I Smile at the Sun: Verse for Children and Misidentified Grownups
I SMILE AT THE SUN is a "perky and at times poignant staging of rhymes, tongue-twisters, and Dr. Seuss-like poems for children and 'misidentified grownups.'" 

Between comic takes on childhood—trading ice cream, bathtub fears, bugs, and Simon Says—the poems by Judith Barrett Lawson offer wisdom on loss, old age, and the importance of dreams. This book is full of verse in the style of Shel Silverstein that is enjoyable for all ages!

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I Smile at the Sun: Verse for Children and Misidentified Grownups
I SMILE AT THE SUN is a "perky and at times poignant staging of rhymes, tongue-twisters, and Dr. Seuss-like poems for children and 'misidentified grownups.'" 

Between comic takes on childhood—trading ice cream, bathtub fears, bugs, and Simon Says—the poems by Judith Barrett Lawson offer wisdom on loss, old age, and the importance of dreams. This book is full of verse in the style of Shel Silverstein that is enjoyable for all ages!

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I Smile at the Sun: Verse for Children and Misidentified Grownups

I Smile at the Sun: Verse for Children and Misidentified Grownups

I Smile at the Sun: Verse for Children and Misidentified Grownups

I Smile at the Sun: Verse for Children and Misidentified Grownups

Overview

I SMILE AT THE SUN is a "perky and at times poignant staging of rhymes, tongue-twisters, and Dr. Seuss-like poems for children and 'misidentified grownups.'" 

Between comic takes on childhood—trading ice cream, bathtub fears, bugs, and Simon Says—the poems by Judith Barrett Lawson offer wisdom on loss, old age, and the importance of dreams. This book is full of verse in the style of Shel Silverstein that is enjoyable for all ages!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781955690317
Publisher: Di Angelo Publications
Publication date: 09/19/2023
Pages: 88
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 5 - 10 Years

About the Author

Judith Barrett Lawson is a critically acclaimed writer, lyricist, seasoned screenwriter, and former film executive. She is also the proud godmother or auntie to a goggle of gorgeous geniuses who will fight over taking care of her in old age. It was for them these poems were first written, then produced as a play at the Two Roads Theatre in Los Angeles, which the LA Times reviewer called "poignant and perky."

Jude grew up in Wenatchee, Washington. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University. A longtime resident of Malibu, California, Lawson's home succumbed to the infamous Woolsey wildfires, so she is a footloose and fancy-free to come visit your school or town and recite some poetry!

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All of you dreamers, give ear.

All of you schemers, draw near.

All wishers, all hopers, all magic appliers,

All tellers-of-truth and all little-white-liars,

Believers and all of you willing-to-try-ers:

Come look in my bag of make-believe!

I have a fresh dragon for sale.

I’ve also a prince, who is really a frog,

A troll, and a lovely invisible dog.

Or maybe you’d like an especially nice

Magical bean or two tap-dancing mice.

All this pretending is reasonably priced,

And under full warranty, too.

It’s all in my bag of make-believe.

Come look! Come see what’s new!

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