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    If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School
    If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School
    If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School
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    If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School

    Written by Kalli Dakos

    Narrated by Christina Moore, John McDonough and Jeff Woodman

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    This is a book for kids who wish they were jumping in leaf piles and climbing trees instead of learning their multiplication tables. It's for kids who worry that they'll never make it out of third grade, or that the other kids will make fun of them, or that their best will never be good enough. Messy desks, forgotten homework, embarrassing hiccups, favorite teachers-they're all here in these silly, sad, and funny poems. Kalli Dakos blends clever wit and insight with her experience as a former elementary reading specialist to make poetry fun and accessible to young children. The voices of three unique and talented narrators capture that school-related fun, fantasy, and fear that never truly ends for anyone who has ever lived the school experience.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 24, 2009
    ISBN9781436188005
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    Kalli Dakos

    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.

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