About
Tish Rabe Books is an independent children's publishing company led by Founder and Content Creator Tish Rabe, who is a bestselling children's book author, singer, songwriter and award winning television producer. The company is Federally Certified as a Woman Owned Small Business by the SBA and employs a team of experts with extensive backgrounds in creating successful educational media for children and families.
Our Mission
Tish Rabe Books, LLC is committed to creating books and media that make a positive difference in the lives of children, parents, teachers, and caregivers worldwide.
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​Our company welcomes inquiries about creating media that will help support your mission and achieve your goals.
Best-Selling Children's Book Author
Over 200 books authored and 11 million books sold for Dr. Seuss, Disney, Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Clifford, Curious George, Blue’s Clues, PEEP and the Big Wide World, and many more.
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Children’s Media Producer / Consultant
Associate Producer for Big Bird in China- Emmy award for Outstanding Children’s Program for NBC- Sesame Workshop.
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Senior Producer for “3-2-1 Contact” for Sesame Workshop.
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Senior Producer for Children’s Media - Random House.
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Producer for The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Christmas special for HBO Family in which Crystal Gayle sang two of Ms. Rabe’s original songs.
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Consultant for Gerald McBoing Boing on The Cartoon Network.
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Editorial Director and Music Producer for Soundprints - book and audio recordings for Disney, Sesame Street and many more.
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Awards
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Wall Street Journal Bestselling Children’s Author
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Emmy Award - Television Producer - Best PSA Spots for Children
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Mom’s Choice Award - GOLD
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Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers
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Bank Square - Best Books Award
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Emmy Award Big Bird in China for Sesame Street - Best Children's Special
Animation Head Writer / Scriptwriter
Head Writer for I Spy original animated series based on the bestselling children’s book series, HBO Family/Scholastic Entertainment.
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Head Writer for “The Country Mouse and City Mouse Adventures”/ CINAR.
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Scriptwriter on “Clifford” and “Clifford’s Puppy Days” for Scholastic.
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Writer/Songwriter - Stay Safe Singers Public Service Spots for PBS- Emmy award winner.
Songwriter / Lyricist
Over 250 songs for Sesame Street, Disney, Nickelodeon, American Wildlife Federation, Smithsonian Kids and many more.
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“3-2-1 Contact”- over 200 songs for this groundbreaking PBS series.
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“They’re Endangered”, her song with composer Susan Ring, as recorded by Pat Benatar.
Professional Singer
Graduate of Ithaca College - Bachelor of Music/ Vocal Performance
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Vocalist on Sesame Street for Jim Henson’s Muppets
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Singer on “The Monkey King Song” for Big Bird in China - Sesame Workshop.
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Singer/Narrator for Disney Princess and Bambi book and audio.
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Singer for “3-2-1 Contact” for Sesame Workshop.
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Featured singer, “Tish Rabe and Friends”.
Meet Tish
Tish Rabe (“Robby”) is a bestselling children’s book author, singer, songwriter, children’s media producer, animation head writer, children’s book publisher, and an expert in creating all forms of quality media for children and families.
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Tish enjoys doing speaking engagements. For more information contact Tish at Tish@TishRabeBooks.com.
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Tish loves being a guest on podcasts and sends a big "Thank You" to her friend Vanessa Corwin and Kathleen Kaan, award-winning producers, who asked great questions about Tish's background as a singer, songwriter, television producer and children's book author.