I don't remember where I found this poem by actor John Lithgow, but I love it!
I Need a Good Book
I need a good story,
I need a good book.
The kind that explodes
Off the shelf.
I need some good writing,
Alive and exciting,
To contemplate
All by myself.
I need a good novel,
I need a good read,
I probably need
Two or three,
I need a good tale
Of love and betrayal
Or perhaps
An adventure at sea.
I need a good saga.
I need a good yarn.
A momentous and mighty
Or slight one.
But with thousands
And thousands
And thousands of books,
I need someone
To tell me
The right one.
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
basyak10@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:31:14 -0400> From:
dwendell@PORTBYRON.CNYRIC.ORG> Subject: HIT: Poems - for 5th graders> To:
LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> > >Can anyone share any poems that they particularly like
(are fun or> >funny) or that are library related??> > My favorite answer: A KICK IN
THE HEAD; AN EVERYDAY GUIDE TO POETIC> FORMS by Paul B. Janeczko. (Sorry I don't
know who sent it.)> >
*******************************************************************> > Try "Please
Bury Me in the Library" by J. Patrick Lewis> Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Inc.> ISBN
0152163875> It contains 15 short library and reading-related poems.> > Tori Moray>
Montecito Union Elementary School> Santa Barbara, CA> >
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Our fifth graders (who are currently all memorizing a poem in> preparation for our
Horace Mann Idol Poetry Recitation Contest) are> enamored with any poems by Brod
Bagert. (http://www.brodbagert.com). > They are funny, irreverent and have a great
rhythm and rhyme, so they> are easy to memorize. > > We just reread The Buffalo in
the Library from Giant Children, and it> went over very well. > > > > MaryAnn
Karre, LIbrarian> Horace Mann ES> Binghamton, New York > J. Patrick Lewis When the
LIbrary LIghts Went Out. > > > Leslie Greaves Radloff> Teacher/ Librarian> 2180
Knapp Street> Saint Paul, MN 55108> (651)293-8735 Ext.1720> (651)293-8737 (FAX)>
St. Anthony Park Elementary School> leslie.radloff@spps.org> >
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Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis> Doodle Dandies: Poems that take
Shape by J. Patrick Lewis> Librarian's Night Before Christmas by David Davis> >
Mary Tichey-Staack, LMS> Branchville Elementary> Ridgefield, CT>
mticheystaack@ridgefield.org> >
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Homework, in New Kid on the Block/ by Jack Prelutsky> > Colette D. Eason,
Librarian> Marsalis ES> 5640 S. Marsalis Ave.> Dallas, TX 75241> Box 317, TEA #183>
> > > > Diana Wendell> Library Media Specialist> Dana L. West High School> 30 Maple
Ave.> Port Byron, NY 13140> (315) 776-5728 x1238> fax: (315) 776-9824>
dwendell@portbyron.cnyric.org> > "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside a dog, it's too> dark to read."> (Groucho Marx (1895-1977)> >
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