Lee Bennett Hopkins
Lee Bennett Hopkins (1938-2019) was an American educator, poet, author, and anthologist known for authoring and editing over 100 award-winning books for children, including poetry anthologies and autobiographical works like Been to Yesterdays: Poems of a Life.[1][2][5] Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he grew up in Newark, New Jersey, taught elementary school, worked as an editor at Scholastic, and became a full-time writer while promoting poetry for young readers through awards he established.[3][4][5]
Children's Poetry
Anthology
Children's Literature
Pups, Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves: Stories, Poems, and Verse
Blast Off! (An I Can Read Book)
Still As a Star: A Book of Nighttime Poems
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
Amazing Places
Jumping Off Library Shelves
Traveling the Blue Road: Poems of the Sea
Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Halloween Howls: Holiday Poetry (I Can Read Book 2)
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems
All the World's a Stage
City I Love
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems
Good Books, Good Times!
Mary's Song
Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems
Hoofbeats, Claws & Rippled Fins: Creature Poems
Full Moon and Star
Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums
Witching Time: Mischievous Stories and Poems
Song And Dance
To the Zoo: Animal Poems
YUMMY!: Eating through a Day
Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More