
4.20 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1978 — 24 editions
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Moonbear (Moonbear Books)
4.16 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
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3.73 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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The Lending Zoo
3.14 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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Moonbear Happy Birthday, Moon Mooncake Sky Fire Moongame Bearshadow Bear's Bargain
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