Spectacular Science : A Book of Poems

by Lee Bennett Hopkins; Virginia Halstead

• ISBN13: 9780689812835
• ISBN10: 0689812833
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Summary

A collection of poems about science by a variety of poets, including Carl Sandburg, Valerie Worth, and David McCord.

Author Biography

Lee Bennett Hopkins, a distinguished poet, writer, and anthologist, is one of the most sought-after speakers in the area of children's literature. His poetry anthologies include School Supplies, an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists," and Marvelous Math, a Parent's Choice Gold Award winner and a Reading Rainbow selection. Mr. Hopkins's numerous awards and honors include the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion (1989) for "lasting contributions to children's literature," and both the Christopher Award and a Golden Kite Honor Award for his poetry autobiography Been to Yesterdays. He lives in Westchester County and Greenwich Village, New York.

Table of Contents

Contents

What Is Science? Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Encounter Lilian Moore

To Look at Any Thing John Moffitt

The Seed Aileen Fisher

Under the Microscope Lee Bennett Hopkins

Crystal Vision Lawrence Schimel

Magnet Valerie Worth

Dinosaur Bone Alice Schertle

Rocks Florence Parry Heide

Metamorphosis Carl Sandburg

How? Lee Bennett Hopkins

Snowflakes David McCord

What Are You, Wind? Mary O'Neill

Three Skies Claudia Lewis

Stars Carl Sandburg