Poetry Performance: The Library Cheer - A Poetry Break

INTRODUCTION
This poem comes a great book of poems that are meant to be shared out loud. Use this poem for every occasion from celebrating National Poetry Month to National Library Week or simply when you decide to celebrate books and poetry! Have the children repeat the refrain “Books are good!/Books are great!/I want books!/I WILL NOT WAIT!”.

POEM

The Library Cheer
By Brod Bagert

Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
....Bird books,
....Bug books,
....Bears books too,
....Words and pictures
....Through and through.

Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
....Books in color,
....Black and white,
....Shinny books,
....Fat books,
....Day and night.

Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
....Sad books,
....Glad books,
....Funny books too,
....Books for me
....And books for you.

Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!

EXTENSION
Invite the children to use the refrain to start their own poem about the different types of books that they like read and discover at the library.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
This poem is from:

Bagert, Brod. 2007. Shout!: Little Poems that Roar. Illus. by Sachiko Yoshikawa. NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780803729728.