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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 · 14,040 ratings · 1,597 reviews · 110 distinct works • Similar authors
Happy Birthday, Moon
4.20 avg rating — 4,173 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions
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Popcorn
4.29 avg rating — 1,182 ratings — published 1979 — 26 editions
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Mooncake (Moonbear Books)
3.91 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 1983 — 27 editions
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Milk & Cookies
4.18 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 1982 — 18 editions
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Bearshadow
3.91 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 1985 — 30 editions
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Moongame
3.86 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 1984 — 28 editions
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Sand Cake
4.19 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1978 — 24 editions
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Moonbear (Moonbear Books)
4.15 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
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3.74 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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The Lending Zoo
3.14 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions
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