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Karen Jo (KJ) Shapiro is a mother, psychologist, and the author of I MUST GO DOWN TO THE BEACH AGAIN AND OTHER POEMS and BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP MY BIKE AND OTHER POEMS. An avid poetry lover since childhood, she majored in English and Spanish at Colby College where she studied many of the poems and poets that inspired her children's books. She got her graduate degree in psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Karen Jo is a member of the National Register of Psychologists, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Association of Booksellers for Children.
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Table of Contents
Bark, bark -- To my dawdling daughter -- Dressing -- Mismatched socks -- Me -- Where my feet go -- Because I could not stop my bike -- How do I love ketchup? Let me count the ways -- I eat my pickle -- Generous boy to his friend -- Her reply -- Messy room -- Where is your pail, sand-scooper? -- Red, red nose -- Constant shirt-wearer -- I never saw a talking hat -- Party in Xanadu -- My birthday -- Oh, Mommy! My Mommy! -- Macaroni and cheese -- Fancy bread -- Tiger -- Our breath -- Toddler -- Sing me a song, my Daddy -- We outgrow shoes like other things.