A jar of tiny stars : poems by NCTE award-winning poets

Book 1996

A collection of poems by the winners of the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry for Children, including David McCord, Aileen Fisher, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, Eve Merriam, John Ciardi, Lilian Moore, Arnold Adoff, Valerie Worth, and Barbara Esbensen.

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Children's poetry, American

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ISBN:

9781563970870
1563970872

Edition:

First edition

Description:

ix, 94 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87) and index

Contents:

Every time I climb a tree
Pickety fence
Snowman
Star in the pail
I have a book / David McCord
My puppy
My cat and I
Cricket jackets
Out in the dark and daylight
From listen, rabbit! / Aileen Fisher
Hughbert and the glue
Meal
I woke up this morning
Winter clothes
Lewis has a trumpet / Karla Kuskin
Kittens
Lemonade stand
Arthur thinks on Kennedy
Shell
Martin Luther King / Myra Cohn Livingston
Gooseberry, juice berry, loose
Berry jam
How to eat a poem
Skip rope rhyme for our time
Windshield wiper
Umbilical / Eve Merriam
Mummy slept late and daddy fixed breakfast
What did you learn at the zoo
Happy family
Sometimes I feel this way
Summer song / John Ciardi
If you catch a firefly
I left my head
Mine
Recess
Construction / Lilian Moore
Flavors: mama is chocolate
Flavors: daddy is vanilla
Flavors: me is better butter
Coach says: listen sonny
From black is brown is tan / Arnold Adoff
Dinosaurs
Lawnmower
Giraffe
Safety pin
Pebbles / Valerie Worth
Bat
Elephant
My cat
Pencils
Snake / Barbara Esbensen --About the poets

LCCN:

93060466

Control Number:

60249

Other Authors:

Cullinan, Bernice E
MacLeod, Andi, illustrator
Nadel, Marc, illustrator
National Council of Teachers of English

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