Good Rhymes, Good Times! - Softcover

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064435989 ISBN 13: 9780064435987

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

Lee Bennet Hopkins, noted anthologist and educator, has collected a group of witty and whimsical poems that celebrate the joy of reading. Karla Kuskin, Jack Prelutsky, and Arnold Lobel are just a few of the acclaimed children's book authors whose poems are joined into this delightful ode to the world of words. Wonderfully wacky illustrations by Harvey Stevenson help make this a rollicking good book––and a rollicking good time.

About this title

About the Author:

Noted poet Lee Bennett Hopkins has edited or authored numerous books for children, including the I Can Read Books Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees; A Pet for Me: Poems; and the ALA Notable Children's Book Surprises. The recipient of a Christopher Award and the University of Southern Mississippi's Medallion for "lasting contributions to children's literature," Mr. Hopkins lives in Florida.

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

I'd Like a Story

I'd like a story of
Ghosts on gusty nights,
Wild island ponies galloping
With manes that wave like kites,
A book that knows the lowdown
On what to feed giraffes,
A book of nutty nonsense
That's nothing much--just laughs--

A book to read to find out
How basketball stars shoot,
Why dinosaurs all died out,
What do computers compute,
Which sail a mizzen sail is,
Can Martians really be,
How heavy a blue whale is,
Weighed side by side with me--

A book to curl in bed with,
To browse in by a brook--
Anytime!

Anyplace!
I'd like any book!

X. J. Kennedy

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0064435989
• ISBN 13: 9780064435987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lessac Frane