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Days to Celebrate by Lee Bennett Hopkins; Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn |
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| Provides a listing of events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poetry about the twelve months of the year. Provides a listing of events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poetry about the twelve months of the year. In Days to Celebrate Lee Bennett Hopkins has collected an astounding array of information to show us that each day of the year gives us a reason to celebrate. For every month he has compiled a calendar of birthdays, holidays, historic events, inventions, world records, thrilling firsts, and more. And for every month he has selected surprising poems in honor of some of the people and events commemorated in the calendar. There are poems about the seasons and holidays, of course, but there are also poems about a "Flying-Man" (for February 4, Charles Lindbergh's birthday), birds (for April 26, John James Audubon's birthday), windshield wipers (patented November 10), and earmuffs (patented December 21). Beloved poets, such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Christina Rossetti, are joined by new voices in sixty poems that take us on a remarkable journey through a year -- and through the years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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