Put your eyes up here, and other school poems /

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by Dakos, Kalli.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Authors: Karas, G. Brian,--ill. Published by : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, (New York :) Physical details: 63 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject(s): Fourth grade (Education) --Poetry. | Primary school teachers --Poetry. | School children --Poetry. | Children's poetry, American. | Teacher-student relationships --Poetry. | Teachers --Poetry. | Students --Poetry. | Schools --Poetry. | American poetry. Year : 2003 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction

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Introducing a new me -- Give me normal -- Ode to my stress ball -- The hand collection -- Why we're sitting at our desks wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas -- Before they killed her -- A special school lunch -- Sleeping beside a stegosaurus on an overnight class trip to the museum -- In color -- The art gallery on Penny's back -- Special eyeballs -- Why the frog in our class is purple -- Worried about being worried -- Our teacher's earrings -- I don't belive in ghosts -- When they weren't ghosts -- Ghosts in love -- Sometimes I am a ghost -- The bell that cannot ring is ringing -- When the librarian reads to us -- My underwear -- A cemetery for pencils -- Excerpts from dead pencils -- Your resting place -- Squished-up pencil -- Jaws -- The warm-up test before the test -- Put your eyes up here -- It's snowing a trillion tiny toys -- Ms. Roys's poem about the snow -- You melt too fast -- Children's poems about the snow -- A pillow fight -- Not a single sound -- A popsicle -- An awesome sight -- Delicious -- The hundredth day -- The band-aid collection -- Bugs bunny band-aid -- The magic wand -- Abracadabra -- What will I do? -- The shadow by the classroom wall -- Don't go near it -- The hand that shook the author's hand -- A gift for Ms. Roys -- Fingernails on a stick -- A good-bye note to Ms. Roys -- Forevermore.

A collection of humorous and poignant poems chronicling the school year in Ms. Roy's fourth grade class.