Harriet Ziefert • Mercè Galí
Is a Book a Box for Words? Text copyright © 2024 Harriet Ziefert Illustrations copyright © 2024 Mercè Galí Published in 2024 by Red Comet Press, LLC, Brooklyn, NY All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Library of Congress Control Number: 2024930531 ISBN (HB): 978-1-63655-125-8 ISBN (EBOOK): 978-1-63655-126-5 24 25 26 27 28 TLF 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition Manufactured in China
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Boxes, boxes, nice designs,
Boxes, boxes, many kinds.
Soup boxes
Poop boxes
Stack boxes.
Pack boxes.
Bottom box says, “See. Everything rests on me!”
Boxes, boxes, THIS SIDE UP!
Boxes, boxes, all lined up!
Boxes, boxes, piled high—
Boxes, boxes, go “bye-bye!”
A cardboard box collapses and folds.
The bigger the box the more it holds!
An empty box says, “Put more in.”
A full box says, “You need another bin.”
Boxes, boxes, big and brown,
Boxes, boxes, tumbling . . .
D
O
W
N.
Sound box
Round box
A piano says, “I’m a box on legs!”
A cello says, “I’m a box with pegs!”
Boxes store. Boxes pour.
Open box— French fries
Closed box— nice surprise!
Boxes nest.
Boxes pack best.
Bags don’t pass the test!
Cold box—
Old box—
Tall box—
Small box!
A box for toys we want out of the way,
A box for clothes being packed away.
Glass boxes in the sky—
Skyscrapers, oh so high!
Toolbox for fixin’—
Tackle box for fishin’.
Plastic bins—almost forever— Scientists are way too clever!
Player in the box . . .
Batter in the box . . .
Ball in the box . . .
Paw in the box!
BIG pets need BIG boxes.
Little pets need little boxes.
If a fridge is a box for food, Is a coop a box for brood?
If a safe is a box for money,
Is a hive a box for honey?
If a hangar is a box for a plane, Is a head a box for a brain?
If a case is a box for a guitar,
Is a garage a box for a car?
If a birdhouse is a box for birds . . .
Is a book a box for words?
The End
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Boxes, boxes everywhere you look! Explore boxes and their uses in this fun and clever book.
HARRIET ZIEFERT has written over two hundred books for children. She lives and works in the Berkshires, MA.
MERCÈ GALÍ is an internationally recognized children’s book illustrator who lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.
ISBN 978-1-63655-125-8
$18.99 US / $23.99 CAN Cover illustrations © 2024 Mercè Galí Printed in China RedCometPress.com
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