illustrated by Josee Bisaillon
2011, Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin)
32 pages
Goodreads rating: 4.31
cag: 5
21 poems - all about books and words!
Endpapers: Plummy, purple gorgeous
Illustrations: mixed media, collage, washes and paper cuts - a REAL mix of media!
One of the poems is a poem for 3 voices - about the beginning, middle, and end, from each point-of-view. A class could present - but I need to get my hands on two more copies of the book!
The author's from Minneapolis, the illustrator's from Quebec.
CALLING ALL READERS
I'll tell you a story.
I'll spin you a rhyme.
I'll spill some ideas ----
and we'll travel through time.
Put down the controller.
Switch off the TV.
Abandon the mouse and
just hand out with me.
I promise adventure.
Come on, take a look!
On a day like today,
there's no friend like a book.
TOP SECRET
Describe your desires and they become mine.
I'm a treasure box where feelings can shine.
All thinkers need pages where dreams can take flight.
Reveal all
Your secrets, one entry per night.
BOOK PLATE
I don't need your napkin.
I'm not your soup bowl's mate.
I don't want your peas or bread.
I'm not that kind of plate!
Write your name upon me.
I'm a paper love tattoo.
Paste me in your book to show
That I belong to you.
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