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MY BOOKS 

A Symphony for the Sheep (Houghton Mifflin, 1996)

"I was not able to read this silently. It pleads to be heard..." American Bookseller, Pick of the List

"...rich, earthy and of good cheer." Kirkus Diamond Review

Best Picture Book of 1996, Parent Choice Awards

 

The Low Down Laundry Line Blues (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)

"Millen's rhythm and blues-inflected verse is studded with images of gaiety."  Publisher's Weekly

"Language and line go from languid to lively under the skillful direction of poet Millen."  Horn Book

"It's got the right skip and hop to it. Congratulations."  Seamus Heaney, Dublin

Top Ten Music Books for 1999, Booklist

 

Blue Bowl Down (Candlewick, 2004)

"Cozy as a cabin warmed by a wood-burning stove...." Starred Review, Booklist

"Millen's verse brings to mind the plaintive lilt and incantatory repitition of a lullaby."  Publisher's Weekly

 

The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane  (Charlesbridge, 2010)

"...echoes of the Book of Kells and other Celtic illumination..."  Kirkus Review

"Written in rhythmic, rhyming, and near-rhyming verse, the simple story unfolds in a satisfying way."  Booklist 

Winner, 2011 Lee Bennett Hopkins National Children's Poetry Award 

Interview at Charlesbridge Publishing   Acceptance Speech for Lee Bennett Hopkins Award

 

"The Children of Niobe," What World Is This? (Tuscany Press, 2014) 

Winner, Tuscany Prize Short Story Award

 

Poems published in various publications in the U.S., Ireland, and the U.K. 

 

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