A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book (Pocket Books (HarperCollins Publishers)) [Library Binding]

Elizabeth Garton Scanlon (Author), Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Pocket Books (HarperCollins Publishers)

A cave is a pocket for a bear,
a breath is a pocket full of air.
A hat is a pocket for your hair,
and a seat is a pocket called a chair...

A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book is a whimsical pocket full of bells and balloons, ice cream and mud, giggles and hugs. Elizabeth Garton Scanlon's delightful verse is captured in Robin Preiss Glasser's energetic artwork, which follows four families through a busy day exploring the surprising ins and outs of the world's pockets.

This special book will leave readers young and old with pockets full of joy!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 2. Here's a rhyme book that will appeal to kids' fascination with containers. The concept, abetted by Glasser's madcap illustrations, is that the world abounds in nontraditional pockets. The rhymes follow four families, at home and on day trips to the farm and the zoo, with part of the fun seeing how the families cross paths. Pockets are everywhere: caves are pockets for bears; a lake is a pocket for a duck; giggles are pockets for a laugh; arms are pockets for hugs; ears are pockets for a whisper. The story's comings-and-goings are nicely anchored by the children's getting dressed in the morning and being tucked in at night. Glasser's pastels enliven the action throughout: kids run, dance, and jump; soup spills; the wind tosses hats; and bubbles leak out of a bathtub. Fast-moving and fun. Connie Fletcher
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Elizabeth Garton Scanlon is a poet, writer, and teacher. A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book is her first picture book. Ms. Scanlon lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two daughters.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (March 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060295279
• ISBN-13: 978-0060295271
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,425,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of Noodle & Lou, illustrated by Arthur Howard (2011) and All the World, illustrated by Marla Frazee (2009), both published by Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster, as well as A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser and published by HarperCollins (2004). Her next picture book, Think Big, will be illustrated by Vanessa Newton and brought out by Bloomsbury. Scanlon lives in Austin, TX, and teaches creative writing at Austin Community College. For more, visit her website at www.LizGartonScanlon.com and her blog at http://liz-scanlon.livejournal.com/

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect lullaby book!, March 11, 2004

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This review is from: A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book (Hardcover)

The rhythm of this delightful book has the most hypnotic affect on my 2 year old! Like Good Night Moon (only better illustrations) this book has that wonderful lulling-them-to-sleep feeling, leaving the child in that safe, loved place that helps them fall asleep easily afterwards. Now my daughter asks for this book every night, and I'm happy to read it to her. We've even got a made-up tune to go with it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun rhymes with excellent imagery, September 15, 2005

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Jennifer Tanouye - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book (Hardcover)

This clever rhyming book stretches the imagination to consider things like "a pocket for an ice cream is a cone",and gives kids a fun way to learn a love for poetry. My kids love this book and we donate it to their classrooms each year so that their classmates can enjoy it as well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Our Favorite Books, July 31, 2008

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Michelle - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book (Hardcover)

At last, a children's book that adults will enjoy as much as kids! Beautiful illustrations and amusing story. Celebration of diversity, too.

I give copies to all of my friends for baby showers, new baby gifts and Birthdays. A true "must have" for the bedtime storybook collection.