Mary Ann Hoberman named Children’s Poet Laureate

Beloved Greenwich children’s book author Mary Ann Hoberman has been named by the Poetry Foundation as Children’s Poet Laureate. She inherits the two-year position, which comes with a $25,000 prize, from Jack Prelutsky. The purpose of the Poetry Foundation award is to raise awareness of poetry among children.

“Generations of readers who first discovered poetry in the books of Mary Ann Hoberman remember it not as a dry textbook encounter but as a moment of joyous play,” said John Barr, president of the Poetry Foundation, announcing Hoberman’s appointment. “Her poems tease young minds even as they please young ears with rhythm and rhyme.”

Congratulations to Ms. Hoberman on this very exciting news!