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Elaine Magliaro - Things to Do

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With playful prose and vivid art, Things to Do brings to life the small moments and secret joys of a childs day. There are wonders everywhere. In the sky and on the groundblooming in a flower bed, dangling from a silken thread, buzzing through the summer airwaiting ...waiting to be found. In this thoughtful and ingenious collection of poems, Elaine Magliaro, an elementary school teacher for more than three decades and a school librarian for three years, and illustrator Catia Chien provide a luminous glimpse of the ordinary wonders all around us.

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For three special ladies who bring joy into my lifemy daughter Sara and her - photo 1For three special ladies who bring joy into my lifemy daughter Sara and her - photo 2For three special ladies who bring joy into my lifemy daughter Sara and her - photo 3 For three special ladies who bring joy into my lifemy daughter, Sara, and her daughters, Julia Anna and Allison Mary And with special thanks to Grace Lin E. M. To my favorite person and my love, Mike C. C. Text copyright 2016 by Elaine Magliaro.
Illustrations copyright 2016 by Catia Chien.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Magliaro, Elaine, author.
Things to do / by Elaine Magliaro.
pages cm
Summary: Told in rhyming text, the story takes us through a childs day, focusing on the animals and objects around the child.
ISBN 978-1-4521-1124-7 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3977-0 (epub 2)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3977-7 (mobi)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3978-4 (epub 3)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3979-1 (epib)
1. Stories in rhyme. [1. Stories in rhyme.] I. Chien, Catia, illustrator. Title. Title.

PZ7.1.M34Th 2016
[E]dc23 2014028019 Design by Jennifer Tolo Pierce.
Typeset in Bandera Pro and Denim.
The illustrations in this book were rendered in acrylic. Chronicle Books LLC
680 Second Street
San Francisco, California 94107 Chronicle Bookswe see things differently. Become part of our community at www.chroniclekids.com. Things to do if you are DAWN Shoo away night Wash the eastern sky with - photo 4 Things to do if you are DAWN Shoo away night. Wash the eastern sky with light. Wake the sleeping sun: Rise and shine! Rouse resting roosters.

Set songbirds singing. Let dreams drift away . Start a new day. Things to do if you are BIRDS Go find your breakfast Its strewn on the lawn - photo 5 Things to do if you are BIRDS Go find your breakfast. Its strewn on the lawn. Better come get it before its all gone!S t r e t c h out your wings
on the brightening sky.

Mornings upon us. Get ready to fly!Things to do if you are a HONEYBEE Flit among flowers Sip nectar for hours - photo 6 Things to do if you are a HONEYBEE Flit among flowers. Sip nectar for hours. Be yellow and fuzzy . Stay busy. Things to do if you are an ACORN Wear a bumpy round cap and a starched brown - photo 7 Things to do if you are an ACORN Wear a bumpy, round cap and a starched brown coat. Things to do if you are an ACORN Wear a bumpy round cap and a starched brown - photo 7 Things to do if you are an ACORN Wear a bumpy, round cap and a starched brown coat.

Grow plump, ripen, snap from your stem... AND OFF YOU GO Fall to the forest floor below Tempt a scavenging - photo 8 ... AND OFF YOU GO! Fall to the forest floor below. Tempt a scavenging squirrel. Let him bury you in a bed of earth beneath a blanket of moldering leaves. Dream the winter away.

Then, in spring, sprout . Let a little oak out! Things to do if you are a SNAIL S l o w l y s l o w l y take your - photo 9 Things to do if you are a SNAIL S l o w l y... s l o w l y ... take your time. S l i d e along your trail of slime. The wonders of your world are small.

Dont hurry by. Enjoy them all. Things to do if you are the SUN Be big and round and bold and bright Wear a - photo 10 Things to do if you are the SUN Be big and round and bold and bright. Wear a crown of golden light. Shower down warm yellow rays. Things to do if you are the SKY Stay clear and blue Let the sun smile down - photo 11 Things to do if you are the SKY Stay clear and blue. Things to do if you are the SKY Stay clear and blue Let the sun smile down - photo 11 Things to do if you are the SKY Stay clear and blue.

Let the sun smile down. Dont grow grumpy, gray, and frown. Dont scramble storm clouds. Dont grumble and complain. Dont stab the ground with lightning. Dont rain! Dont rain!Things to do if you are an ERASER Be pliable and pink If I draw before I - photo 12 Things to do if you are an ERASER Be pliable and pink.

If I draw before I think, rub out every mistake that I happen to make. Thats what your jobs all about. Go on wear yourself out! Things to do if you are SCISSORS Open wide your silver jaws. Then snap them shut. Open. Open. Shut. Snip, snap, snip . Snip, snap, snip .

Action: Cut!Things to do if you are RAIN Polka dot sidewalks Freckle windowpanes Whoosh - photo 13 Things to do if you are RAIN Polka dot sidewalks. Freckle windowpanes. Whoosh down gutter spouts. Gurgle into drains. Patter round the porch in slippers of gray. Then... go away . Things to do if you are BOOTS Splish in puddles Splash on the walk Make - photo 14 Things to do if you are BOOTS Splish in puddles. Splash on the walk. Splash on the walk.

Make the fallen raindrops talk . Things to do if you are an ORB-SPIDER Weave a web of silken strands with - photo 15 Things to do if you are an ORB-SPIDER Weave a web of silken strands with spinnerets ( you dont need hands) a silver net... a sticky snare... a clever trap thats light as air. Weave a web... then watch and wait upon your woven dinner plate.

No need to hunt to catch your prey. A meal will soon be on its way. Things to do if you are CRICKETS Quiet fills this summer night Fireflies dot - photo 16 Things to do if you are CRICKETS Quiet fills this summer night. Fireflies dot the dark with light. Birds are nestled in the trees. The world is still.

There is no breeze. Tune your instruments and sigh. Bid this balmy day good-bye. Rub wings and sing a lullaby . Things to do if you are the MOON Live in the sky Be bold OR be shy - photo 17 Things to do if you are the MOON Live in the sky. Be bold ...

OR be shy. Wax and wane in your starry terrain. Be a circle of light, just a sliver of white, or hide in the shadows and vanish from sight. Look like a pearl when youre brim-full and bright . Hang in the darkness. Dazzle

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