Kalli Dakos

• Aug-1999
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Kalli Dakos's twenty-three playful poems explore the secret lives of school lunches, jungle gyms, pencils, and more! Mike Reed's comical artwork perfectly brings to life everyday classroom objects. Beginning readers will relish finding out what reall...

• Jan-2004
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In September, when the school principal promises to kiss a pig if the students read 10,000 books, a girl volunteers Hamlet, her unwilling, Shakespeare-quoting pet pig. But poor Hamlet wants nothing to do with such foolishness....

• Jun-2008
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• Dec-2009
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Kalli Dakos, a teacher and popular school poet, lends her verse to celebrate teachers and the important work they do. These poems range from lighthearted glimpses of classroom life to selections that will inspire teachers to share their unique gifts ...

• Jan-2011
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For every student who’s ever worried about spending a lifetime in the third grade and for every teacher who’s faced a class where nobody remembered to bring milk money, these thirty-eight poems capture the excitement, challenge, heartbreak, and w...

• Mar-2017
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"My teacher's pretty slick, Has a hundred teaching tricks. Even in the bathroom stalls, She hangs poetry on the walls, And while I'm there all alone I can't help but read a poem." From "Gross" and "Flushophobic" to "There's a Sock in the Toil...

• Jul-2017
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The Blue Frog looked at his reflection in the water and asked, “Why am I blue?”
The Green Frog didn't know.
Dandelion had no answer.
And Fish? No idea either!

Being different from one’s peers can be hard. We all w...

• Jan-2020
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Dive into Recess in the Dark, a unique collection of poems that offers a new perspective on how school children live in the Canadian North, where the sun doesn't shine at all during a long part of the winter. This anthology, inspired by kids in the N...

• Mar-2021
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On the Notable Poetry Book List from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) This empathetic collection by renowned Kalli Dakos is a unique reflection of what makes up some of the collective experiences of life. This collection of insightf...

• May-2021
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There is the person who tells the story. This is the storyteller. And there is the person who listens to the story. This is the story friend.   As a child treks across the land in search of someone to tell his sad story to, he meets a gruff moun...

• Jun-2021
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• Mar-2023
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An exuberant child celebrates being one year older, calling out body parts from head to toe that have grown since their last birthday. When you're young, every inch grown feels like a huge achievement. You're not just one year older, you're one year ...