If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School (Aladdin Poetry) (Paperback)

~ (Author), G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) "How can I sit through one more day,..." (more)
Key Phrases: mighty eye, cry guy, White House

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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 38 poems capture the excitement, challenge, heartbreak, and wonder of life in elementary school. Through her fresh, lively word pictures, Dakos manages to find surprises in every corner of the school.

About the Author

Kalli Dakos is an elementary school reading specialist who has written many books,including Mrs. Cole on an Onion Roll, illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi, and two illustrated by G. Brian Karas: Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do! More Poems About School and the Children's Choice Award-winning book If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School. Kalli visits schools all over the United States and Canada to talk to students. She also gives teacher workshops. She lives in Ottowa, Canada ,and Sterling, Virginia. You can learn more about Kalli at www.kallidakos.com.

G. Brian Karas has illustrated many children's books, including Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, Incredible Me by Kathi Appelt, and the High-Rise Private Eyes series by Cynthia Rylant.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (August 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689801165
• ISBN-13: 978-0689801167
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,163 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, June 4, 2000

By A Customer

This book, so acurately subtitled "Poems About School," is a hit with students and teachers alike. Ms Dakos takes everyday elementary school situations and problems, and -- through her poetry-- manages to pinpoint the goings on in every classroom in America using humor and sensitivity. The student with the messiest desk, the boy who cries at the drop of a hat, the new kid who hates math, the child who comes to class with more alibis than homework assignments, the children who just can't follow the rules, are all members of the class in Ms Dakos' first book, "If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand-- Poems About School." This is truly a "class" anthology!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT RECOMMENDED READING, June 19, 2000

By	L. CACCIOLAJR (Cavetown, Maryland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School (Hardcover)

This wonderful book of elementary school life poems was a recommended summer reading for my 5th grader. I thank the one who recommended it. She loves it. I recommend it for all ages...I love it too and I'm a few decades past the 5th grade. Get this one for your child and he/she will thank you with their pleasure of the book and their reading to you.