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Library Poem by Julia Donaldson

published Fri, Feb 03 2012 18:30 GMT
Libraries are being closed all over the country, so children's laureate Julia Donaldson has written this poem specially for National Libraries DayEveryone is welcome to walk through the door.It really doesn't matter if you're rich or poor.There are books in boxes and books on shelves.They're free for you to borrow, so help yourselves. Come and meet your heroes, old and new,From William the Conqueror to Winnie the Pooh.You can look into the Mirror or read The Times,Or bring along a toddler to chant some rhymes. The librarian's a friend who loves to lend,So see if there's a book that she can recommend.Read that book, and if you're bittenYou can borrow all the other ones the author's written. Are you into ...

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