Charlotte Pomerantz is a children's book author. Her 1975 story The Princess and the Admiral won a Jane Addams Children's Book Awards

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards

The Jane Addams Children's Book Award is given annually to a children's book published the preceding year that advances the causes of peace and social equality. The awards, which have been presented annually since 1953, are given jointly by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom ...

. Pomerantz's story The Piggy In The Puddle was featured October 13, 1992 on Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow is an American children's television series aired by PBS from June 6, 1983 until November 10, 2006 that encouraged reading among children. The award-winning public television series garnered over 200 broadcast awards, including scores of Emmy Awards, many for "Outstanding Children's...

, where it was retold using a claymation process with artists Becky and Cody. Other featured books on the show included This House Is Made of Mud, The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story, Oink! with a similar theme.

Pomerantz's book The Half-Birthday Party is about half-birthday

Half-birthday

A half-birthday is a day approximately six months before or after the real anniversary of a person's birth. It is sometimes marked by people whose birthday falls near public holidays whose celebration can overwhelm private anniversaries, such as Christmas...

s. Her One Duck, Another Duck was recommended as "a still unbeaten classic" for counting books, as it "beautifully illustrates additionality and seriation with its rhythmic additions to ducks on a pond."

Selected bibliography

• All Asleep (1984) Illustrated by Nancy Tafuri ISBN 0-688-03762-3
• The Mousery (2000) Illustrated by Kurt Cyrus ISBN 0-15-202304-6