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Book

The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry

Call Number

  • J 811 BILL (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers , 2008.

Physical Description

175 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Summary

The definitive anthology of children's poetry with beautiful illustrations.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • The pasture / Animals: Something told the wild geese / Mice / Caterpillars / The wolf / A bird came down the walk / Baby chick / A kitten / Crocodile / Foxes / The woodpecker / World of nature: Weather / Clouds / Who has seen the wind? / The muddy puddle / Fog / Spring rain / The rainbow / What is pink? / Open house / The little rose tree / Afternoon on a hill / Metaphor / Sleeping outdoors / The star / Until we built a cabin / Wise / Taking turns / To look at any thing / Hurt no living thing / Around the year: The months / New Year's Day / To my Valentine / March winds and April showers / April rain song / Green grass & dandelions / Autumn / October / The last word of a bluebird / Thanksgiving day / Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Happy Hanukkah! / Christmas song / People and places: City song / Skyscraper / Subways are people / Climbing / In the woods / Knoxville, Tennessee / Child of the sun / Postman's song / The park / So many nights / Manhattan lullaby / Once upon a time / School time: First day of school / Pick me, please / SOS / Take a number / I brought a worm / Ten little caterpillars / Word builder / Under the microscope / Poor substitute / Me and my feelings: The swing / I've got an itch / Papa says / This tooth / Bursting / My shadow / I am running in a circle / My dog / Vacation / Kick a little stone / I keep three wishes ready / The dark / Bed in summer / If I were in charge of the world / Painting the gate / My star / Dreamer / Family and home: Grandpa's stories / in daddy's arms / Promises / A social mixer / My little sister / Some things don't make any sense at all / I love you little / Food for me: On eating porridge made of peas / I eat my peas with honey / Speak clearly / Let there be pizza on earth / Mummy slept late and daddy fixed breakfast / Oodles of noodles / Herbert Glerbett / O sliver of liver / Beans, beans, beans / Nonsense: Norman Norton's nostrils / Kitty caught a caterpillar / Dickery Dean / Crooked man / A mouse in her room / Tombstone / Eat-it-all Elaine / The folk who live in Backward Town / Mother Goose: Old Mother Hubbard / Knock on the door / Wee Willie Winkie / Hey diddle, diddle / Jack be nimble / King Cole / Star light / Little Bo-Peep / Little Boy Blue / Black sheep / Song of sixpence / My brother was a fisherman / Hickory, dickory, dock / The tuft of flowers

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