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Best known for her picture books, although also the author of two young adult novels and numerous magazine and newspaper articles, some of them humorous. Krasilovsky's first two books were accepted for publication when she was nineteen and newly married. Both of them were written in response to real children. The Very Little Girl (1953) was originally a birthday card for her sister's child, and The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes (1950), a humorous cautionary tale illustrated by Barbara Cooney, was written for her husband's five- year-old cousin who was dying of leukemia. The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957), illustrated by Peter Spier, was inspired by an incident observed while bicycling through Holland. Other books were inspired by her fou ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 1,285 ratings · 158 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cow Who Fell in the Canal by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Peter Spier (illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 1957 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Barbara Cooney (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1950 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Christmas Tree That Grew by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Kathy Wilburn (Illustrators) 4.02 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Cooked for Himself 4.58 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Little Girl by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Karen Gundersheimer (Illustrator) 4.53 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1953 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Tulips in Holland 4.26 avg rating — 46 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shy Little Girl by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1970 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Benny's Flag by Phyllis Krasilovsky, W.T. Mars (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Little Boy by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Karen Gundersheimer (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1962 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Tried to Save Time (Reading-On-My-Own Book) by Phyllis Krasilovsky, Marcia Sewall 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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