Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees:
School Poems
Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa
HarperCollins, 2008
Introduction: Use this book of poems for the first meeting/library orientation with grades K-2. Begin by reading the poem "Library" by J. Patrick Lewis using a happy, excited voice, then end by reading the final word with a louder voice. (With a large smile on your face, of course.) Write the poem on a large sheet of paper and have it hanging on a wall or something similar.
Library
by J. Patrick Lewis
Come right in, (motion with hand as if asking someone to come in)
Look around (motioning around the library with one hand)
At all the treasures
That are bound
To make you glad (point at the smile on my face)
For a week or two (hold up 2 fingers, nodding at students)
Until your treasure's
Overdue. (heavy emphasis on this word)
Reread the poem a second time to the students, this time without any gestures or movements. Just let them hear and enjoy the words this time.
After reading the poem, introduce yourself and your library aids/assistants. Ask students to raise their hands if they have been to the library before. Then move into explaining about the library, policies etc.
Read the poem a 3rd time, this time from the book, as students are lining up ready to leave, ask them to join in and say the poem with you.
[Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees School Poems. I Can Read!. Lee Bennett Hopkins. New York: Harper Collings, 2008.]
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