Sharmat, Mitchell

Mitchell Sharmat, a graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels, and was a contributor to many textbook reading programs. He was best known for the classic "Gregory, the Terrible Eater", which was a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection and a "New York Times" Critics Pick. In Mitchell s honor, The Sharmat Collection displaying the books he wrote, was established at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by the Monroe C. Gutman Library.