People I know
- 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