Robert Schechter

Robert Schechter writes poetry for children, as well as adult light verse and poetry translations. His first book of children's poems, "THE RED EAR BLOWS ITS NOSE: Poems for Children and Others" (April 2023) has received extraordinary advance praise, including starred reviews in Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, and Booklist. His poems and trans­la­tions have appeared in High­lights for Chil­dren, High Five, Cricket, Ladybug, Spider, The Caterpillar, The Wash­ing­ton Post, The Spec­ta­tor, Salon, The Evans­ville Review, and many other journals, as well as in many anthologies. Robert was the winner of the XJ Kennedy Parody Award for 2016 and the 2019 Willis Barnstone Translation Prize. You can read more about him at http://bobschechter.com .