Bookish Poems...

Books

Author Unknown

I like books

I really do.

Books with stories

And pictures, too.

Books of birds

And things that grow.

Books of people

We should know.

Books of animals

And places, too.

I like books

I really do!

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

Dr. Seuss

I can read in red. I can read in blue.

I can read in pickle color too.

I can read in bed, and in purple. and in brown.

I can read in a circle and upside down!

I can read with my left eye. I can read with my right.

I can read Mississippi with my eyes shut tight!

There are so many things you can learn about.

But…you'll miss the best things 

If you keep your eyes shut.

The more that you read, the more things you will know

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. 

If you read with your eyes shut you're likely to find

That the place where you're going is far, far behind

SO…that's why I tell you to keep your eyes wide.

Keep them wide open…at least on one side.

Words

-Grandpa Tucker

There are some words so hard to read.

Some confuse like bead and seed.

Do you know of go and dough?

There's sew and sow, then there's so!

Sometimes a word is hard to spell.

But it's important for show and tell.

So work real hard to spell and read 'em.

'Cause all your life you'll really need 'em.

A mother's love, a sunny day,

A frisky puppy hard at play.

Words can chase the clouds away.

Without our words, what would we say?