Bibliograph

There's no place like school, classroom poems, selected by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrations by Jane Manning

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Label

There's no place like school, classroom poems, selected by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrations by Jane Manning

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

005-010

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

There's no place like school

Oclc number

327641468

Responsibility statement

selected by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrations by Jane Manning

Sub title

classroom poems

Summary

"From suspicious hot lunches (yuck!), to pop quizzes (oh, no!), to recess and best friends (hooray!), everything you love--and love to hate--about school is front and center in this collection of eighteen poems by thirteen celebrated poets. One thing's for certain: there's no place like school!"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Going to school / Nina Payne -- School bus / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Show-and-tell / David L. Harrison -- Not fair / Kay Winters -- Don't ask me / Yolanda Nave -- Countdown to recess / Kalli Dakos -- The drinking fountain / Kenn Nesbitt -- Why the frog in our class is purple / Kalli Dakos -- Cursive writing / David L. Harrison -- Lunchroom magic / Charles Ghigna -- Grasshopper gumbo / Jack Prelutsky -- B-ball / Carol Diggory Shields -- Classroom globe / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- It's today? / Sara Holbrook -- When the teacher isn't looking / Kenn Nesbitt -- We're shaking maracas / Jack Prelutsky -- Far away / Carol Diggory Shields -- If homework were banished / Maura Lesse

Target audience

primary

resource.variantTitle

There is no place like school

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