Books

Open A Book

Open a book,

And you will find,

People and places of every kind;


Open a book,

And you can be,

Anything you want to be;

Open a book,

And you can share,

Wondrous words you find in there;


Open a book,

And I will too,

You read to me,

And I'll read it to you!

I Opened A Book

I opened a book and in I strode,

Now nobody can find me.

I've left my chair, my house, my road,

My town and my world behind me.

I wearing the cloak, I've slipped on the ring,

I've swallowed a magic potion.

I've fought with a dragon, dined with a king,

And dived into a bottomless ocean.

I opened a book and made some friends,

I shared their tears and laughter.

And followed their road with bumps and bends,

To the happily ever after.

I finished my book and out I came,

The cloak can no longer hide me.

My chair and my house are just the same

But I have a book inside me.

(by Julia Donaldson)

Read To Me

Read to me riddles and read to me rhymes

Read to me stories of magical times

Read to me tales about castles and kings

Read to me stories of fabulous things

Read to me pirates and read to me knights

Read to me dragons and dragon-book fights

Read to me spaceships and cowboys and then-

When you are finished, please read them again.


(by Jane Yolen)

I Met A Dragon Face To Face

I met a dragon face to face

the year when I was ten,

I took a trip to outer space,

I braved a pirate's den,

I wrestled a wicked troll,

and fought a great white shark,

I trailed a rabbit down a hole,

I hunted for a snark.

I stowed aboard a submarine,

I opened magic doors,

I travelled in a time machine,

and searched for dinosaurs,

I climb atop a giant's head,

I found a pot of gold,

I did all this in books I read

when I was ten years old.

(by Jack Prelutsky)

Adventure With Books

Books are ships that sail in the seas

To lands of snow or jungle trees

And I'm the captain bold and free

Who will decide which place we'll see

Come, let us sail the magic ship

Books are trains in many lands

Crossing hills or dessert sands

And I'm the engineer who guides

The train on its exciting rides

Come, let us ride the magic train

Book are zoos that make a home

For birds and beasts not free to roam

And I'm the keeper of the zoo

I choose the things to show to you

Come, let us visit the zoo

Books are gardens, fairies, elves,

Cowboys, and people like ourselves,

And I can find with one good look,

Just what I want inside a book,

Come, let us read! For reading's fun!

(by Velda Blumhagen)

What Is A Book?

A book is pages, pictures and words

A book is animals, people and birds

A book is stories of queen and kings

Poems and songs - so many things!

Curled in a corner where I can hide

With a book, I can journey far and wide

Though it's only paper from end to end

A book is a very special friend

(by Lora Daunt)

Pass The Poems, Please

Pass the poem please

Pile them on my plate

Put them right in front of me

For I can hardly wait

To take each tangy word

To try each tasty rhyme

And when I've tried them once or twice

I'll try them one more time;

So pass the poem please

They just won't leave my head

I have to have more poems

Before I go to bed

(by Jane Baskwill)

I Like A Book

I like a book, it tells me things

Of ancient peoples and their kings

And what they used to do;

Of giants in some far-off land

And things I hardly understand

Both make-believe and true

I like books. It's fun to see

How interesting they can be-

As people are. And so

I try to treat them like a friend

And many pleasant hours spend

In learning what they know

(by M.Lucille Ford)

Books

Books are friends who take you far

Wherever you would go,

From torrid lands and jungle ways

To northern fields of snow.

Books bring us gifts from long ago

And hint of future days,

And lead the mind refreshingly

Or unfamiliar ways.

Books are the chests of pirate gold

Where wealth in stories lies,

As varied as the clouds that blow

Across November skies.

(by Solveig Paulson Russell)

Reading Books

I like to read all kinds of books

To entertain myself,

And so I'm glad when I can take

A book down from the shelf.

I like the picture books of planes

Of flowers, birds and ships,

From which I can imagine that

I'm taking wonder trips.

I like the book with stories in 

And also books of rhymes,

I often try to learn a few

And say them lots of times.

I like to read all kinds of books

I find upon the shelf-

Particularly now that I

Can read all by myself!

(by Vivian G.Gouled)

Storyboat

It's time to read a story,

So climb aboard with me,

We can sail a storyboat,

Across a magic sea

We can visit jungles,

Or rub noses with a bear,

We can visit anyplace,

And sail to anywhere.

We can learn a lot of stuff,

From sailing storyboats-

Like how to ride on elephants,

Or how skinks got striped coats.

We can meet a bunch of kids,

That we'll be glad to know,

And when summer gets too hot,

We'll sail in seas of snow!

(by Bobbi Katz)

A Book Have Feelings Too

When you drop me on the floor,

I get stepped on - my sides are sore;

Torn-out papers make me groan,

I feel dizzy if I'm thrown,

Every mark and every stain,

On my cover gives me pain,

Please don't bend me, if you do,

I don't want to talk to you,

But we will both be friends together,

If you protect me from the weather,

And keep me clean so that I look,

A tidy, neat and happy book.