Keepers

By John Frank

THE GLEAM OF A GOLD NUGGET...the fire in a precious gem...the geometry of a seashell...a fossil, a baseball card. Treasures all.John Frank's poetry about the things we collect - at the beach, in the attic, in the mountains and desert, at flea markets - is a treasure itself. With handsome alluring photographs of collections and collectibles, this is a rare find - a keeper - to read and rediscover again and again."Keepers" is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596431970
• ISBN13: 9781596431973
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6

Customer Reviews

A well crafted poem is an effective inducement

A well crafted poem is an effective inducement for parents and teachers seeking to interest children in reading as a personal pastime. Profusely illustrated throughout with the color photography of Ken Robbins, "Keepers: Treasure-Hunt Poems" by John Frank is a collection of thirty poems that are specifically and successfully intended to interest young readers. The poems are thematically organized into five major sections according to where childhood treasures are to be found: At the Beach; In the Attic; In the Mountain and Desert; At the Flea Market; Beneath the Ground. A delightful compendium of superbly crafted, thoroughly 'kid friendly' verse, "Keepers" would make a popular and welcome addition to personal, school, and community library poetry collections for young readers (and not-so-young readers who are still young at heart!). 'Comic Book': Good ol' Clark Kent,/That mild-mannered reporter,/on sale at a swap meet,/a buck and a quarter.//Not bad for a comic/in decent condition--/I wish, thought, that it were/a mint first-edition.