Awards

• Short-listed for North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 2007

Overview

There's nothing like curling up with a good book, but you have to be careful. Before you know it, a minute turns into an hour, an hour turns into a day, and a day may turn into . . . eternity. Inspired by the likes of Edward Lear, X. J. Kennedy, and Lewis Carroll, the author of Arithme-Tickle and Scien-Trickery has created a collection of original poems about books and reading that range from sweet to silly to laugh-out-loud funny. Newcomer Kyle M. Stone's clever, witty, and endearing paintings make this the perfect treat for book lovers of all ages.

Full Product Details

Author:   J. Patrick Lewis ,  Kyle M Stone
Publisher:   Gulliver Books
Imprint:   Gulliver Books
Dimensions:   Width: 21.40cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9780152163877

ISBN 10:   0152163875
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   01 April 2005
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Reviews

In 16 poems, all but two appearing here for the first time, the Midwest's cleverest living comic poet enjoins readers, Please bury me in the library / With a dozen long-stemmed proses. He suggests altering classic titles ( Green Eggs and Spam ), offers reading-related haiku, a library acrostic-and even literary criticism, from A great book is a homing device / For navigating paradise to A bad book owes to many trees / A forest of apologies. Stone debuts with broadly brushed, page-filling acrylics to match: Children in pj's rest beneath or teeter atop piles of books; mice and owls peruse large volumes by moon- and candle-light; an elderly, rather Seussian creature listens contentedly to a young reader. Finishing with Acknowledgements to Shel and Jack and Myra Cohn, plus other word wizards, this offering from the prolific Lewis won't stay buried long, no matter where it's planted. (Poetry. 8-10) (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Information

J. PATRICK LEWIS has written more than thirty-five books for children, including Arithme-Tickle and Scien-Trickery, both illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. He lives in Ohio. KYLE M. STONE makes his picture-book debut with Please Bury Me in the Library. He lives in Kansas.

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