Michael Paraskevas

"Kids will discover the poetry of Robert Frost in this installment in the Poetry for Kids series. Professor, poet, novelist, and Frost biographer Jay Parini has carefully chosen 35 poems of interest to children and their families, including "Mending Wall," "Birches," "The Road Not Taken," "Fire and Ice," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and many more of Frost's favorite and most accessible works"--

Livi imagines herself as a tightrope walker, a zoo dentist, a magician, and more as she tries to avoid going to bed.

A rhyming story about a young boy who is frightened by a mysterious sea monster while visiting his grandfather's beach house.

A look at Mr. Moon's work shift, as he shines his light for all the creatures of the night to do their work--from the cloud fluffers and singing crickets, to dewdrops preparing to greet the dawn.

Maggie, Hamilton, and the Ferocious Beast help a stubborn rabbit dig up a gigantic carrot.

A look at Mr. Moon's work shift, as he shines his light for all the creatures of the night to do their work--from the cloud fluffers and singing crickets, to dewdrops preparing to greet the dawn.

A lonely dog befriends an injured seagull at the beach, and together they find a way to go south.

Brief humorous poems describe each of the fourteen boys and thirteen girls in Ms. Gracie Graves' class.