J. Patrick Lewis

Collects poems about insects visiting a museum featuring close-up photographs of other bugs' faces.

Presents some of the ways people celebrate Christmas, including giving gifts, making gingerbread houses, and singing Christmas carols.

A collection of poems about such colorful animals as the porcu-pain, the hippopot, and Paula Koala.

A collection of humorous poems that describe where various animals would reside, if they could decide.

Robert Johnson was born in rural Mississippi and died young, leaving little behind except blues like no one sung the blues before him. A legend says that Robert sold his soul to the devil in return for becoming King of the Delta Blues.

Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.

Whether readers love poetry, riddles, and rhymes or just like to laugh, this richly varied collection of original poems is sure to keep them coming back for more! J. Patrick Lewis's fun and accessible poetry features delightful wordplay and a variety of subjects and forms featured in a compendium that counts down from the first day of school to the last. Paired with Ethan Long's lively art, these poems will have readers wishing there were more days...

"Amidst a complicated history of mistreatment by and distrust of the American government, the Navajo people--especially bilingual code talkers--helped the Allies win World War II"--Provided by publisher.