People I know

People I know

1. like to pretend what it would be like to have lived long ago. It’s
   fun to think how the world will be a hundred years from now. But I’d
   rather be alive in my world right now. It is the place where the
   people I know and love live.

Me

Lisa Jeanne is my name,

When my brother’s naughty, I get the blame.

Lisa Pieta, Age 6,

New York

The Grown-ups

Sometimes I go out for lunch with the grown-ups. I am always near
grown-ups. They are my friends. My friends are nice.

Gretchen Steig, Age 6. Texas

My Uncle Jack

My Uncle Jack collects door knobs; Door knobs here, door knobs there
Door knobs simply everywhere;

I know a lady who’s 80.

I like that lady and she likes to be 80

I’m 8 and it’s great

To be 8

And I like it, too.

Nancy Nemecek, Age 7, Texas

Six on the window, twelve on the door

There’s hardly room for any more;

Door knobs on the light switch and on the wall, My Uncle Jack has got
them all;

Blue ones, green ones, yellow ones and red

And a row of gray ones on the bottom of his bed.

David Amey. Age 10, England

Boys,

Smart, sensible, Play, eat, sleep, Considerate of others, Boys.

A drawing by Elizabeth Lupfer, Age 9, Illinois

Papier-mache dolls by Betty Shimoda, Age 11, Alice Shimoda, Age 9,
Illinois