Presents a tribute to timeless childhood summer activities, from playing hide-and-seek and hopscotch to making mud soup and imagining that a stick is a magic wand.
Juvenile poetry
- Author:Singer, MarilynSummary:
- Author:Lee, DennisSummary:
Thirty-seven nonsense verses on a variety of topics include "Thinking In Bed," "On Tuesdays I Polish My Uncle," and "Billy Batter."
- Author:Grant, Shauntay, Thiébaux-Heikalo, TamaraSummary:
From patchwork-quilt farmland to the winding red roads, from sandy beaches to the endless stars at night, Apples and Butterflies shows Prince Edward Island shining in the bright blue and gold light of fall. Shauntay Grant's award-...
- Author:Duhaime, AndréSummary:
Pour André Duhaime et Francine Couture, l'exercice conjoint du mot et de l’art rejaillit sur autant de poèmes haïkus rassemblés dans ces petits livres, sans travestir l'univers de jeunes esprits et de jeunes oreilles. Pour...
- Author:Marchamps, Guy.Summary:
Fourmilier, huard, orignal, ours, crabe, tortue, fourmis, hippocampe, lamantin, morse, ver de terre, aye-aye, dik-dik, hippocampe et koala sont au nombre des 28 petites et grosses bêtes, connues et méconnues, dont quelques moeurs et...
- Author:Salas, Laura PurdieSummary:
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.
- Author:Duhaime, AndréSummary:
Simple et charmante poésie célébrant les plaisirs enfantins de l'hiver; illustrations douces. [SDM].
- Author:Gravel, FrançoisSummary:
« Dans Branchez-vous! et autres poèmes biscornus, François Gravel s'interroge sur les curiosités de la langue française et s'en amuse. Il va même jusqu'à mélanger l'anglais au français pour s'entortiller...
- Author:Beck, CarolynSummary:
Wend your way through Buttercup's lovely day. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Argueta, Jorge, Monroy, Manuel, Bell, ElizabethSummary:
This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave — the...
- Author:Nye, Naomi ShihabSummary:
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to refugees, in this collection of original and never before published poems. With poems about food wrappers, plastic straws, refugee...
- Author:Gorman, AmandaSummary:
A lyrical audiobook from presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long "I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don't fear change coming, And so I sing...
- Author:Duhaime, AndréSummary:
Pour André Duhaime et Francine Couture, l'exercice conjoint du mot et de l’art rejaillit sur autant de poèmes haïkus rassemblés dans ces petits livres, sans travestir l'univers de jeunes esprits et de jeunes oreilles. Pour...
- Author:Sidman, JoyceSummary:
A collection of poems that celebrates the wonder, mystery, and danger of the night and describes the many things that hide in the dark.
- Author:Nicole, ShaniceSummary:
Dear Black Girls is a letter to all Black girls. Every day, poet and educator Shanice Nicole is reminded of how special Black girls are and of how lucky she is to be one. Illustrations by Kezna Dalz support the book's message that no...
- Author:Forget, Jean-GuySummary:
Lorsque son cousin décède de façon tragique, le narrateur est incapable de pleurer. Le jour des funérailles, le jeune garçon, submergé d'émotions qu'il ne comprend pas, repousse le plus longtemps possible le moment des adieux....
- Author:Engle, MargaritaSummary:
From Juana Briones and Juan Ponce de León to eighteenth-century slaves and modern-day sixth graders, the many and varied people depicted here speak to the experiences and contributions of Latinos throughout the history of the United...
- Author:Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Heidi E. Y.Summary:
Eek, you reek, You make a funk. Where you have been? Things stink, stank, stunk. You've left a path, A swath of smell, And-yuk! You did it very well. Children of all ages will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems...
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Poems which celebrate childrens everyday experiences during the school year.
- Author:Rex, AdamSummary:
Rex brings back Frankenstein--and the monster is getting married! But Frankenstein and his undead bride will have many things to deal with before this monster bash.