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Lee Bennett Hopkins (1938–2019)

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Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1938. Hopkins' education was rather sporadic, since he often had to care for his younger sister while his mother worked to support the family. As a child, Hopkins read little other than comic books and movie magazines until a toon meer teacher inspired in him a love of the theatre and, subsequently, of reading. Though Hopkins did well in his high school English courses, he did not enjoy other subjects and his grades in those were poor. Still, he had decided on an eventual career as a teacher and after graduating high school he began classes at the Newark State Teachers College, working several jobs in order to afford his tuition. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960, Hopkins began teaching sixth grade at a public school in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. In his third year at Westmoreland School in Fair Lawn he became the school's resource teacher. Through the principal at his own school, Hopkins obtained a scholarship to pursue a master's degree at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City. While working toward this degree, which he received in 1964, Hopkins continued as Resource Teacher at Westmoreland. In 1966 he took a position as senior consultant for Bank Street College's new Learning Resource Center in the Harlem area of New York City. Hopkins also began writing articles on children's literature and the use of poetry in the classroom, which were published in journals such as Horn Book and Language Arts. With colleague Annette F. Shapiro he wrote Creative Activities for Gifted Children, his first book. In 1967 Hopkins received a Professional Diploma in Educational Supervision and Administration from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Racial tension following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968 forced Hopkins and others to reluctantly leave Harlem. He then secured another position as a curriculum and editorial specialist at Scholastic, Inc. Hopkins' career as a writer progressed; more than two dozen of his books were published during his eight-years at Scholastic. In 1976 Hopkins quit his job at Scholastic in order to become a full- time writer and poetry anthologist. He has written or compiled more than seventy-five books for children and young adults, in addition to his professional texts and his numerous contributions to education and children's literature journals. Apart from his many poetry anthologies and professional texts, Hopkins has also written young adult novels, children's stories, and non-fiction books for children. He hosted the fifteen-part children's educational television series Zebra Wings, and has also served as a literature consultant for Harper and Row's Text Division. Hopkins has won numerous honors and awards, including an honorary doctor of laws degree from Kean College in 1980 and the University of Southern Mississippi's Silver Medallion in 1989. His poetry autobiography, Been to Yesterdays, received both the Christopher Medal and a Golden Kite Honor. He has also received awards from Booklist, School Library Journal, The New York Times, The American Library Association and the American Booksellers Association. Hopkins founded the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award presented annually since 1993, and the Lee Bennett Hopkins/International Reading Association Promising Poet Award presented every three years since 1995. Lee Bennett Hopkins passsed away on August 8, 2019, at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Lee Bennett Hopkins

Surprises (1984) — Redacteur — 701 exemplaren
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States (2000) — Redacteur — 594 exemplaren
Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems (1997) — Redacteur — 358 exemplaren
Good Books, Good Times! (1990) — Redacteur — 352 exemplaren
Side By Side: Poems to Read Together (1605) — Redacteur — 290 exemplaren
Weather: Poems for All Seasons (1994) — Redacteur — 227 exemplaren
Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems (1999) — Redacteur — 202 exemplaren
Halloween Howls: Holiday Poetry (2005) — Redacteur — 198 exemplaren
Amazing Faces: Poems (2010) — Redacteur — 186 exemplaren
Home To Me: Poems Across America (2002) — Redacteur — 155 exemplaren
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems (2005) — Redacteur — 132 exemplaren
Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry (1994) — Redacteur — 121 exemplaren
I Am the Book (2011) — Redacteur — 118 exemplaren
A Pet for Me: Poems (2003) — Redacteur — 114 exemplaren
Pterodactyls and Pizza: A Trumpet Club Book of Poetry (1992) — Redacteur — 112 exemplaren
Got Geography! (2006) — Redacteur — 95 exemplaren
Pass the Poetry, Please! (1987) 79 exemplaren
Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems (2010) — Redacteur — 79 exemplaren
School Supplies: A Book of Poems (1621) — Redacteur — 75 exemplaren
Good Morning To You, Valentine: Poems For Valentine's Day (1976) — Redacteur — 69 exemplaren
City I Love (2009) 69 exemplaren
Dinosaurs: Poems (1987) 67 exemplaren
Incredible Inventions (2009) 67 exemplaren
Dino-Roars (Road to Reading) (1999) 64 exemplaren
Alphathoughts: Alphabet Poems (2003) 60 exemplaren
Nasty Bugs (2012) 56 exemplaren
YUMMY!: Eating through a Day (2000) 55 exemplaren
Manger (2014) 54 exemplaren
Extra Innings: Baseball Poems (1993) 48 exemplaren
Jumping Off Library Shelves (1702) 46 exemplaren
Sky Magic: Poems (2009) — Redacteur — 45 exemplaren
Opening Days: Sports Poems (1996) 41 exemplaren
Happy Birthday (1991) 40 exemplaren
Me! A book of poems (1970) 39 exemplaren
Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry (2004) 36 exemplaren
The Sky Is Full of Song (1983) 36 exemplaren
Mary's Song (2012) 36 exemplaren
Full Moon and Star (2011) 33 exemplaren
Time to Shout: Poems for You (1973) 32 exemplaren
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving (1978) — Redacteur — 30 exemplaren
Hey-How for Halloween! (1974) — Redacteur — 30 exemplaren
Amazing Places (2015) 28 exemplaren
Faces and Places Poems for You (1971) 27 exemplaren
A Bunch of Punctuation (2018) 26 exemplaren
Small Talk: A Book of Short Poems (1995) 26 exemplaren
Give Me Wings (2010) 25 exemplaren
Easter Buds Are Springing: Poems for Easter (1979) — Redacteur — 25 exemplaren
School People (2018) 25 exemplaren
Song And Dance (1997) 23 exemplaren
April Bubbles Chocolate (1994) 20 exemplaren
The Writing Bug (1993) 20 exemplaren
Let them be themselves (1969) 18 exemplaren
Munching: Poems About Eating (1985) 18 exemplaren
Creatures (1985) 17 exemplaren
On the Farm/Poems (1991) 17 exemplaren
Best Friends (1986) 16 exemplaren
Mother Goose and Her Children (1999) 16 exemplaren
Mama (1977) 15 exemplaren
The Sea Is Calling Me: Poems (1986) 15 exemplaren
Mother Goose through the seasons (1999) 15 exemplaren
Mama & her boys (1981) 15 exemplaren
And God Bless Me (1982) 14 exemplaren
I Am the Cat (1981) 14 exemplaren
Small circus (A solo book) (1975) 14 exemplaren
Moments: Poems About the Seasons (1980) 13 exemplaren
A Dog's Life (1983) 12 exemplaren
Construction People (2020) 11 exemplaren
This Street's For Me! (1970) 11 exemplaren
Flit, Flutter, Fly! (1992) 11 exemplaren
Poems to Remember (1973) 10 exemplaren
Elves, Fairies & Gnomes (1980) 10 exemplaren
To the Zoo: Animal Poems (1992) 10 exemplaren
All the World's a Stage (2013) 10 exemplaren
It's about time : poems (1993) 8 exemplaren
Hear My Prayer (2010) 8 exemplaren
City Talk (1970) 8 exemplaren
Building an Enriched Vocabulary (1998) 8 exemplaren
Night Wishes (2020) 7 exemplaren
Poetry on Wheels. (1974) 7 exemplaren
A song in stone : city poems (1983) 6 exemplaren
Wonder Wheels (1979) 6 exemplaren
Zoo! - A Book of Poems (1971) 4 exemplaren
Poems from Best Friends (1993) 4 exemplaren
By Myself (1980) 4 exemplaren
I Loved Rose Ann (1976) 3 exemplaren
The Best of Book Bonanza (1980) 3 exemplaren
Love & kisses (1984) 2 exemplaren
I Think I Saw A Snail 2 exemplaren
Best Friends 1 exemplaar
When I Am All Alone: Poems (1972) 1 exemplaar
Jungle sounds 1 exemplaar

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Independent reading level: 3+
 
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Jennihernandez | Dec 4, 2023 |
I do agree with some of the early reviewers that at first this book starts off unusual and as though you had missed a page. However, once you have read through the story, you realize that you are listening to the voice of Mary and possibly her perspective of what the night of Jesus' birth was like for her. I admit, I was more mesmerized by the lovely illustrations, than I was the story at first. I was preparing this book for my granddaughter's Christmas advent books to read, and I know she will enjoy the artwork, the stable animals, and the animal sounds. But then I thought of another family member who recently experienced an unexpected early delivery and did not have the chance to hold her baby immediately and how she would likely relate to this song of Mary, who maybe just wanted to sing a lullaby to her newborn child. It occurred to me that this story really is a unique one than can tie in a mother's love for her child, who she is holding on her lap and reading this story, and the love that Mary was wanting to express to Jesus, in the midst of all the interruptions that came to her that night. Together, mother and child can be enveloped in the awe of the First Christmas with the reading of this book.… (meer)
 
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MarySchubert | 11 andere besprekingen | Nov 9, 2023 |
Independent Reading Level: Grades 4th-5th grade
Awards: Christopher Award (2009), National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry for Children Award (2009)
 
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Mathews_mallory | 2 andere besprekingen | Nov 4, 2023 |
The 38 poems in this popular beginning reader anthology are simple, short, and rhyming. Topics include kid-friendly subjects such as pets, vehicles, cooking, and space, with plenty of silliness to spark giggles.
 
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