Richard Michelson

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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1993
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Book List in Order: 10 titles

  • Did You Say Ghosts?

    A spine-tingling but humorous cumulative tale in rhyme--populated by a ghoulish gallery of spooky creatures--follows the bedtime adventures of a small child who worries about all the things that go bump in the night....

  • Grandpa's Gamble

  • Ten Times Better

    "Fiddlesticks! Six? The best? Poppycock!You want TEN TIMES BETTER? Dial a croc.I have SIXTY teeth. I'm a great masticator.(That means I chew first, and ask questions later.)" RICHARD MICHELSON and the late LEONARD BASKIN show that learning ...

  • Too Young for Yiddish

    Young Aaron wants to learn how to speak to the chickens like his Zayde (grandfather). Zayde's stories and his many books, with their mysterious worlds and their guarded secrets, fascinate Aaron. But always Aaron is too young to learn Yiddish. Zayde t...

  • Happy Feet

    On March 12, 1926, the doors of the Savoy Ballroom swung open in Harlem. It was a night to remember, when blacks and whites, rich and poor, all came together to dance!

    This inspiring story of the world-famous dancing palace and home of the Li...

  • Oh No, Not Ghosts!

    Shhhhh! Dad said not to make a peep, so that he could get some sleep. But what if something is wriggling, sniggling, and slithering in the shadows? And did that floorboard just creeeeeak? Each ghoulish possibility seems worse than the last, until--wh...

  • Across the Alley

    Abe and Willie live across the alley from each other. Willie is black and Abe is Jewish, and during the day, they don't talk. But at night they open their windows and are best friends. Willie shows Abe how to throw a real big-league slider, and Abe g...

  • Busing Brewster

    One of the Ten Best Books of the Year, The New York Times

    Brewster is excited about starting first grade . . . until Mama announces that he'll be attending Central, a school in the white part of town. Mama says they have art and music and a lib...

  • Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets

    In these imaginative poems you'll find animals that nobody has ever heard of--but that certainly ought to exist. Each poem in this collection is paired with a striking painting by renowned artist, Leonard Baskin, and will inspire young readers to...



  • More Than Enough

    A community grows as neighbor helps neighbor in this heartwarming story inspired by the Golden Ladder, a Jewish approach to charity intended to create a fair society.Moses isn’t used to jingle-jangle in his pocket, so he’s reluctant to gi...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Richard Michelson has published 10 books.

The next book by Richard Michelson, More Than Enough, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by Richard Michelson, Did You Say Ghosts?, was published in September 1993.

No. Richard Michelson does not write books in series.
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