My Parents Think I'm Sleeping

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Product Description From Children’s Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky and illustrator Yossi Abolafia, My Parents Think I'm Sleeping is the perfect book to get young readers excited about bedtime. This Level 3 I Can Read book is a funny collection of poems about a boy who should be sleeping, but manages to find more than just storybooks and his model rocket kit to keep him awake.From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen funny and spooky nighttime poems show that a child's life begins at bedtime! From the Back Cover From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen vigorous verses show that a child's life begins at bedtime! About the Author Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State. Yossi Abolafia is the illustrator of several I Can Read Books, including It's Snowing! It's Snowing!: Winter Poems by Jack Prelutsky, as well as Barbara Ann Porte's stories about Harry. He is also the author-illustrator of several of his own picture books, including Fox Tale and A Fish for Mrs. Gardenia. He lives with his family near Jerusalem. Review: Turn out to be poems - Was expecting a story. Review: Rhymes are accessible and allow for analysis - This is a collection of poems that span one page or several. With apt illustrations, there is great care placed into every poem and page. I can use this book to teach advanced English, or basic English. Thus, it is highly versatile. and useful.