The poet Valerie Worth died at the age of 60. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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Known for works such as Animal Poems, Gypsy Gold, and the Small Poems series of books, this Pennsylvania-born writer received the 1991 National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.
She grew up in Philadelphia and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of a biology professor. She later settled in New York with her husband, George Bahlke.