Bobbi katz biography of michael
Bobbi Katz
Hurrah!
A few minutes a day is better than waiting until you have "enough time". Look at anything: a stone, a shoelace, a tree, a seashell, your own hand. Explain it. Then ask "what if?
At last the Puffin paperback edition of Pocket Poems is here. It's a flawless way to celebrate poetry month, and in particular, Poem in a Pocket Day, with the young people age in your life. I collected brief rhyming poems from our best poets which follow a child through the day from waking up to bedtime.
Marylin Hafner created perfect illustrations.
The unique, and much more expensive, hardcover was cited as the "Best Poetry Book" of the season by Parents Magazine.
Here is a link so you can become your copy today! Pocket Poems [Paperback Edition]
More Pocket Poems is for every day, not just for Poem In Your Pocket Day.
Why not find a new treasure in this joy collection of poems!
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With a poem in your pocket
and
a pocket in you pants
you can rock with new rhythms.
You can skip.
You can dance.
And wherever you go,
and whatever you do,
that poem in your pocket is going there, too.
You could misplace your homework.
You could misplace your left shoe.
But that poem in your pocket will be part of you.
And nothing can take it.
And nothing can break it.
That poem in your pocket
becomes
part of
YOU!
c by Bobbi Katz
Now available!
This lyrical tale of my daughter's yearning for a pup was first published by the Feminist Press in The NYTimes singled it out in a round-up of "feminist" titles for kids as being an original and convincing story.
Canine deed expert Sue Sternberg, who gives help to pet owners on National Public Radio says its her story, too.
Now beautifully re-illustrated in full shade by Jane Manning, everyone, regardless of his or her age, who ever longed for a dog will know I really understand just how it feels.
-Bobbi
A QUESTION FOR THE BRAVE:
What could you learn from a man who devotes his life to the study of monsters?
Not just witches, ghosts, and vampires, but also invisible monsters. They might be hiding inside your own computer, your family's washing machine, or your town's library.
Dare to learn the truth from
"Calling all young monster-wannabe's!
If you want a blueprint for becoming Bluebeard or a crack at the Kraken, ghostwriter Bobbi Katz' memoir-in- rhyme THE MONSTEROLOGIST will provide you with the flawless job descriptions.
Selected Works. Nothing But a Dog "Once it starts - the longing for a dog - there is no cure for it. Nothing - but a dog! More Pocket Poems Here is a fresh new collection of pocket-size poetry.Guaranteed to provide shivers and quivers (and giggles) galore!"
— Mary Ann Hoberman, Children's Poet Laureate, and author of A House is a Residence for Me
"THE MONSTEROLOGIST (a.k.a. Bobbi Katz) clamps a verse reverse half-Nelson on each of her ghouls and pins them in seconds flat.
Her poetremendous lines, paired with Adam McCauley's trollishly clever illustrations, bring these beasties back from the gone and lock them in a room from which they will never escape your imagination."
— J.
Patrick Lewis, author of Please Bury Me in the Library
"This book gives me the creeps! But that's a good thing, as Bobbi Katz brings monsters to life in this Who's Who of Monsterhood, from Grendel to the Golem, from Yeti to Kracken.
And Adam McCauley's clever and audicious illustrations work hand-in-hand (or should that be claw-in-claw?) with the poems to create a suit made in the nether world."
— Paul B. Janeczko, creator of Hey, You! Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Joy Things
Have you noticed how many people are reading, writing, and listening to poetry?
Poetry Festivals featuring day after day of verse draw huge crowds. Why? Maybe we're so flooded by language, by endless sound-bites trying to sell everything from soap to politicians, that we're trying to give words new interpretation.
But imagine
A Scarcity of Words
What if words were suddenly endangered
like cheetahs and pandas and elephants?
What if words became scarce,
the supply suddenly limited?
Would people panic, hurrying to say things
just to get them said
or would they hoard their thoughts enjoy misers?
What if words were being used up so fast
that they had to be rationed
and you could only have a certain amount?
Which fifty, which twenty, which ten words
would you choose
to recycle, respect, repeat, replay,
compose or say
if words were suddenly endangered and precious?
c by Bobbi Katz
Kids often inquire me how a poem begins or where I get my ideas.
Their questions gave me this answer.
Spider Work
I didn't mean to write a poem.
A tingling starts a unattached spinneret
I cast
a
line
that
may
or may not rhyme
but
d
a
n
g
l
e
s
trembling,
beckoning me
to weave
a web of words:
a poem to house my spiderling.
c by Bobbi Katz
Hafner c
Cat Kisses
Sandpaper kisses
on a cheek or chin-
that is the way
for a diurnal to begin!
Sandpaper kisses-
a cuddle, a purr.
I contain an alarm clock
that's covered with fur.
c Bobbi Katz