Pocket Poems

by Bobbi Katz

Book Overview

Here's the perfect book for celebrating and spreading the word about Poem-in-Your- Pocket Day. This lively collection is packed with kid-friendly "pocket-size" poems, most of them eight lines or less, by such well-known poets as Eve Merriam, Jack Prelutsky, and the anthologist herself, Bobbi Katz. The easy- to-memorize, pint-size poems reflect many different facets of children's lives and are embellished with witty, winning art by the beloved Marylin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525471723
• ISBN13: 9780525471721
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

simple poems for beginners

simple poems for beginners (up to 2 stanzas)

Must-Have for your classroom!

Years ago I kept in my classroom a well-thumbed, much-loved poetry book titled Upside Down and Inside Out: Poems for All Your Pockets by Bobbi Katz. Year after year my students read and re-read the book. We created our own "pocket poems," performing them during "author hour" and displaying them around the room. I was delighted to see, therefore, this new anthology Pocket Poems come across my desk. Selected by Bobbi Katz, these "pocket-sized" poems are perfect for introducing children to the world of poetry. Katz has done a superb job: The selections are a delightful mixture of silly and serious, fun and fantastical, thoughtful and nonsensical. Herein you will find the evocative poem "Autumn" by Emily Dickinson as well as a humorous rhyme about toothpaste on the loose. Too, readers will find "Twinkle, Twinkle" by Lewis Carroll as well as a funny four-liner, "Raising Frogs for Profit" by an anonymous rhymer. There are fifty-three poems all together, many of them containing eight lines or less. The illustrations, some spot art and some full-page, are done in pen-and-ink and watercolor. Full of details, they extend and enrich the poems by capturing perfectly the imagery of the text. In the introductory poem to the book, Katz declares: . . . You can misplace your homework. You can lose your left shoe. But that poem in your pocket will be a part of you. And nothing can take it. And nothing can break it. That poem in your pocket becomes part of . . . YOU! In this age of wars and terrorist threats and uncertainty, being able to hold an inspiring or witty or wise or wonderful verse in one's heart can be a comforting thing indeed. Pocket Poems receives our highest recommendation: Suitable for district-wide purchase. Reviewed by the Education Oasis Staff.