Karla Kuskin

A collection of poems about discovering the world.

Questions in verse about the many things you could be if you were square or soft or loud or red or small or fat or fierce or dark.

A mother making a quilt for her child stitches the varied topography of their beautiful island into her patchwork pattern.

A rhyming tale of a city dog's first outing in the country.

Overview: Write about a radish Too many people write about the moon. The night is black The stars are small and high The clock unwinds its ever-ticking tune Hills gleam dimly Distant nighthawks cry. A radish rises in the waiting sky. This long-awaited, comprehensive collection by acclaimed poet Karla Kuskin contains her most celebrated poems as well as new works never before published. Whether she's writing about napping cats, reaches of beaches,...

After being told how she resembles other members of her family, a young girl states positively and absolutely that she is "NO ONE ELSE BUT ME."

After a boy's mother buys him a hat, she buys him a mouse, shoes, boots, skis, mask, cello, and an elephant--none of which he is ever without.