Article: Karla Kuskin, 77; wrote, illustrated children's books

NEW YORK - Karla Kuskin, a noted children's author and illustrator whose work combined sly wit and propulsive vitality with deep thoughtfulness about the essential natures of people, animals, and things, died of a neurological disorder Thursday at her home in Seattle. She was 77.

The author or illustrator - often both at once - of more than 50 books for young people, Ms. Kuskin was known in particular for the volumes of rhymed verse she wrote and illustrated. They include "In the Middle of the Trees" (Harper, 1958); "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" (Harper & Row, 1963); "The Rose on My Cake" (Harper & Row, 1964); and "Soap Soup and Other Verses" (HarperCollins, 1992).

Ms. Kuskin's poems are ...

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