Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
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School children |
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age Children |
Note |
"A Charlotte Zolotow book." |
Indexed In: |
Beyond Picture Books, a Guide to First Readers. 2nd. ed. by Barbara Barstow and Judith Riggle. |
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Poetry in literature for youth / Angela Leeper. |
Audience |
K-3. |
Summary |
An anthology of poems about the joys of books and reading. Includes selections by David McCord, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Jack Prelutsky. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Being lost / Karla Kuskin -- Books fall open / David McCord -- And then / Prince Redcloud -- On a day in summer / Aileen Fisher -- Give me a book / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Summer doings / William Cole -- Good books, good times! / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- An historic moment / William J. Harris -- What if-- / Isabel Joshlin Glaser -- I met a dragon face to face / Jack Prelutsky -- There is a land / Leland B. Jacobs -- I'd like a story / X.J. Kennedy -- Books to the ceiling / Arnold Lobel -- Surprise / Beverly McLoughland. |
Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer |
Subject |
Books and reading -- Juvenile poetry.
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Books and reading. |
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Children's poetry, American.
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Children's poetry, American. |
Genre/Form |
Echo verse.
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Blank verse.
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Juvenile works.
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Poetry.
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Poetry.
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Added Author |
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, editor.
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Stevenson, Harvey, illustrator.
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ISBN |
9780060225278 (hardcover) |
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0060225270 (hardcover) |
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0060225289 (library binding) |
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9780060225285 (library binding) |
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