Jim aylesworth biography

Picture book author Jim Aylesworth tells his stories with generous doses of loud sounds, rhythms and rhymes.

His experiences as a teacher have taught him that these are the elements children like in a story, especially when it is being read aloud.

Jim aylesworth biography

So, in Hanna's Hog, Aylesworth includes a loud hog call, in The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock, he offers numerous bouncy nonsensical rhymes, in Country Crossing, the sounds of the still countryside and a train passing fill the night, and in Old Black Fly, a repetitious, rhythmic chant follows a pesky fly in its journey through a house.  Little Bitty Mousie is another alphabetical romp through a household as Mousie explores the house...

For a complete list of Jim's book go to this page.

Winner of the 2015 Sydney Taylor Award

Barbara McClintock and Jim Aylesworth have collaborated on several folk stories including their latest title My Grandfather's Coat.

In 2015 Jim and Donna Ayles