Eileen Spinelli

Eileen Spinelli (née Mesi; born August 16, 1942)[1] is an American author of children's books and poetry.

Cold Snap was also named one of the best children's books of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews.

[12] Here Comes the Year,[13] Three Pebbles for a Song,[14] The Dancing Pancake,[15] Night Shift Daddy,[16] When Mama Comes Home Tonight,[17] and Song for the Whooping Crane[18] received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly.

[20] Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love With Your Baby (Abrams Appleseed, 2005).

Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by Alyssa Nassner.