This energetic collection of twenty-four poems brings the excitement of a child's first few years at school to life. From opening a box of squeaky new crayons and swinging way up high on the playground swings to getting caught passing a note and bidding farewell to a beloved class pet, the highlights and the lowlights of classroom life are captured here.
"The rhymes and sounds and wordplay are part of the fun."
-Booklist
Kay Winters has written several children's books including Did You See What I Saw?: Poems About School and The Teeny Tiny Ghost. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Show moreThis energetic collection of twenty-four poems brings the excitement of a child's first few years at school to life. From opening a box of squeaky new crayons and swinging way up high on the playground swings to getting caught passing a note and bidding farewell to a beloved class pet, the highlights and the lowlights of classroom life are captured here.
"The rhymes and sounds and wordplay are part of the fun."
-Booklist
Kay Winters has written several children's books including Did You See What I Saw?: Poems About School and The Teeny Tiny Ghost. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Show moreKay Winters has written several children's books includingDid You See What I Saw?- Poems About SchoolandThe Teeny Tiny Ghost.Shelives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
PreS-Gr 3‘Winters's two dozen brief poems cover a range of topics from a school bus to a drinking fountain, from common ailments (runny nose to chicken pox) to holidays. For the most part, the poems are an insubstantial lot, lacking fresh imagery or distinctive language. "Groundhog Day" and "Behind Closed Doors" do have a delightful sense of whimsy. Weston's pleasant pen-and-ink drawings ably complement the book's lighthearted tone. Overall, though, it's a less-than-memorable treatment of an ever-popular subject.‘Marilyn Taniguchi, Santa Monica Public Library, CA
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