Did You Hear What I Heard?
Poems About School
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A joyful, poetic celebration of kindergarten and first grade
Poet Kay Winters has written a book of zippy poems centering on the triumphs and trials of those first school years. This cheery collection covers an astonishing range of activities from the anticipated--dashing to the bus and science class discoveries--to the completely unexpected--losing a permission slip and seeing a teacher outside the classroom. Patrice Barton's sweetly smudgy watercolor illustrations show a wonderfully diverse class of young students, making this an ideal selection for every collection.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
More than 20 years after Did You See What I Saw?, Winters returns with another collection of school-themed poetry: 35 light, energetic poems about catching the bus, being the new kid, lost permission slips, and memorable school-day moments, all accompanied by Barton's airy images of multiracial students. "Out in the sunshine/ we march in a line,/ leaving all of those words behind./ Perfect timing!" reads an entry about the excitement of a fire drill. Elsewhere, two students are shocked to see their teacher at the grocery store ("There she is/ by the soup cans"), and several poems highlight the ups and downs of learning. Winters covers the gamut of school-year emotions, recognizing that school encompasses much more than what's on the lesson plan. Ages 5 6. Illustrator's)
