for Girls, Plays, Inc., 1981 Year-Round Programs for Young Players, Plays, Inc., 1985 Other publications Ways of Plants and The Ways of Animals, Bowmar, Inc., 1974 (Both are part of the multimedia Bowmar Nature Series of ten rhyming nature books, cassette recordings of the books, corresponding films and teacher's guides.) The Ways of Plants: And a Sunflower Grew, As the Leaves Fall Down, A Tree with a Thousand Uses, Mysteries in the Garden, Now that Spring is Here, Petals Yellow and Petals Red, Plant Magic, Prize Performance, Seeds on the Go, Swords and Daggers. Ways of Animals: Animal Disguises, Animal Houses, Animal Jackets, Filling the Bill, Going Places, No Accounting for Taste, Now that Days are Colder, Sleepy Heads, Tail Twisters, You Don't Look Like Your Mother. Our Christmas Book, Abingdon Press, 1984 (a collection of fiction, non-fiction, skits and crafts) Anthologies Cullinan, Bernice (editor); A Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by NCTE Award-Winning Poets; Wordsong/Boyds Mills; 1996 Hopkins, Lee Bennet (editor); Small Talk: A Short Book of Poems; 1995 Kennedy, Dorothy (editor); I Thought I'd Take My Rat to School; Little, Brown; 1993 Meltzer, Milton (editor); Hour of Freedom; Wordsong/Boyds Mills; 2003 Paladino, Catherine (editor); Land, Sea, and Sky; Little, Brown; 1993 Sampson, Michael (editor); The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry; Simon & Schuster; 2008 * Junior Library Guild Selection ^ Annual ALA Notable Books List > The Horn Book Magazine Best Books of the Year + International Board on Books for Young People Honor Book # Western Writers of America Spur Award Learn more Biography – Fisher, Aileen (Lucia) (1906-2002): An Article from: Contemporary Authors, Gale Reference Team (digital) Interview with Aileen Fisher, Copeland, Jeffrey Scott, Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets who Write for Children and Young Adults, vol. 1, National Council of Teachers of English, 1993 Listen to A. Fisher interview at http://www.boulderlibrary.org/oralhistory/, Retrieved 4/22/2012. References External links Aileen Fisher at Library of Congress Authorities — with 103 catalog records 1906 births 2002 deaths American children's writers American nature writers Children's poets People from Iron River, Michigan 20th-century poets University of Chicago alumni University of Missouri alumni