The Bug in Teacher's Coffee: And Other School Poems - Hardcover

Dakos, Kalli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060279397 ISBN 13: 9780060279394

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999

Synopsis

Kalli Dakos's twenty-three playful poems explore the secret lives of school lunches, jungle gyms, pencils, and more! Mike Reed's comical artwork perfectly brings to life everyday classroom objects. Beginning readers will relish finding out what really goes on at school.

00 Children's Choices (IRA/CBC)

About this title

About the Author:

Kalli Dakos is known for her many books of poetry about school, including Don't Read This Book Whatever You Do: More Poems About School and If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School, both illustrated by G. Brian Karas. She is a reading specialist who regularly visits schools to teach poetry workshops. Ms. Dakos lives in Ontario, Canada.

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

Jack's Pencil

I've been taken hostage
By that creepy kid, Clark.
He stuck me in his desk,
Where it's smelly and dark.

He won't let me out
And he won't give me back.
I'm sitting here yelling,
"I'm in the desk, Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0060279397
• ISBN 13: 9780060279394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Reed Mike