Dina Anastasio


Books, Plays, Poems, Articles

Celebrations, A Sesame Street Parents Book
Celebrations, A Sesame Street Parents Book
Hundreds of Ideas and Activities for Family Fun
Pirates
Pirates
Pirates, pirate ships, buried treasure, and a dip into history. For Beginning Readers. Published by Grosset and Dunlap.
Activity Books, published by Scholastic Professional Books
Follow the Directions... and Learn! Grades 2-3, and Grades 4-6.
All kinds of activities to help you learn to follow directions.
Clifford Activity Books
Clifford Activity Books
For grades PreK-1
High Interest/Low Level Reading
It's About Time
It's About Time
Kids can turn the hands of this realistic watch as they learn about time. Published by Grosset and Dunlap.
JOY TO THE WORLD
JOY TO THE WORLD
THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Jr. Novelizations
Jumpstart Activity Books
Jumpstart Activity Books
For grades K-2.
Mini-Mysteries for 8 to 12 year olds
Pass the Peas, Please
Pass the Peas, Please
Poems about manners. Published by Little, Brown Co.
The Pinky Ball Book and Ball
The Pinky Ball Book and Ball
Remember the Spaldeen? Remember stickball and stoopball? This is the book for you. With this hollow rubber ball and the hundreds of games that come with it, you'll never want to watch TV again. Published by Workman Publishing

SAMPLES


from PIRATES


It is a quiet morning on the Caribbean Sea. The year is 1718, and a Spanish ship is sailing over the gentle waves. It is carrying gold, silver, and beautiful jewels back to Spain from the rich new world--America.

Little do the Spanish sailors know, but on the other side of the island, another ship is waiting. It is a pirate ship!

As long as there have been ships to carry treasure across the seas, there have been pirate ships to rob them.



Activity for Parents, from CELEBRATIONS


LIGHTS OUT!
Turn an ordinary sheet cake into a mysterious door.

Place the cake on a sheet of cardboard that is at leaast one inch wider all around than the cake.

Cover the excess cardboard with strips of glow-in-the-dark tape.

Decorate the cake so that it looks like a door.

Use a cake decorating tube to draw stained glass, or other windows, a silly doorbell, and a Happy Birthday sign.

Form a thick padlock out of aluminum foil and cover it with glow-in-the-dark tape. Place it on the cake.

When you sing "Happy Birthday," make sure you turn off the lights, so everyone can see your glow-in-the-dark mysterious birthday cake.


High Interest/Low Reading Level






It's Dark Outside!

Published in Nick Jr Magazine
August/September 2002

I go out into the night,
And watch my twirling whirling light
Jump and spin and fly and glide.
I'm so glad it's dark outside!

My light plays hide and seek up there
Inside some stars shaped like a bear.

The little dipper is its slide.
I'm so glad it's dark outside!

Tonight it raced a shooting star
And rode a jet plane very far.

A firefly took it for a ride.
I'm so glad it's dark outside!

Is that a yellow round balloon
Floating up to kiss the moon?
Is that my light? I can't decide.
I'm so glad it's dark outside!

I go out into the night.
I dip and skip my little light.
It slides and rides and glides and hides.
I'm so glad it's dark outside!










From PASS THE PEAS, PLEASE: A BOOK OF MANNERS

If your great-aunt gives you candy,
And you friends would like a lot,
It's nice to share a little,
Even though you'd rather not.




SCIENCE POEMS

I Thought It was a Twig

I almost snapped a walking stick.
It wasn't very big.
I was strolling through the woods,
And thought it was a twig.

The walking stick lay taut and still.
It almost fooled me,
Until I saw it shudder as
My fingers touched the tree.

I almost snapped a walking stick.
It wasn't very big.
Until its body trembled,
I thought it was a twig.



Barefoot

As I was walking barefoot
Through a late October day,
I came upon a porcupine,
Humming on his way.

His quills rose up to greet me,
I shrugged and stepped away.
He padded on and hummed some more,
On that late October day.








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