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Ruth Krauss


Born
in Westport, Connecticut, The United States
July 25, 1901

Died
July 10, 1993

Genre
Children's, Poetry


Ruth Ida Krauss was an American writer of children's books, including The Carrot Seed, and of theatrical poems for adult readers. ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 24,243 ratings · 1,725 reviews · 75 distinct works • Similar authors
The Carrot Seed
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4.08 avg rating — 16,159 ratings — published 1945 — 79 editions
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A Hole is to Dig
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4.23 avg rating — 2,502 ratings — published 1952 — 42 editions
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I Can Fly
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4.22 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — published 1951 — 22 editions
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The Happy Day
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3.55 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 1949 — 31 editions
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Open House for Butterflies
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4.38 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 1960 — 18 editions
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A Very Special House
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3.64 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 1953 — 24 editions
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Roar Like a Dandelion
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3.32 avg rating — 506 ratings
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I'll Be You and You Be Me
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4.15 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1952 — 18 editions
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Bears
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3.29 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1948 — 30 editions
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The Growing Story
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3.68 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1947 — 24 editions
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“You should make a sad face when you meet a crocodile”
― Ruth Krauss, Open House for Butterflies
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“Gubble gubble gubble I'm a mubble in a pubble. I can play I'm anything that's anything. That's MY way.”
― Ruth Krauss, I Can Fly
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“Mud is to jump in and slide in and yell dodoleedodoleedo.”
― Ruth Krauss
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