Please Bury Me in the Library
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...
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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 books and reading that range from sweet to silly to laugh-out-loud funny. Newcomer Kyle M. Stone's clever, witty, and endearing paintings make this the perfect treat for book lovers of all ages.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152163877 (0152163875)
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
After seeing some of the lovely illustrations from this book on Olga Godim's post, I had to see if my library had this. The title alone ensured I had to read this. As a poetry book, it's a lovely picture book. Seriously, most of these pictures are quite lovely, though some remind me of the ugly ...
This is not a story but a collection of book and reading themed poems paired with illustrations. As a whole it did not do much for me -- especially the art -- but there were a couple lines I quite liked:Libraries are necessary gardensA bad book owes to many trees/A forest of apologies.
Poetry about the library, books and reading! This is quite a lovely little book of poetry. The poems are fun and really describe how wonderful the library, books and reading are.
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