Dirty Laundry Pile
by Paul B. Janeczko

If your washing machine could talk, what would it say?
If you were a snowflake, what would you pray?
What words from a vacuum cleaner would make you run?
Does a crayon talk about having some fun?
What news does dirty laundry have for you?
It just might tell you when to say "peewww!
Hearing their voices in poems isn't frightening.
So read this book! It's really enlightening!

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Compare Prayer of the Selfish Child with Prayer of a Snowflake in Dirty Laundry Pile

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Sweet Corn by James Stevenson

Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

A Special Thanks to Laura's Midi Heaven for the background music, Mulberry Bush

 

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