Good Books, Good Times - Softcover

Lee Bennett Hopkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 060618693X ISBN 13: 9780606186933

Publisher: Demco Media, 1990

Synopsis

An anthology of poems about the joys of books and reading. Includes selections by David McCord, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Jack Prelutsky.

About this title

About the Author:

Noted poet and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins is the nation's foremost spokesperson for children's poetry. The recipient of a Christopher Award and the University of Southern Mississippi's Medallion for "lasting contributions to childrens literature," Mr. Hopkins lives in Westchester County and Greenwich Village, New York.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

I'd Like a Story

I'd like a story of
Ghosts on gusty nights,
Wild island ponies galloping
With manes that wave like kites,
A book that knows the lowdown
On what to feed giraffes,
A book of nutty nonsense
That's nothing much--just laughs--

A book to read to find out
How basketball stars shoot,
Why dinosaurs all died out,
What do computers compute,
Which sail a mizzen sail is,
Can Martians really be,
How heavy a blue whale is,
Weighed side by side with me--

A book to curl in bed with,
To browse in by a brook--
Anytime!

Anyplace!
I'd like any book!

X. J. Kennedy

About this edition

• Publisher: Demco Media
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 060618693X
• ISBN 13: 9780606186933
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Harvey Stevenson