Here are two poems that I wrote about children's books.
I wrote A Book and a Chair when my daughter was young. I loved to read to her at
night while we sat on a red-cushioned rocking chair in my bedroom. I wrote
Things to Do If You Are a Book for my book THINGS TO DO. It was cut from the
manuscript--and is not included in the book.
I'm posting the two poems in celebration of
the 100th anniversary of Children's Book Week (April 29-May 5, 20190.)
A
BOOK AND A CHAIR
A
book and a chair
Are
nice to share
When
the edges of day
Are
melting away
Into
the night.
A
book and a chair
Are
nice to share…
Touching
and talking,
Reading
and rocking
Into
the night.
THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE A BOOK
Be
filled with words that tell a tale
of
a little mouse and a giant whale
of
a runty pig and his spider friend
who
was true and loyal to the end
of
a badger who loved eating bread and jam
of
a funky guy, green eggs, and ham
of
a spunky girl named Ramona Q.
of
a boy and the Jabberwock he slew.
Be
filled with words and tell a tale
that
will let my imagination sail.
Be
a mystery
or
a fantasy
or
sing with sounds of poetry.
Between
your covers
let
there be
a story that’s just right for me.
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Click here
to download a copy of the 2019 Children's Book Week poster.
Click here
to download activity sheets.
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BOOK GIVEAWAY
I'm giving away a copy of YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry
Friday Power Book by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. It's would be an excellent
classroom resource for teachers of "tweens and teens."
To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you
have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish
from April 23rd through April 30th. I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, May
1st.
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