A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes
A Pocket Book
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 2, 2004
A cave is a pocket for a bear, a breath is a pocket full of air.
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- Who it’s for
- Playful verse and energetic artwork make everyday pockets feel unexpectedly full of possibility.
- Themes
- Playful imagination, Everyday objects
- Genres
- Poetry, Stories in Verse, Funny Stories
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A cave is a pocket for a bear, a breath is a pocket full of air. A hat is a pocket for your hair, and a seat is a pocket called a chair... A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book is a whimsical pocket full of bells and balloons, ice cream and mud, giggles and hugs.
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Elizabeth Garton Scanlon's delightful verse is captured in Robin Preiss Glasser's energetic artwork, which follows four families through a busy day exploring the surprising ins and outs of the world's pockets. This special book will leave readers young and old with pockets full of joy!
Pocket-Sized Wonder
Playful verse and energetic artwork make everyday pockets feel unexpectedly full of possibility.
Come here for
- A funny, affectionate spin on what pockets can hold
- Rhymes that turn familiar things into small surprises
Expect
- Verse paired with lively illustrations
- Four families exploring pockets through a busy day
Where it sits
| Poetry | 74% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 28% |
| Stories in Verse | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adventure & Explorers
- Books for Boys
- Family Life
- New Baby
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- Siblings
- Kids' Foreign Language
- Girls & Young Women
- Poetry
- Authors
- Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 2, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Playful imagination · Everyday objects
- Reading lane
- Adventure & Explorers