| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Note |
Anthology. |
| Contents |
How to build a poem / Charles Ghigna -- How to tell a camel / J. Patrick Lewis -- How to be a mole / Elaine Magliaro -- The proper way to meet a hedgehog / Allan Wolf -- Toasting marshmallows / Marilyn Singer -- Mix a pancake / Christina Rossetti -- To make a meal / Calef Brown -- How to tell goblins from elves / Monica Shannon -- How to scare monsters / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Rules / Karla Kuskin -- Rules of speaking / Douglas Florian -- Walking on Mars / Irene Latham -- Table tennis triolet / Marjorie Maddox -- Basketball rule #2 / Kwame Alexander -- How to ride a new bike / April Halprin Wayland -- Playin' jacks / Anna E. Jordan -- The swing / Robert Louis Stevenson -- How to bird-watch / Margarita Engle -- How to be a tree in winter / Irene Latham -- How to take care of your tree / Allan Wolf -- How to make a snow angel / Ralph Fletcher -- How to be a snowflake / Elaine Magliaro -- Snowflake catcher / Charles Waters -- On the Fourth of July / Marilyn Singer -- Fireworks / Anna E. Jordan -- Tired hair / Douglas Florian -- Barbershop / Martin Gardner -- A lesson from the deaf / Nikki Grimes -- How to read braille / Steve Withrow -- Best friends / Helen Frost -- How to say a little prayer / Pat Mora -- How to catch a poem / Irene Latham -- How to pay attention / April Halprin Wayland. |
| Summary |
A collection of poems acts as a whimsical instruction manual to feats both practical and fanciful, including how to mix a pancake, how to make a snow angel, how to be a mole, and how to build a poem. |
| Audience |
Ages 6-9. |
| Note |
Ages 6-9. |
| Audience |
NP Lexile |
| Note |
NP Lexile |
| Subject |
American poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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English poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Janeczko, Paul B., editor.
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Jones, Richard, 1977- illustrator.
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Ghigna, Charles, contributor.
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Lewis, J. Patrick, contributor.
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Magliaro, Elaine, contributor.
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Wolf, Allan, contributor.
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Singer, Marilyn, contributor.
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Rossetti, Christina, contributor.
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Brown, Calef, contributor.
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Shannon, Monica, contributor.
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Dotlich, Rebecca Kai, contributor.
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Kuskin, Karla, contributor.
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Florian, Douglas, contributor.
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Latham, Irene, contributor.
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Maddox, Marjorie, 1959- contributor.
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Alexander, Kwame, contributor.
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Wayland, April Halprin, contributor.
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Jordan, Anna E., contributor.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, contributor.
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Engle, Margarita, contributor.
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Fletcher, Ralph J., contributor.
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Waters, Charles, contributor.
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Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010, contributor.
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Grimes, Nikki, contributor.
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Withrow, Steven, contributor.
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Frost, Helen, contributor.
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Mora, Pat, contributor.
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| ISBN |
9780763681685 |
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0763681687 |
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