A pocketful of stars : poems about the night / compiled by Nikki Siegen-Smith ; illustrated by Emma Shaw-Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Siegen-Smith, Nikki.

Shaw-Smith, Emma, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Night--Juvenile poetry.

Night.

Poetry--Collections.

Genre:

Children's poetry.

Juvenile works.

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Bank Collection copy)

Physical Description:

40 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Barefoot Books, [1999].

Summary:

A collection of poems from all over the world about the special and mysterious qualities of the night. An anthology of 21 short poems about the night & Sleep by such poets as Walter de la mare, Ogden Nash, & Ann Bonner.

Contents:

Girls and boys come out to play / Traditional

Sleep / Nikki Giovanni

I like to stay up / Grace Nichols

Night lights / Michelle Magorian

Bats / Jack Prelutsky

Sleeping outdoors / Marchette Chute

Nightmare / Siv Widerberg

Summer stars / Carl Sandburg

The Park / James S. Tippett

Windy nights / Robert Louis Stevenson

Mermaid's lullaby / Jane Yolen

Sweet dream / Ogden Nash

House ghosts / Irene Rawnsley

Cat in the dark / John Agard

Night comes / Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Silver / Walter de la Mare

Dipa (A song for Divali) / Ann Bonner

Cuchlamochree / Lucy Coats

Fireflies / Zaro Weil

Night / Arnold Adoff

Night song / Jean Kenward.

Notes:

"First published in the United States of America in 1999 by Barefoot Books, Inc."

"A Barefoot Poetry Collection"--Page 4 of cover.

"This book is printed on 100% acid-free paper. Illustrations prepared in watercolor and mixed media on heavyweight paper."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

1902283848

9781902283845

184148394X

9781841483948

OCLC:

42449772