are her [Mary Ann Hoberman's] preference."I certainly don't write down to children," she said. "If presented properly, children love poetry," Mrs. Hoberman continued. "They adore bouncy, rhyming things. I don't have any hesitation going into a room with children and getting them to participate."
That bouncy rhythm is evident in A House is a House for Me, which won a National Book Award in 1983. It begins:
from Ridgefield Press: Accolades abound for children's poet
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