J. Patrick Lewis

Un tierno cuento en rima sobre un gatito que vive en un colegio.

A la llinda que hi ha sobre la meva porta hi diu 1656, any de pesta, lany en que em van construir. Em van fer de pedra i de fusta, pero amb el pas del temps les meves finestres hi van començar a veure, els meus rafecs hi van començar a sentir. Vaig veure families que creixien i arbres que queien... La Casa recull la historia duna casa italiana durant el segle XX amb poemes de J.Patrick Lewis i il·lustracions de Roberto Innocenti.

En el dintel de la puerta puede leerse «1656»: un año de peste, el año de su construcción. La hicieron de piedra y madera pero, con el paso del tiempo, sus ventanas comenzaron a ver y sus cornisas a

What lurks inside that mysterious store at the end of town? Only Benny Penny is adventurous enough to find out. . . . In this book, you can read the words and the pictures. Perfect for children just learning to read, this silly, kid-friendly rebus picture book is sure to be a hit in the classroom and at home. (In a rebus, words are represented by images, or by an image plus a letter. And even beginning readers can take pleasure in reading pictures!) The pairing of Valorie Fishers full-page art with J. Patrick Lewiss funny rhyming poem will give young readers plenty of clues for solving these fun and engaging picture puzzles.

This paperback picture book features fresh, quirky poems by two picture-book poetry veterans which explore practically every kids favorite topic: CARS!The U.S. Childrens Poet Laureate and an award-winning childrens poet join their prolific forces in this picture book of poems about cars. But theyre not just any cars: theres the "Sloppy-Floppy-Nonstop-Jalopy" ("So unique there is no copy"); the Bathtub Limosine ("With hot water heating / And porcelain seating"); and the "High Heel Car." Each of the thirteen quirky, inventive poems will speak directly to the imaginations of children, as will Holmess high-concept, detail-filled illustrations.

In this tasty collection, J. Patrick Lewis displays the breadth and depth of his talent, giving readers of any and every sensibility something to make them laugh out loud. He stirs humor into an astonishing array of subjectsfrom animals to school to dragons to food. And he delivers them in a remarkable variety of forms, including riddles, limericks, nonsense rhymes, parodies, anagrams, story poems, haiku, and more. Baked in Lewiss brilliant imagination and sprinkled with Matthew Cordells warm, witty drawings, the result is a collection to delight the taste buds.

Poems framed as epitaphs for extinct prehistoric animals hit the proverbial (coffin) nail on the head in this darkly humorous collection from expert poets Jane Yolen and J. Patrick Lewis.Macabre, ironic, and witty epitaphs share how prehistoric creatures like the terror bird, the woolly mammoth, and the T-rex met their demise. The ever-entertaining J. Patrick Lewis and the inimitable Jane Yolen offer a collection organized by era, with posthumous poems paired with short secondary text providing additional, factual information about each creature.

The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Dont you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her fathers shoulders, each voice brings a unique perspective to this tale. As the characters tell their personal stories of this historic day, their chorus plunges readers into the experience of being at the marchwalking shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, hearing Martin Luther King Jr.s famous speech, heading home inspired.

En una tarde como cualquier otra, la imaginación de un artista desaparece abruptamente para no volver. Su afán de recuperarla lo lleva a El Último Refugio, un remoto hotel al lado del mar visitado por huéspedes muy particulares. Mientras busca su perdida "mirada interior" en el misterioso y sereno lugar, pronto se da cuenta que no es el único que persigue algo.