J. Patrick Lewis
1) National Geographic book of animal poetry : 200 poems with photographs that squeak, soar, and roar!
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Combines photography with lyrical text celebrating the animal world, in a compilation that includes works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems celebrating the joys of reading, books, libraries, and all things literary. There's nothing like curling up with a good book, but you have to be careful. Before you know it, a minute turns into an hour, an hour turns into a day, and a day may turn into eternity. Inspired by the likes of Edward Lear, X. J. Kennedy, and Lewis Carroll, the author of Arithme-Tickle and Scien-Trickery has created a collection of original poems about...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen classic poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, and David McCord are paired with parodies written by J. Patrick Lewis that honor and play off of the original poems in a range of ways.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The real-life adventures and myths of the most notorious pirate to ever scour the oceans, 18th century Pirate King Edward Teach, have inspired a collection of biographical poems by J. Patrick Lewis. This picture book combines history, adventure, geography, and poetry in a treasure trove of rhymes about Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty seadogs. While Lewis's swashbuckling verse celebrates Blackbeard's mystique, the author's extensive historical note...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents poems and brief biographical notes about such well-known African Americans as: Arthur Ashe, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., "Satchel" Paige, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Marian Anderson, Malcolm X, Wilma Rudolph, and Billie Holiday.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis borrows themes from famous poems and flips them on their head to create wacky verses and riddles in a collection of math-based problem-solving parodies, while Michael Slack's illustrations keep the mix of poetry and math light and entertaining.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Throughout the ages and around the world, humankind has left a mark on our planet Earth. From Stonehenge to Mount Rushmore, we have created a gallery of grand endeavors that celebrates our beliefs, our triumphs, and our lives. We all know what the Golden Gate Bridge looks like. We can study its awesome span and impressive list of statistics. But let's look again. Can 99 words and 19 lines of acrostic poetry draw us a new perspective? Award-winning...