Good-byes / Eileen Spinelli -- Ways to greet a friend / Avis Harley -- On the menu for school today / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- In my desk / Jane Yolen -- Show-and-tell rocks / Terry Webb Harshman -- In my hand / Marilyn Singer -- Helping hands / Allan Wolf -- Clay play / Kristine O'Connell George -- Creativity / Eileen Spinelli -- Things to do if you are a pencil / Elaine Magliaro -- Recipe for writing an autumn poem / Georgia Heard -- Why poetry? / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Words in my pillow / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Booktime / Avis Harley -- Are we there yet? / Heidi Roemer -- Lost and finds / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Test day / Kathi Appelt -- What is earth? J. Patrick Lewis -- Spinners / Marilyn Singer -- Things to do if you are the sun / Bobbi Katz -- Winter's presents / Patricia Hubbell -- Just look! / Valiska Gregory -- Tree song / George Ella Lyon -- Oak tree / Georgia Heard -- Walking home from school I see / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Chorus of four frogs / David Harrison -- Skateboarder / Sara Holbrook -- Under my bed / Heidi Stemple -- Message from the moon / Lara Anderson -- Shooting star / Avis Harley -- While you are sleeping, school ... / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Things to do today / Liz Rosenberg.