Good Rhymes, Good Times: Poems (Trophy Picture Books) - Hardcover

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060234997 ISBN 13: 9780060234997

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1773

Synopsis

A collection of original poems ranging in topic from sounds in the city to the seasons to bedtime

About this title

About the Author:

Lee Bennett Hopkins is a noted teacher, poet, and anthologist who lectures widely about the importance of teaching poetry to children. The author of over one hundred books for children, Mr. Hopkins lives in Scarborough, NY.

Frane Lessac has illustrated The Chalk Doll by Charlotte Pomerantz, Nine O'Clock Lullaby by Marilyn Singer and her own picturebook, My Little Island which was a Reading Rainbow Featured Selection. She lives in Fremantle, Australia.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Sing a Song of Cities

Sing a song of cities.
If you do,
Cities will sing back to you.

They'll sing in subway roars and rumbles.
People-laughs, machine-loud-grumbles.

Sing a song of cities.
If you do,
Cities will sing back to you.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1773
• ISBN 10: 0060234997
• ISBN 13: 9780060234997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lessac Frane