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Title Where I live : poems about my home, my street, and my town / selected by Paul B Janeczko ; illustrated by Hyewon Yum.

Publication Info. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
©2023

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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J811.54 JAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  811.54 WHERE I LIVE    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J 811 WHERE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 811.54 JAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Children's Books  J 811.008 WHERE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 811.54 JANECZKO    DUE 05-04-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J821 WHE    In Processing
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 811 WHERE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 811 WHERE    DUE 05-08-24
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J811.54 WH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 40 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Home. Home / X. J. Kennedy -- The breakfast boss / Janet Wong -- The window / Walter de la Mare -- Our rooftop / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- Sunday brunch / Reuben Jackson -- Ode to a sprinkler / Gary Soto -- Back yard / Valerie Worth -- Crickets / Myra Cohn Livingston -- The train / Charlotte Zolotow -- Our cats / Wes Magee -- Now the swing is still / Nicholas Virgilio -- Street. Spruce Street, Berkeley / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Sidewalk cracks / Patricia Hubbell -- Block party / Nikki Grimes -- Ode to my shoes / Francisco X. Alar̤con -- Ice cream truck / Irene Latham -- In yellow boots / Paul B. Janeczko -- Over in the pink house / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- The tree on the corner / Lilian Moore -- October / Linda Sue Park -- The walk / Charles Waters -- Snowplow / Hope Vestergaard -- Town. If I could build a town / Betsy Franco -- People / Lois Lenski -- Mrs. Peck-Pigeon / Eleanor Farjeon -- At the car wash / Lin Oliver -- Launderama / Iain Crichton Smith -- Grocery store cat / Dave Crawley -- New kid at school / Betsy Franco -- Recess / Avis Harley -- Knoxville, Tennessee / Nikki Giovanni -- Winter in the park / Charles Ghigna -- Snowy benches / Aileen Fisher -- City / Langston Hughes.
Summary "This diverse selection of 34 poems, paired with bright illustrations that capture daily life, celebrates the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Neighborhoods -- Juvenile poetry.
Community life -- Juvenile poetry.
City and town life -- Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Neighborhoods -- Poetry.
Community life -- Poetry.
City and town life -- Poetry.
American poetry.
Genre/Form Poetry.
Picture books.
Added Author Janeczko, Paul B., editor.
Yum, Hyewon, illustrator.
Added Title Poems about my home, my street, and my town
ISBN 9781536200942 (lib. bdg.)
1536200948 (lib. bdg.)
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