Alan Katz is a children’s author and longtime comedy writer whose books bring together wordplay, music, lively characters, and learning. He has written more than 40 acclaimed titles, spanning picture books, poetry collections, early readers, board books, and middle-grade chapter books. His best-known work includes the Silly Dilly songbooks, beginning with Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, which have entertained young readers since 2001.

Other offerings include the Lieographies series, humorous, invented life stories of figures such as Babe Ruth, Amelia Earhart, and Thomas Edison, each paired with factual biographical pages. Katz’s books also feature jokes, riddles, poems, science, and stories about friendship, feelings, and growing up. Before focusing on children’s books, he wrote for television, animated series, awards shows, and publications, including The New York Times.

He offers school visits, both in person and virtually, with presentations about reading, writing, creativity, and how books are made. Readers can find his books through bookstores, especially independent booksellers