Barry Louis Polisar is an author

Author

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 and singer-songwriter

Songwriter

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 who writes children's music

Children's music

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 and numerous children's books, poems and stories.

Works

He has traveled throughout the United States

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 and Europe

Europe

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 as a visiting author in schools and libraries. He is a five-time Parents' Choice Award

Parents' Choice Award

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 winner and has performed in The White House

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, The Smithsonian and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He has written songs for Sesame Street

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 and The Weekly Reader, has starred in an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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-winning television show for children and has been featured regularly on The Learning Channel.

Polisar works with literacy groups, media specialists, reading teachers and Title I programs in the schools and has won a Special Library Recognition Award for his "ability to communicate with and excite children to read."

Polisar's song "All I Want Is You" was featured during the opening credits

Juno (soundtrack)

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 of Jason Reitman

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's film Juno

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. This song is also currently featured on the National Lottery (United Kingdom)

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 advert for Lotto, and the Honda Civic "Date With a Woodsman" advert.

A two-disc tribute album

Tribute album

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, compiled by Aaron Cohen of the Radioactive Chicken Heads

Radioactive Chickenheads

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 entitled We're Not Kidding! A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar was released in 2010. The album features covers of 60 of Polisar's songs by artists such as DeLeon, Rebecca Loebe

Rebecca Loebe

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, The Radioactive Chicken Heads

Radioactive Chickenheads

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, Tor Hyams

Tor hyams

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, and Barry Louis Polisar's son Evan Polisar.

Awards

• Polisar's TV show Field Trip won two Emmy Awards in its first season.
• Polisar's recordings have won four (4) different Parents' Choice Awards.
• Numerous Children's Music Web Awards for Best Children's Recording, Best New Song, and Best "Classic" recording.
• Polisar's book Insect Soup won a Parents' Guide Award for Outstanding Children's Books.
• Polisar's Scrapbook video won a National Media Gold Award and an award from the Coalition on Quality Children's Recordings.
• Two Maryland State Artist Awards.
• Polisar's recording of Old Dogs, New Tricks was named "one of the twenty best Children's Recordings of all time" in The American Library Association's Children's Jukebox and Award Hall of Fame.
• Maryland Library Association's Special Recognition Award for his "contributions on behalf of children of all ages" for his "ability to communicate with children and excite them to read."

Albums

• Old Enough To Know Better
• A Little Different
• Juggling Babies
• Naughty Songs for Boys & Girls
• Teachers Favorites
• Old Dogs, New Tricks
• Family Trip
• Family Concert
• I Eat Kids and Other Songs for Rebellious Children
• My Brother Thinks He's a Banana and other Provocative Songs for Children
• Captured Live and in the Act
• Songs for Well Behaved Children
• Stanley Stole My Shoelace and Rubbed it in His Armpit and Other Songs My Parents Won't Let Me Sing
• Off-Color Songs for Kids

External links

• Official website