Sylvia Cassedy facts for kids

Sylvia Cassedy (January 29, 1930 – April 6, 1989) was an American novelist and poet, who is best known for her children's and young adult fiction.

Life

Cassedy was born January 29, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Brooklyn College, and worked as a primary and secondary school teacher.

Cassedy is known for her young adult novels. Her three novels Behind the Attic Wall, M.E. and Morton, and Lucie Babbidge's House feature preadolescent girls as protagonists, who use fantasy and play to improve their circumstances.

Besides her young adult novels, Cassedy wrote two volumes of poetry. She translated a collection of poems from India and Japan. Based on her teaching experience, she wrote a guide to creative writing In Your Own Words: a Beginner's Guide to Writing.

Cassedy died April 6, 1989 in Manhasset, NY. Her collected papers are held by the University of Minnesota.

Awards

Cassedy's book Lucie Babbidge's House was named an honor book (runner-up) for the Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association in 2009.

Selected works

Children's and young adult fiction

• Behind the Attic Wall (HarperCollins, 1985).
• M.E. and Morton (HarperCollins, 1987).
• Lucie Babbidge's House (HarperCollins, 1993).

Instructional

• In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing (Doubleday, 1979).

Poetry

• Roomrimes: Poems (Crowell, 1987). Illustrated by Michele Chessare.
• Zoomrimes: Poems about Things that Go (HarperCollins, 1993). Illustrated by Michele Chessare.