Poetry Friday is hosted today by WritingThe World for Kids.
My selection is "Please bury me in the library " written by J. Patrick Lewis and
illustrated by Kyle M. Stone.
Fifteen poems in a variety of forms celebrate books -- words, pictures
and the joy of the written language.
There's
the light-hearted --
What if Books Had Different Names?
What if Books Had
Different Names?
Like Alice . . . in
Underland?
Furious George,
Goodnight Noon,
Babar the Beaver,
A Visit from Saint
Tickle Us.
And the thoughtful -- Necessary Gardens
Libraries
Are
Necessary
Gardens,
Unsurpassed
At
Growing
Excitement.
Lewis draws inspiration from many familiar wordsmiths from Lewis Carroll
and Edward Lear to Shel Silverstein and Myra Cohn.
Stone's richly layered illustrations enrich without overpowering the
text.
1 comment:
I'm a huge fan of Pat's, and how can you lose with his wonderful books about poems. Everybody should check this out (get it--library, check it out?). Heehee:>)
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