A foot in the mouth : poems to speak, sing, and shout / selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Chris Raschka.
| Other author | Janeczko, Paul B. |
| Other author | Raschka, Christopher illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, ©2009. |
| Description | 64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. The poems I like best / Tracie Vaughn Zimmer -- Poems for one voice: Where it began / Charles R. Smith Jr. -- Favorite / George Ella Lyon -- Lone dog / Irene McLeod -- Tongue twisters: Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll -- The Loch Ness Monster's song / Edwin Morgan -- An orthographic lament / Charles Follen Adams -- Pasta parade / Bobbi Katz -- Corinna / David McCord -- Poems for two voices: The pickety fence / David McCord -- Speak up / Janet S. Wong -- I am standing / April Halprin Wayland and Bruce Balan -- The sun and the marigold talk to each other / Patricia Hubbell -- Ping-pong poem / Douglas Florian -- Us two / A.A. Milne -- Squirrel and acorn / Beverly McLoughland -- Fishes: poems for two voices / Georgia Heard -- List poems: A tomcat is / J. Patrick Lewis -- Home poem or, the sad dog song / J. Patrick Lewis -- Poems for three voices: Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1 / William Shakespeare -- The owl and the pussy-cat / Edward Lear -- Short stuff: Old Hank / Anonymous -- Gigl / Arnold Spilka -- Pussycat, pussycat / Max Fatchen -- Bilingual poems: Innuendo / David McCord -- Good hot dogs / Ricos Hot Dogs / Sandra Cisneros -- My memories of the Nicaraguan revolution / Eugenio Alberto Cano Correa -- Rhymed poems: One tooth, two tooth, white tooth, loose tooth / Allan Wolf -- Anna Elise / Anonymous -- Up the ladder and down the wall / Traditional -- "What's your name?" -- Traditional -- Limericks: There was a young woman from Boise / Douglas Florian -- The nose / J. Patrick Lewis -- There was an old man in a barge / Edward Lear -- Poems for a group: Come, Drum / Avis Harley -- Where Lizzie lived: a haunted tale / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- I hear America singing / Walt Whitman. |
| Abstract | A collection of lively rhymes and tricky tongue twisters, poems for more than one voice, bilingual poems -- from classic Shakespeare and Lear to anonymous rhymes to contemporary riffs on everything under the sun. These poems just might inspire kids to memorize them! |
| Interest grade level | Grades 2-6 |
| Language | English with Spanish translations of 2 poems. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| Genre/form | Children's poetry. |
| LCCN | 2008935581 |
| ISBN | 9780763606633 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0763606634 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 821.008 F7397 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |