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Where I live : poems about my home, my street, and my town Cover Image Book

Where I live : poems about my home, my street, and my town / selected by Paul B Janeczko ; illustrated by Hyewon Yum.

Poems about my home, my street, and my town (portion title)
Janeczko, Paul B., (editor of compilation.). Yum, Hyewon, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"This diverse selection of 34 poems, paired with bright illustrations that capture daily life, celebrates the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns."-- Provided by publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 1536200948
  • ISBN: 9781536200942
  • Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Home. Home / X.J. Kennedy -- Breakfast Boss / Janet Wong -- Window / Walter de la Mare -- Our rooftop / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- Sunday brunch / Reuben Jackson -- Ode to a sprinkler / Gary Soto -- back yard / Valerie Worth -- Crickets / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Train / Charlotte Zolotow -- Our cats / Wes Magee -- Now the swing is still / Nicholas Virgilio -- Street. Spruce Street, Berkeley / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Sidewalk cracks / Patricia Hubbell -- Block party / Nikki Grimes -- Ode to my shoes / Fransciso X. Alarcón -- Ice cream truck / Ireme Latham -- in yellow boots / Paul B. Janeczko -- Over in the pink house / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Tree on the corner / Lilian Moore -- October / Linda Sue Park -- Walk / Charles Waters -- Snowplow / Hope Vestergaard -- Town. If I could build a town / Betsy Franco -- People / Lois Lenski -- Mrs. Peck-Pigeon / Eleanor Farjeon -- At the car wash / Lin Oliver -- Launderama / Iain Crichton Smith -- Grocery store cat / Dave Crawley -- New kid at school / Betsy Franco -- Recess / Avis Harley -- Knoxville, Tennessee / Nikki Giovanni -- Winter in the park / Charles Ghigna -- Snowy beaches / Aileen Fisher -- City / Langston Hughes.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 7 to 10.

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Subject:
Children's poetry, American.
City and town life > Juvenile poetry.
Community life > Juvenile poetry.
Neighborhoods > Juvenile poetry.
Genre:
Picture books.
Poetry.

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