J. Patrick Lewis

Author of National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!

112+ Works 6,217 Members 479 Reviews

About the Author

J. Patrick Lewis was born on May 5, 1942. He is a poet and prose writer who is known for his children's poems. He worked as a professor of economics before devoting himself full-time to writing in 1998. He is the author of 90 children's books including: BoshBlobberBosh, Please Bury Me in the show more Library, A Hippopotamusn't, First Dog, Spot the Plot, The House, and The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry. In 2014, his title Voices from the March on Washington, made the Hot Civil Rights Titles List. He has received many awards from the American Library Association, The Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Claudia Lewis Award from The Bank Street School and others. He also received the 2010-11 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Excellence in Children's Poetry Award. He was also named the third, U.S. Children's Poet Laureate for 2011-2013 by the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by J. Patrick Lewis

Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape (1998) 424 copies

Please Bury Me in the Library (2005) 376 copies

Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes (2002) 326 copies

Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems (2012) 229 copies

National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! (2015) 197 copies

Riddle-Icious (1845) 159 copies

Voices from the March on Washington (2014) 152 copies

A Hippopotamusn't (1990) 150 copies

Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles (2009) 137 copies

The Last Resort (2002) 130 copies

A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and Rhyme (2002) 115 copies

The Frog Princess (1994) 115 copies

Heroes and She-roes: Poems of Amazing and Everyday Heroes (2005) 100 copies

Poem-mobiles: Crazy Car Poems (2014) 95 copies

Blackbeard: The Pirate King (2006) 95 copies

When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders (2012) 85 copies

A Burst of Firsts: Doers, Shakers, and Record Breakers (2001) 81 copies

The House (2009) 79 copies

Face Bug (2013) 78 copies

The Underwear Salesman: And Other Jobs for Better or Verse (2009) 75 copies

Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs (2012) 73 copies

Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiku (1656) 73 copies

Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science (2004) 70 copies

Freedom Like Sunlight: Praisesongs for Black Americans (2000) 64 copies

Harlem Hellfighters (2014) 62 copies

My home in the Water (Rookie Poetry, Animal Homes) (2017) 62 copies

The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse (2007) 59 copies

My Home in the Rainforest (Rookie Poetryanimal Homes) (2017) 55 copies

Once Upon A Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses (2006) 55 copies

Big Is Big (and little, little): A Book of Contrasts (2007) 55 copies

My Home on the Ice (Rookie Poetry: Animal Homes) (2017) 54 copies

The Boat of Many Rooms: The Story of Noah in Verse (1997) 52 copies

The Fantastic 5 & 10¢ Store: A Rebus Adventure (2010) 52 copies

The World's Greatest: Poems (1726) 52 copies

The Snowflake Sisters (2003) 52 copies

Kindergarten Cat (2010) 51 copies

The Bookworm's Feast: A Potluck of Poems (1999) 51 copies

Keep a Pocket in Your Poem: Classic Poems and Playful Parodies (2017) 49 copies

World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You've Never Heard Of (2013) 49 copies

Monumental Verses (2005) 48 copies

If You Were a Chocolate Mustache (2012) 47 copies

Countdown to Summer: A Poem for Every Day of the School Year (2009) 46 copies

The Little Buggers (1998) 43 copies

And the Soldiers Sang (2011) 41 copies

Bigfoot is Missing! (2015) 40 copies

Earth & You, A Closer View: Nature's Features (2000) 38 copies

Earth Verses and Water Rhymes (1991) 37 copies

The Stolen Smile (2004) 35 copies

Earth & Me, Our Family Tree: Nature's Creatures (2002) 35 copies

Birds on a Wire: A Renga 'round Town (2008) 34 copies

Take Two!: A Celebration of Twins (2012) 34 copies

Black Swan White Crow (1995) 34 copies

Just Joking Animal Riddles: Hilarious riddles, jokes, and more--all about animals! (2015) 33 copies

Castles: Old Stone Poems (2006) 31 copies

At the Wish of a Fish: A Russian Folktale (1999) 30 copies

Black Cat Bone: The Life of Blues Legend Robert Johnson (1980) 30 copies

Two-Legged, Four-Legged, No-Legged Rhymes (1991) 29 copies

Kooky Crumbs (2016) 29 copies

M is for Monster: A Fantastic Creatures Alphabet (2014) 28 copies

Ridicholas Nicholas: More Animal Poems (1995) 28 copies

The Poetry of US: More than 200 poems that celebrate the people, places, and passions of the United States (2018) 26 copies

The Night of the Goat Children (1999) 25 copies

The Christmas of the Reddle Moon (1994) 25 copies

Good Housekeeping and Other Animal Home Poems (2001) 25 copies

Long Was the Winter Road They Travelled: A Tale of the Nativity (1997) 25 copies

The Wren and the Sparrow (Holocaust) (1656) 24 copies

The Moonbow of Mr. B. Bones (1992) 24 copies

Self-Portrait With Seven Fingers (2011) 24 copies

Swan Song: Poems of Extinction (ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards ) (2003) 24 copies

Everything is a Poem: The Best of J. Patrick Lewis (2014) 23 copies

Isabella Abnormella and the Very, Very Finicky Queen of Trouble (2000) 23 copies

Boshblobberbosh (Creative Editions) (1995) 23 copies

Galileo's Universe (2005) 22 copies

Tulip at the Bat (2007) 21 copies

My Home in the Desert (Rookie Poetry Animal Homes) (2017) 21 copies

Skywriting: Poems to Fly (2010) 19 copies

Riddle-Lightful: Oodles of Little Riddle Poems (1998) 18 copies

The House Of Boo (1998) 18 copies

VHERSES: A Celebration of Outstanding Women (Creative Editions) (2005) 17 copies

Let's Celebrate Thanksgiving (Rookie Poetry: Holidays) (2018) 17 copies

The Tsar and the Amazing Cow (Dial Books for Young Readers) (1988) 17 copies

The Shoe Tree of Chagrin (2001) 16 copies

First Dog's White House Christmas (2010) 16 copies

Michelangelo's World (Ovations) (1999) 16 copies

The La-Di-Da Hare (1997) 16 copies

Good Ship Crocodile (2013) 16 copies

Poems for Teaching in the Content Areas: 75 Powerful Poems to Enhance Your History, Geography, Science, and Math… (2007) 15 copies

The Navajo Code Talkers (2016) 14 copies

Let's Celebrate Halloween (Rookie Poetry: Holidays) (2018) 13 copies

Earth & Us, Continuous: Nature's Past & Future (2001) 12 copies

Make the Earth Your Companion (2017) 12 copies

July Is a Mad Mosquito (1994) 11 copies

Under the Kissletoe: Christmas Time Poems (2007) 11 copies

Phrases of the Moon: Lunar Poems (2018) 10 copies

Let's Celebrate Christmas (Rookie Poetry: Holidays) (2018) 10 copies

The Fat-Cats at Sea (1994) 10 copies

Good Mornin' Ms. America (2006) 9 copies

Let's Celebrate Valentine's Day (Rookie Poetry: Holidays) (2018) 9 copies

It's Not the Baby (2017) 8 copies

It's Not the Puppy (2019) 6 copies

One dog day (1993) 5 copies

Always, Jackie (2020) 3 copies

Gulls Hold Up the Sky: Poems 1983-2010 (2010) 1 copy

Porch Light (2016) 1 copy

Fat Cats at Sea (1995) 1 copy

God Made The Skunk: And Other Animal Poems (2005) 1 copy

I Am Polar Bear (2019) 1 copy

O Último Hotel 1 copy

When thunder comes : poems for civil rights leaders 1 copy

Freedom like sunlight praisesongs for Black Americans 1 copy

World of Wonders, A 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Family Read-Aloud Christmas Treasury (1989) — Contributor — 280 copies

A Hanukkah Treasury (1998) — Contributor — 102 copies

Thanksgiving Poems (1985) — Contributor — 49 copies

Halloween Poems (1989) — Contributor — 29 copies

A Bunch of Punctuation (2018) — Contributor, some editions — 26 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1942-05-05
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, USA
Places of residence: Gary, Indiana, USA
Westerville, Ohio, USA
Education: Ohio State University, PhD in economics
MA, Indiana University
BA, Saint Joseph’s College
Occupations: professor of economics
children's writer
Organizations: Otterbein College; Westerville, Ohio (taught Business, Accounting and Economics until 1998)
Awards and honors: Young People's Poet Laureate (2011-2012)

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Edgar Allen Poe's Pie:Math Puzzlers In Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis

Independent Reading Level: Grades 1-4

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dwtolson | 32 other reviews | Apr 24, 2024 |

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems… by J. Patrick Lewis

Independent Reading Level: Ages 3-5
Awards: Utah Beehive Book Award (Winner 2015)
Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry (2013)
SB&F's Best Books (Children's Books — 2013)
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (2012)

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LelandWarnack | 25 other reviews | Apr 2, 2024 |

Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis

Fictional characters share their experience of the famous march.

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VillageProject | 5 other reviews | Mar 21, 2024 |

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems… by J. Patrick Lewis

Amazing animal poetry book that is sorted into nine chapters and has around 200 poems. The poems are nicely written and includes photos for almost every poem. The range of animals is very diverse, so everyone will be able to enjoy a poem about their favorite animal. The poems are about insects, sharks, birds, quiet animals (like a panther), noisy animals (like a frog), and big animals (like a moose). Students from kindergarten and on will be impressed with this poetry book.

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