This lively collection is packed with kid-friendly, "pocket-sized" poems of eight lines or less by such well-known poets as Eve Merriam, Karla Kuskin, and the anthologist herself, Bobbi Katz. The easy-to-memorize, pint-sized poems reflect many different facets of children's lives and are embellished with witty, winning art by the beloved Marylin Hafner, making a package that will be welcomed by children and their teachers.

Pocket Poems

Children's Books

Katz, Bobbi

Literature & Fiction

Puffin Books

Children don't need a calendar to tell them which season it is. Every month has its own distinct clues, like in September "when yellow pencils / in brand-new eraser hats / bravely wait on perfect points." In a dozen unforgettable poems, this fresh yet nostalgic collection captures the excitement of each season, spinning us once around the sun--twelve months, four seasons, one amazing year.

Once Around the Sun

HMH Books for Young Readers

A wheel embedded in the back cover of a rhyming counting book can be turned until the right number--from one to ten--appears in the die-cut circle on each spread

THE OLD WOMAN'S COUNTING BOOK (Turn, Look, and Learn)

Random House Books for Young Readers

Who Lives in This Haunted House

Describes insects that creep, crawl, or fly around your house and garden. Includes ten insect stickers.

The Creepy, Crawly Book

From School Library Journal\nea. vol: unpaged. Random. Mar. 1986. pop-up $5.95. LC number unavailable. PreS-Gr 1 Two mediocre pop-up storybooks with predictable story lines written in rhyme that is at times forced. A mischievous Runaway Ball decides to bounce away from its owner. It disrupts a band, knocks a bicyclist off of his bike, and causes an ice cream stand to tip over. The illustrations look incomplete due to the lack of details and inconsistency of color. In The Fox in the Farmyard , ``. . .Fox had a yen /to dine upon a fine plump hen,'' but his plot is foiled by the barnyard animals, whose neighing, mooing, and woof-woofing wake the farmer. These simple watercolor illustrations are more appealing due to the use of nighttime colors and detail to depict the humorous wide-eyed animals. The small size of these books allows for individual use, but these titles are not advisable for library purchase. There are too many better books for this age group. Connie M. Hornyak, Lake County Public Library, Merrillville, Ind. 
Copyright 1986 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Fox in the Farmyard

The Runaway Ball

A young dog finds a way to give flowers to his mother on her birthday.

Little Wrinkle's surprise (Happy house)

Happy House/Sparkler Books

Young readers learn how to tell time with the aid of movable representations of a digital clock and a regular clock.

Tick Tock Let's Read The Clock (Learning Ladders)

Research shows that partner reading is an effective tool in building reading fluency. The whimsical reproducible poems in this collection were written especially for two students to take turns reading aloud. This experience strengthens both reading and listening skills as students are encouraged to give each other supportive feedback. Accompanying lessons, with think-aloud scripts, offer explicit instruction to help develop fluency. For use with Grades 2–4.

Partner Poems for Building Fluency: 25 Original Poems With Research-Based Lessons That Help Students Improve Their Fluency and Comprehension (Best Practices in Action)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching

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