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J. Patrick Lewis is the current Children's Poet Laureate. He has written more than seventy children's books, including Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses. J. Patrick Lewis lives in Ohio. ...more

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Welcome to this site dedicated to celebrating the works of J. Patrick Lewis, Children's Poet Laureate and recipient of the National Council of Teachers Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.
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	Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Kyle M. Stone (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! 4.44 avg rating — 574 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Jeffrey Stewart Timmins (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Michael Slack (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poem-Mobiles: Crazy Car Poems by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Douglas Florian (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Holmes (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), John Parra (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Tonya Engel (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlem Hellfighters by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Gary Kelley (Illustrations) 3.90 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bigfoot is Missing! by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author), Kenn Nesbitt (Goodreads Author), MinaLima (Illustrator) 3.29 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! 4.27 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by J. Patrick Lewis

“A great book is a homing device
For navigating paradise.

A good book somehow makes you care
About the comfort of a chair.

A bad book owes to many trees
A forest of apologies.”
― J. Patrick Lewis

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“Please bury me in the library
With a dozen long-stemmed proses”
― J. Patrick Lewis, Please Bury Me in the Library

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“I won't be sad too often,
If they bury me in the library
With bookworms in my coffin.”
― J. Patrick Lewis

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