2007 Nominee: Come to My Party

A book of poems for children, each short poem relates to a certain season.

Author: Heidi B. Roemer
Biography and Picture

Illustrator: Hideko Takahashi
Biography

• Questions: What other activities can you enjoy during each season? What else can you do on the beach besides build a sand castle? At a camp fire what else can you roast on the fire besides a marshmallow? What holidays do we celebrate in each season?
• Snacks: Pumpkin Pie, s'mores, watermelon
• Art: Make a kite, build a  bird House.
• Activities: Rake leaves, go to a pumpkin patch, go sledding

• Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Fun by: Rebecca Kai Dotlich
• Dan Yaccarino's Mother Goose By Dan Yaccarino
• Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices By Walter Dean Myers
• Not So True Stories & Unreasonable Rhymes By Carin Berg

Conrete poetry and other forms of poetry
Party planning and activities
Season information and activities

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