Read! Read! Read!

Read! Read! Read!
Author: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1635923530

Capture the joys of reading in this amazing poetry collection! From that thrilling moment when a child first learns to decipher words, to the excitement that follows in reading everything from road signs to field guides to internet articles to stories, these poems celebrate reading. They also explore what reading does -- how it opens minds, can make you kind, and allows you to explore the whole world. Ryan O’Rourke’s rich artwork beautifully captures the imagination and playfulness in these poems by noted author Amy Ludwig VanDerwater.

Forest Has A Song

Forest Has A Song
Author: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-03-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547680996

A spider is a “never-tangling dangling spinner / knitting angles, trapping dinner.” A tree frog proposes, “Marry me. Please marry me… / Pick me now. / Make me your choice. / I’m one great frog / with one strong voice.” VanDerwater lets the denizens of the forest speak for themselves in twenty-six lighthearted, easy-to-read poems. As she observes, “Silence in Forest / never lasts long. / Melody / is everywhere / mixing in / with piney air. / Forest has a song.” The graceful, appealing watercolor illustrations perfectly suit these charming poems that invite young readers into the woodland world at every season.

The Mad Farmer Poems (Large Print 16pt)

The Mad Farmer Poems (Large Print 16pt)
Author: Wendell Berry
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2010-05
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1458757404

Wendell Baerry has become ''mad'' at contemporary society. Gleaned from various collections of this amazing American voice, the poems take the shape of manifestos, insults, and Whitmanic ravings that are often funny in spite of themselves. The whole is a wonderful testimony to the power of humor to bring even the most terrible consequences into an otherwise unobtainable focus.

Bookspeak!

Bookspeak!
Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547223005

Presents a series of poems which pay tribute to the limitless worlds available through books, as characters plead for sequels, strut fancy jackets, and have a raucous party in the aisles after a bookstore closes for the night.

Follow Follow

Follow Follow
Author: Marilyn Singer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0803737696

Now one of Booklist's 30 Best Books of the Year! "Genius!" – Wired.com “Marilyn Singer's verse in Follow Follow practically dances down each page . . . the effect is miraculous and pithy.” – The Wall Street Journal Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos–a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward–became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-loved fairy tales such as Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid. Read these clever poems from top to bottom and they mean one thing. Then reverse the lines and read from bottom to top and they mean something else–it is almost like magic! A celebration of sight, sound, and story, this book is a marvel to read again and again.

Famous Poems from Bygone Days

Famous Poems from Bygone Days
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-02-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0486148564

Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including works about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell.

My Farm Friends

My Farm Friends
Author: Wendell Minor
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399257993

Here’s a perfect introduction to our farm friends. Is there anything cuter than a little lamb or playful piglet? Farm animals are fascinating, and they are full of surprises, too. Naturally, cows make milk—but did you know they need to drink a bathtub-full of water every day? And of course the turkeys gobble—but sometimes they purr like cats. Wendell Minor’s bright, bold artwork and jaunty verse celebrate the wonders of our farm friends.