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A Poem in Your Pocket (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Series)

A Poem in Your Pocket (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Series)( )
Author: McNamara, Margaret
Illustrator: Karas, G. Brian
Series title:Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Ser.
ISBN:978-0-307-97947-6
Publication Date:Jan 2015
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Schwartz & Wade
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

Usher in National Poetry Month with Mr. Tiffin and his students, stars of the hugely popular How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? and The Apple Orchard Riddle. Once again, Margaret McNamara sets her playful, child-friendly story in the classroom, and this time, poetry-from metaphors to acrostics to haiku-is the name of the game. The focus here is on Elinor, whose confidence falters as she tries to write something "perfect" for Poem in Your Pocket Day and impress a...
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Book Details
Pages:40
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / School & Education
Juvenile Fiction / Books & Libraries
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.658 x 10.764 x 0.39 Inches
Book Weight:0.92 Pounds
Author Biography
McNamara, Margaret (Author)
Children's author and illustrator, G. Brian Karas was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1957. After graduating from Paier School of Art, he worked as a greeting card artist and a commercial illustrator. Home on the Bayou, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, was his first illustrated book. Since then, he has illustrated over seventy books for children. Titles authored and/or illustrated by Karas have won numerous other awards. Saving Sweetness written by Diane Stanley was a Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children in 1996, received a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon in 1996, and was a School Library Journal Best Book of 1996. Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London was a School Library Journal Best Book of 1995. The Class Artist, written and illustrated by Karas, was a Smithsonian Magazine's Notable Book for Children in 2001 and received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2002 Best Book Gold Award.

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