until she retired 37 years later. Poetry Prelutsky has written more than 50 poetry collections, including Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1976), It's Halloween (1977), The Mean Old Mean Hyena (1978), and Something BIG Has Been Here (1990). He has also compiled numerous children's anthologies comprising poems of others. He has also set his poems to music on the audio versions of his anthologies. He often sings and plays guitar on them. In 2006, the Poetry Foundation named Prelutsky the inaugural winner of the Children's Poet Laureate award. In 2007, the Washington Poets Association awarded Prelutsky a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1996, he appeared on the popular animated television series Arthur, in the episode "I'm a Poet." His book Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems (illustrated by Carin Berger) won the 2007 Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards in the Picture Book category. In 1993, his poetry collection The New Kid on the Block was made into an interactive story book by Brøderbund's Living Books series. Prelutsky has garnered many awards in his long career including citations as: New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year, School Library Journal Best of the Best Book, International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choice, Library of Congress Book of the Year, Parents' Choice Award, American Library Association Notable Children's Recording, an Association for Library Services to Children Notable Book and Booklist Editor's Choice, among others. His combined works have sold over a million copies and been translated into many languages. In 2018, his poem "Homework! Oh, Homework!" was featured in a national commercial for Apple's iPad. Bibliography A Gopher in the Garden and Other Animal Poems (1967) (illustrated by Robert Leydenfrost) The Terrible Tiger (1970) (illustrated by Arnold Lobel) Toucans Two and Other Poems (1970) (illustrated by José Aruego) Circus (1974) (illustrated by Arnold Lobel) Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1976) (illustrated by Arnold Lobel) It's Halloween (1977) (illustrated by Marylin Hafner) The Mean Old Mean Hyena (1978) (illustrated by Arnold Lobel) The Queen of Eene (1978) (illustrated by Victoria Chess) Rainy Rainy Saturday (1980) (illustrated by Marilyn Hafner) The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1980) (illustrated by Arnold Lobel) It's Christmas (1981) (illustrated by Marylin Hafner) It's Thanksgiving (1982) (illustrated by Marylin Hafner) Kermit's Garden of Verses (1982) (illustrated by Bruce McNally) The Baby Uggs Are Hatching (1982) (illustrated by