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.
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Community life -- Juvenile poetry.
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City and town life -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry, American.
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Neighborhoods -- Poetry.
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Community life -- Poetry.
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City and town life -- Poetry.
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American poetry.
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Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Picture books.
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Added Author |
Janeczko, Paul B., editor.
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Yum, Hyewon, illustrator.
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Added Title |
Poems about my home, my street, and my town |
ISBN |
9781536200942 (lib. bdg.) |
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1536200948 (lib. bdg.) |
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