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After the Bell Rings: Poems About After-School Time

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After the Bell Rings: Poems About After-School Time

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Overview

Fresh, funny, and full of verve and variety, this clever book of 22 illustrated poems about school captures what kids love to do when class lets out.

“Finally….
     Finally….
        Finally….
     BRINNNNNG!
That wonderful bell begins to ring. “

Everyone knows that the best part of the school day is the moment it ends! After school, kids can hang out with their friends, play video games, attend music lessons, avoid chores, practice sports, do homework...well, maybe that last part isn't so great, but the rest is a blast!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780698401785
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	02/24/2015
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	94 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Carol Diggory Shields’s favorite afterschool activity was reading, reading, and more reading. She is currently a children's librarian and the author of many books. She lives in northern California.

Paul Meisel always loved to draw, but he also liked shooting hoops with his friends and trying to pitch a no-hitter in little league. He has illustrated more than 70 books, some of which he's also written. Paul won a 2012 ALSC Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for his picture book See Me Run.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Smart and sassy poems and accessible illustrations combine for an engaging, humorous package." —Kirkus Reviews

"The eye-catching artwork done in acrylic, gouache, and colored pencil is sure to appeal to many readers along with the humor, rhyme, and universal topics." —SLJ

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Editorial Reviews

01/12/2015
Opening with two poems titled “2:48”—one highlights students’ eager-to-leave-school perspective, the other their teacher’s not-so-different attitude—Shields hopscotches over after-school terrain that readers will know well, from tackling homework and chores to trying to pick a snack from the fridge (“Something creamy and sweet?/ Or something covered with cheese?/ I hope my stomach decides/ Before I totally freeze”). Clever entries include a poem about a boy’s love of manga, which reads right-to-left, and one that unfolds in text messages (“mathz ez. spLN? No clu”). Meisel’s mixed-media cartoons are equally plugged into kids’ digital lives, with smartphones and tablets as omnipresent as schoolbooks, backpacks, and musical instruments being practiced with varying degrees of success. Ages 6–9. Illustrator’s agent: Jennifer Mattson, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"Smart and sassy poems and accessible illustrations combine for an engaging, humorous package." –Kirkus Reviews

"The eye-catching artwork done in acrylic, gouache, and colored pencil is sure to appeal to many readers along with the humor, rhyme, and universal topics." –SLJ

"Shields does have a good grasp of school-age frustrations and silliness…the precious and overbooked time after the bell will ring true with most." –Booklist

"Young readers and read-aloud audiences will instantly relate to this collection of light verse about the joys of after school." –SLC

From the Publisher

11/01/2014
Gr 2–5—In 22 colorfully illustrated poems, Shields captures multiple perspectives on the favorite part of many kids' school day—the end. The book opens with the anticipation of the dismissal bell from the perspective of the students and the teacher. Readers will connect with the familiar scenario of feeling "like the clock on the wall has stopped." From there, the poet explores some of kids' extracurricular activities. "Level 5" shows the realistic struggle between a desire to play video games and the obligation to do one's homework. Shields's lines will resonate with readers ("She put her hand on the warm TV. 'Guess what, kid? You're busted.'"). "Manga" is a cleverly written poem that will leave some children scratching their heads because of its right-to-left text flow. "Txt msgs" is a conversation poem written in text-speak. Shields even includes a verse about the dangers of saying "I'm bored," which leads to a never-ending chore list. The eye-catching artwork done in acrylic, gouache, and colored pencil is sure to appeal to many readers along with the humor, rhyme, and universal topics.—Andy Plemmons, David C. Barrow Elementary, Athens, GA

School Library Journal

2014-11-04
Twenty-two light poems and accompanying illustrations explore what happens after school.Veteran author-illustrator duo Shields and Meisel team up again (Someone Used My Toothbrush and Other Bathroom Poems, 2010, etc.) to depict the full spectrum of fun to be had after school lets out. Looking at what typically happens at the end of the school day—homework, snacking, being reunited with pets, car pools, texting friends, a little instrument practice—Shields and Meisel paint a realistic portrait of how kids feel about these activities. From the opening pair of "2:48" poems, Shields quickly establishes the collection's light, edgy tone, showing how student and teacher alike often find the last two minutes of the day "the slowest of all." By week's end, Shields cleverly uses end rhyme to highlight the irony to be found in a "Friday Night" sleepover: "We call it sleeping over— / That's not exactly true. / We bring along our sleeping bags, / But sleep? Not what we do." Throughout the volume, Meisel's dynamic, childlike mixed-media illustrations effectively underscore the child's perspective these poems so often provide. But occasionally Shields also shares some important advice as a former child, enlightening young readers as to the dangers of saying, "I'm bored!" to one's parents or trying to mask unauthorized video game usage behind a beatific smile. Smart and sassy poems and accessible illustrations combine for an engaging, humorous package. (Picture book/poetry. 6-10)

Kirkus Reviews