A biography for Jack Prelutskyhasn’t been written yet.
“Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.”
“When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.”
“I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.”
“My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.”
“The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write.Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway....”
“Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.”