Bob Raczka
3) Beware!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Using words made up of only the five letters "beware," a little bear named Abe and a bee named Bree, who have been warned about each other, compete for the flowers in their meadow, but end up as friends willing to put aside their differences and share"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
AD 180L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
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Description
Rhyming text and illustrations portray the sights and sounds of autumn, from "rakers, leapers, and corn crop reapers" to "trickers, treaters, and turkey eaters."
Author
Language
English
Description
Boy meets girl in this story of reluctant friendship that introduces young readers to the concept of similes. Summer drags, like a book that starts out good, then isn't. The boy is bored, like a frog waiting for a fly to buzz by. So the boy hops on his bike and heads for the playground, where he finds a girl on a swing who beckons him to join her. At first, the boy is reluctant, but soon they are having fun like best friends, like characters in a...
Author
Language
English
Description
A spoonful of poetry helps the mockery go down! This collection of presidential poems is historical and hysterical.
The clerihew is a simple poetic form specifically invented to make fun of famous people-and who is more famous than the misbehaving presidents of the United States? Here are forty-three poems teasing the commander-in-chief that are fun to read aloud and even more fun to write yourself. From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade:...
Author
Language
English
Description
A misunderstood wolf writes poems about his forest home and friends in this breathtaking picture book
Black Bear-ies
Cute black
fruit snack.
Tiny.
Shiny.
Pick some,
lick thumbs.
Cub
grub.
The Poet Wolf loves to write pithy verse in the pine forest, but his forest friends see not a poet, but a hungry wolf. That is, until they listen to his lovely poems about life in the woods and discover that behind this apex predator is a sensitive soul...
10) Spring things
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Winter melts into spring with the sights and sounds of hopping and skipping, sowing and mowing, and blading and lemonading.
11) You are a story
Author
Series
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An empowering reflection on the many things we are and the ways we relate to the world"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
43 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways.Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write! From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes another clever collection...
14) Fall mixed up
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The delights of autumn are described in mixed-up verse and illustrations, and the reader is challenged to uncover the errors.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
AD 140L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
What is America? Shape a fascinating image of the United States through the eyes of eighteen artists who have painted, sculpted, and photographed the U.S. landscape and culture.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
This collection of ten stories features caring, adventurous, and silly boys whose stories can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Fearless, fun, determined, daring, kind, and independent . . . these boys rock! Whether you're looking for a compassionate role model, a quick pick-me-up, a jolt of inspiration, or just a giggle, this treasury has all that and more!