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If You're Not Here, Please
Raise Your Hand
Kalli Dakos, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2nd ed., 60pp.
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Click on the book cover to see sample poem
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Children's Choice Selection, 1991
Synopsis
Poet and teacher Kalli Dakos finds stories in every corner of our schools, and readers
will delight in the surprises that await us there.
If You're Not Here, Raise Your Hand celebrates the world of elementary school in
thirty-eight poems that capture the excitement, heartbreak and wonder of classroom life.
The students and teachers who populate this lively collection will spark the imagination
of every reader.
Reviews and Commentary
"I was especially moved by the poem, "J.T. Never Will Be
Ten"."
(Connie Patsa!os, The Today Show)
"The poems demonstrate a keen eye for classroom realism. One poem that children enjoy
concerns Annie, who, after jumping rope 482 time, comes in to drink "three glasses of
grape juice, four of orange juice, and one hundred and two slurps from the water
fountain." Children will also relate to Andrew who starts the whole class coughing,
and Caleb who had "one-half of an old ham sandwich that was turning green inside his
messy desk."..."Humorous and poignant."
(School Library Journal)
Meet the child who has not done her homework, the shy little girl who feels insecure
because she's fat, the student who outdoes all the others at "show and tell" by
eating a worm, the child who mourns the death of a friend, and the classmates who giggle
together over teachers, substitutes, hiccup attacks and pranks.
(The Ottawa Citizen)
There is repetition, predictability, and humour throughout the entire book. All students,
teachers, and parents could enjoy this book. It was delightful!
(Jaye Burger - Purdue University)
I predict that once discovered, this book will rarely be on the shelves.
(Librarian - West Alleheny School District)
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