"A pocket for a family is a home,
a pocket for an ice cream is a cone.
A poem is a pocket for a rhyme, and stars are little pockets full of shine—
blink, blink.
Wish upon a pocket full of shine."
a pocket for an ice cream is a cone.
A poem is a pocket for a rhyme, and stars are little pockets full of shine—
blink, blink.
Wish upon a pocket full of shine."
A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes:
A Pocket Book
This spirited read-aloud defines a variety of nontraditional "pockets," from beds & bells to hats & hugs.
Reviews and Honors:
- "Charming, inviting, enticing, heartwarming and simply wonderful." — Children's Literature, highly recommended.
- "Lively, rollicking rhyme—a spur to imaginative thinking…"
—School Library Journal - "Leaving young listeners seeing their own worlds in a new way..." —Kirkus Reviews
- "(T)he world abounds in nontraditional pockets … fast-moving and fun."—Booklist
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- A Children's Crown Gallery finalist
- A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club alternate
Curriculum Guide (pdf)
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