CEYSOenakS Grades | 300+ Kid-Pleasing Poems for All the Topics You Teach New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Teachin g New Delhi Mexico City HongKong Buenos Aires ReremeetDedication To my very own Kim Catalano AL fap Ee) Oe, Ke Acknowledgments Many, many thanks go to Liza Charlesworth, my patient, talented, and dedicated editor and dear; dear friend. Also to Virginia Dooley of Scholastic Professional Books. Thanks, also, 10 the very first, anonymous writers of poetry in English for children, who often go by the pseudonym “Mother Goose.” Scholosic ne grants teaches persion o photocopy the designotes eptoducle pages fot oxfam use No othe! Bar of ‘ne publccton maybe reprecuced n whove Fn Ba. of sored # Oretteves system. of NansIAmed many way Of by Ory MENS. ‘lectione. mechancal pnotocopvng, eeordng. oF oherwes, thou wien parmsson of he publisher For AYeNTShON we 12 Scholastic Inc. $24 Broadwoy. New York NY 10012 ISBN 9780-55. 5048-0 Desgn by Giotco. [uttotons by Bob Atey. Teresa Andee, Paige line, Moxie Chores Stave Cox Ruy ether Poli Grouard, James Hake Doug Jones. Anne Kennedy, Kody Kersey. Anthony Lewis Tommie a, Mike Moran Jat Srey Tey Sie, George ovTexs. Rebecca hainougn Renard Torey, Br Waseman Jenny Wikors Jone Yomod Cepyngrt ©2012 by Hoan H Moore Aungrssresered 45678910 4 191617 10181413Introduction School Days Start of School Countdown New Friends My Teacher New Pencils Crayons Jiggie, Wiggle. and Giggle School Bus End of Schoo! Sensational Seasons & Magical Months Winter Spring, Summer, Fall Four Seasons Colendar Poem. Weekday Warm-Up! Switcheroo Seasons Falils Here! Wild Winter Weather Spring Has Sprung! summertime! A Year of Month January February March Api May. June: July August Table of Contents 10 10 u “i 2 12 12 September October November December Happy Holidays Birthday Name Song If Your Birthday Is Today Happy Birthday! It's Time to Celebrate Three Black Cats Halloween Who's Who on Halloween The Floppy Scarecrow Thanksgiving Help on Thanksgiving December Celebrations Happy Holidays Five Litie Stockings Visit From St. Nicholas The Twenty-Fourth of December. Hanukkah Time Kwanzaa New Year's Day Hello, New Year Chinese New Year What's a President? Me. Lincoin George Washington What Is a Vote? Martin Luther king. Jr Happy Birthday, MLK! Valentine's Day Making o Valentine. 18 19 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 2 30 30