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Frank Asch


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If sunlight fell like snowflakes,
gleaming yellow and so bright,
we could build a sunman,
we could have a sunball fight,
we could watch the sunflakes
drifting in the sky.
We could go sleighing
in the middle of July
through sundrifts and sunbanks,
we could ride a sunmobile,
and we could touch sunflakes—
I wonder how they'd feel.
 
From Country Pie (New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979). 
Used here with the author's permission.

 


Frank Asch is an author and illustrator who has written in almost every category of children's literature, including poetry, concept books, juvenile nonfiction, and children's novels. His first picture book, George's Store, (McGraw-Hill) was published in 1968. Since graduating from Cooper Union in 1969 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Frank has travelled widely in the U.S. and abroad, taught public school in India and in a Montessori school in the U.S. and has conducted art, writing, puppetry, and creative dramatics workshops for children all over the country.  Frank lives in Vermont with his wife, Jan, a musician. Learn more about him at https://frankaschbooks.com/.

                   

 

 

 

 

 


Post New Comment:
EstherJ:
A poem full of imagination and wonder. Delightful!
Posted 07/11/2024 09:58 AM
paradea:
The last line could bring out even more vivid imaginings. Good one.
Posted 07/11/2014 07:53 AM
Joe Sottile:
Wow! WHAT IF...Bravo, Frank and Jayne!
Posted 07/10/2014 11:37 PM


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