Poetry Friday Videos

It s Poetry Friday and, since I ve been pushed beyond my limits by members of the book industry s dark side, we present a poem I wrote back in the spring of 2005 to lament the loss of CBC Ottawa s much loved afternoon host, Brent Bambury. I ve loved doing Just One More Book!! and it will be sad to turn my back on it. While I m reflecting on the future of what has been a huge part of our family, every single day for more than three years, I thought it was appropriate to share this era-ending poem (read by its recipient, Brent Bambury). A Capital Lament by Andrea Ross, May 2005. That April day, infused by May, seemed clearly heaven sent, The Gomery mess couldn t bug us less we re listening to Brent! Big news from Rome, then Pow! our own calamitous event, We d lost our man, and thus began our Capital Lament. In two aught two, when Brent was new, our cautious ears we lent, But soon his pace, words, voice and taste led to enravishment. Who know his stint would be a glint? That Go! would lead to went? And we d be left a town bereft, despite all blandishments. Robert Fontaine, comedien, now who will he torment? Will Lucy sob? Or grab the job? To whom will Laurence vent? We re sure of this, we ll sorely miss our host omniloquent. You re lane to fame is Hog Town s gain. Best luck and Thank you, Brent. Read Mark s post about Just One More Book!! as a member of our family: The baby, the bathwater, or both?

Author: Thad Krasnesky (on JOMB) Illustrator: David Parkins (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Flashlight Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780979974649 Cute only gets you so far in the real world. Capturing the glee of victory and the sting of defeat, this hilariously illustrated rhyming book lets us laugh at our own (and our little sibling s) attempts to prove otherwise. Mentioned in this episode: Dusan Petricic David Roberts Pop over to The Boy Reader for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Cathy Miller, The Literacy Ambassador , alerts us about Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Lynley Dodd (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lynley Dodd Published: 1987 Tricycle Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 9781582463070 Six bark-along pooches, homey illustrations and spirited verse what youngster could resist this slightly retro, rhyming micro-adventure? More rhyming dog reading on JOMB: Fun Dog, Sun Dog Don’t Lick the Dog Stella, Unleashed! Biscuits in the Cupboard Good Dog My Pup The Pound from the Hound Poodlena Safe and Sound Dirty Dog Boogie Other dogs on JOMB: The King’s Taster May I Pet Your Dog? How Smudge Came Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story Dr. White Heroes of Isle aux Morts Doggie in the Window Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Little Lions, Bull Baiters & Hunting Hounds: A History of Dog Breeds “Let’s Get a Pup!” said Kate The Trouble with Tilly Trumble The Outside Dog Lady Lupin’s Book of Etiquette Dogs’ Night I Want A Dog Pop over to A Wrung Sponger for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Barbara Jean Hicks (on JOMB) Illustrator: Sue Hendra (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Knopf (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780375956867 Gasping, gobbling, grinning, crunching and belching, seven sherbet-coloured monsters revel in outrage at their broccoli-loving readers in this rhyming enticement to eat green. Blueberry-eating books mentioned: Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears Sleepover Larry More food on JOMB: Treasure for Lunch The King’s Taster Berry Magic The Butter Man The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating The Tortilla Cat Too Many Tamales Chopsticks Mammoth Pie On Top of Spaghetti Pumpkin Soup A Medieval Feast Sanji and the Baker Pop over to Poetry For Children for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Teresa Bateman (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lynne Cravath (on JOMB) Published: 2002 Albert Whitman (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780807566282 Swapping dainty dancing for hoops and hoots, this upbeat spin on The Twelve Dancing Princesses brings rhyme, spring and spirit to the age old tale. More fairy tales gone wild and fun with the familiar on JOMB: The Frog Prince Continued And the DISH Ran Away with the SPOON Badness for Beginners Bantam of the Opera Bill in a China Shop Cinderella Skeleton Falling For Rapunzel Monster Goose Oops! Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood Rumplestilskin’s Daughter Science Verse Such A Prince Swine Lake The Crow The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Wait! No Paint! Pop over to Becky s Book Reviews for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Abigail Yasgur s Alphabet Soup for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Judy Sierra (on JOMB) Illustrator: Melissa Sweet (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Knopf (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780375840029 From skittery stalling to splendorous, sweet slumber, alphabet families do the bedtime wrestle in this fabulously illustrated preschool rhyme. Other books mentioned: The Scrambled States of America Talent Show More alphabet reading on JOMB: Carmine: A Little More Red Alphabetter A I  sn’t for Fox (An Isn’t Alphabet) More bedtime reading on JOMB: I Need My Monster Ocean’s Child Go to Bed, Monster! Darkness Slipped In But If They Do… Pop over to Tabatha A. Yeatts for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Christine Ford (on JOMB) & Trish Holland (on JOMB) Illustrator: David Diaz (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Golden Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 978-0-375-84752-3 Warmth and well being radiate from stylized Inuit seascapes and gently lapping prose in this soothing bedtime confirmation of safety, connectedness and parental love. More bedtime reading on JOMB: I Need My Monster Go to Bed, Monster! Darkness Slipped In But If They Do… Pop over to Crossover for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Gregory Tang (on JOMB) Illustrator: Harry Briggs (on JOMB) Published: 2002 Scholastic (on JOMB) ISBN: 0439210445 Catchy, four-line rhymes and an energetic animal cast aim to take the sting out of multiplication long before the onset of Times Table Torture. More math on JOMB: On the Scale, a Weighty Tale Missing Math (A Number Mystery) A Very Improbable Story Full House: An Invitation to Fractions Interview with David Schwartz Pop over to Critique de Mr. Chompchomp for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show

Author: Deborah Heiligman (on JOMB) Illustrator: Tim Bowers (on JOMB) Published: 2005 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB) ISBN: 0761455310 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Sunshine, shenanigans and loads of jingly rhyme make this cheery little board book a perfect preschool pick. Other books mentioned: Kid Tea HOTLINE VOICES: Twin sisters Rosie (6) and Ronnie (6) tell us about their favourite rhyming books, One Duck Stuck (by Phyllis Root and Jane Chapman) and Hop on Pop (by Dr. Seuss). More pooch inspired poetry on JOMB: Don’t Lick the Dog Stella, Unleashed! Biscuits in the Cupboard Good Dog My Pup The Pound from the Hound Poodlena Safe and Sound Dirty Dog Boogie Pop over to Read, Write, Believe for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Eileen Spinelli (on JOMB) Illustrator: David Slonim (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB) ISBN: 0761455256 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Rhyming triplets and edge-to-edge smile-inducing illustrations follow the carefree foolishness of an unconventional goose and remind us to savour the spice of life. More independent thinkers on JOMB: Willow Odd Velvet Suki’s Kimono Ruby’s Wish Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick more here. Pop over to Under The Covers for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Wendy Wahman (on JOMB) Illustrator: Wendy Wahman Published: 2009 Henry Holt (on JOMB) ISBN: 0805087338 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Outrageously bright and pointy, stylized illustrations and catchy how-to rhyme deliver digestible tips for canine encounters of the friendly, yappy, growly, wary, jumpy, licky, snappy kind. More dogs on JOMB: May I Pet Your Dog? How Smudge Came Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story Dr. White Heroes of Isle aux Morts Doggie in the Window Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Stella, Unleashed! Little Lions, Bull Baiters re a fan of dogs, kids and literacy, you may be interested in the Reading with Rover and D.R.E.A.M. (dogs for reading, education, assistance and more) programs. Pop over to Becky s Book Reviews for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Linda Ashman (on JOMB) Illustrator: S. D. Schindler (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Roaring Brook Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1596431555 Humour, grimaces, gluttony and grime cleverly deliver a bonanza of not-soon forgotten feudal facts in this rhyming rundown of Medieval careers. Chapters.ca Amazon.com Other books mentioned: A Medieval Feast Stella, Unleashed! The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe One Witch Pop over to Carol s Corner for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. If you are feasting this holiday week, Bon Appétit!

Author: Sheree Fitch (on JOMB) Illustrator: Kim LaFave (on JOMB) Published: 1994 Doubleday Canada (on JOMB) ISBN: 0385254555 My eyes belong only to me, they tell me I m me and nobody else. But if I were not inside my body, who would be me? Breezy, upbeat illustrations and beautifully worded wonderings give us a stirring glimpse of the fresh and often forgotten preschool perspective in this thought-provoking reminder that, when it comes right down to it, we re all small. Pop over to ayuddha.net for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Thelma Slater, Chair of the Mayor s Literacy Commission in Canton, Ohio, checks in with her fifty-something son to recall some of his childhood favourites including Dr. Seuss. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Lynne Berry (on JOMB) Illustrator: Hiroe Nakata (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Henry Holt and Co. (on JOMB) ISBN: 080508696X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Sweet and spunky with a tingling hint of backyard camp-out scariness, this irresistibly upbeat rhyming adventure breathes a long-awaited summer breeze. Pop over to The Drift Record for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Anita Newburt registers her vote for us to continue recording our reviews in our favourite coffee shop.  Thanks so much for your kind words and thoughtful feedback, Anita.  We re officially convinced! We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Maxine Rose Schur (on JOMB) Illustrator: Michael Maydak (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Dawn Publications (on JOMB) ISBN: 1584691182 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Startling facts, silly poems and the thrill of a hidden picture hunt make this warmly illustrated smorgasbord of strangeness a sly and slippery segue from fiction to non-fiction. More amazing animals on JOMB: Animals at the EDGE (Saving the World’s Rarest Creatures) Where in the Wild? Nic Bishop’s Frogs A Horse in the House Over in the Ocean … in a Coral Reef Pop over to Mommy s Favourite Children s Books for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Author/Illustrator Peggy Collins makes a good case for Sleepyhead (by Karma Wilson and John Segal) as a great last-read-aloud-before-bedtime book. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Leah Wilcox (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lydia Monks (on JOMB) Published: 2005 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 0142403997 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Sweet, silly collage and guess-the-next-gag rhyme turn the traditional tale of tossed tresses into a merry carousel of misunderstanding and matchmaking. More romantic reading on JOMB: Cinderella Skeleton Taj Mahal Such A Prince Yuck. A Love Story The Penderwicks On Gardam Street The Hound from the Pound Victor and Christabel The Twelve Dancing Princesses You will find the soon to be launched Kid City NY blog here. HOTLINE VOICES: Julie Wilson is reunited with a childhood favourite, The Adventures of Super Pickle (no longer in print) after nearly thirty years. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. Pop over to Adventures in Daily Living for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

Author: Cynthia Rylant (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lauren Stringer (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Harcourt (on JOMB) ISBN: 0152053034 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Welcoming snowscapes, glowing orange coziness and carefully, crafted verse capture our very personal yet wonderfully universal relationship with snow in this exquisite reflection on the fleeting sweetness of life. More wintry reading on JOMB: Snowsong Whistling The Snow Show — with Chef Kelvin Treasure for Lunch The Lamp, the Ice and the Boat Called Fish The Magic Hockey Stick Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears Cuddly Dudley Wenceslas HOTLINE VOICES: Blogger and soon to be published children s book author Candace Ryan shares a creative review (with a Thanksgiving twist) of Blue Hat, Green Hat (by Sandra Boynton). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. Welcome to Just One More Book!! If you’re a newcomer to our website or are unfamiliar with audio podcasts and how the Just One More Book!! audio programs promote children’s books, the people that create them and a general love of reading, you may find this video to be a helpful on-ramp to becoming part of the Just One More Book!! community. Click here to view the embedded video.

Author: Zetta Elliott (on JOMB) Illustrator: Shadra Strickland (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Lee s issues of addiction and loss. More dreams of flight on JOMB: My Dad’s A Birdman Fly, Eagle, Fly I Can Hear the Sun Tudley Didn’t Know Chopsticks Falling Angels Today I Will Fly! Pop over to Brimstone Soup for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Marlive Harris, founder of the gritskids.com book club tells us about Little Lion Goes to School (by Kellie Magnus and Michael Robinson) We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. Welcome to Just One More Book!! If you re a newcomer to our website or are unfamiliar with audio podcasts and how the Just One More Book! audio programs promote children s books, the people that create them and a general love of reading, you may find this video to be a helpful on-ramp to becoming part of the Just One More Book!! community. Click here to view the embedded video.

Author: Roseanne Thong (on JOMB) Illustrator: Elisa Kleven (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Chronicle Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0811857166 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Splashing, soaring, leaping and dreaming, gorgeously detailed watercolour and collage illustrations whisk us into the midst of vivid wishing traditions across the globe in this beautiful reminder of our universal desires. Other books mentioned: Snowsong Whistling The Puddle Pail Pop over to Yat-Yee Chong for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to Illustrator Chris Forrest for sharing two of her favourites, Make Way for Ducklings (by Robert McCloskey), The Sky is Falling on Henny Penny (by Marie Schubert). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.