Aileen Fisher

Aileen Fisher has over 100 award winning books. She had a passion for Children’s literature, and was quoted as saying “My first and chief love in writing is writing children’s verse.”She has written a variety of books in a number of different genres that have to do with seasons, nature, animals, celebrations, famous people, and biblical stories. She was raised in a small town in Michigan, but moved to Boulder, CO when she was an adult and lived there the rest of her adult life where she wrote most of her books. As the author of several books of different genres, Aileen Fisher’s work can be applied to many different lessons in the classroom. One such lesson, can involve a read aloud of one of her poems about the seasons when introducing the seasons to a Kindergarten class. Another such lesson, could incorporate a poem or book about a animal and its characteristics to a 1st grade class. Many of her books can be applied to several different content areas and TEKS; consequently, the variety of her writings are very useful in the classroom because they are adaptable to the different lessons taught throughout the school year. Aileen Fisher also uses “writerly techniques” such as imagery, personification, metaphors, and similies within most of her writings, which are important lessons in early childhood literacy.