James Stevenson
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Carol Otis Hurst, James Stevenson
Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst’s father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, “You’ve got rocks in your head” and “There’s no money in rocks.” But year after year he kept on collecting, trading, displaying, and labeling his rocks. The Depression forced the family to sell their gas station and their house, but his interest in rocks never wavered. And in the end the science museum he had visited so often realized that a person with rocks in his head was just what was…
Popcorn: Poems
James Stevenson
Here is James Stevenson’s follow-up to his popular poetry collection, Sweet Corn, which School Library Journal labeled in a starred review “A book to savor.”
Inside this volume are poems to make you laugh and poems to make you dream…and wonder…and think. Some are exuberant and some are quirky and some are sad, but each and every one will leave you hungry for more. So open the book, dig in-and enjoy!
