Only in a Book

1, 2, it’s fun to read more
Popper’s got some penguins, Frog and Toad are Best Friends,
chicken interrupts me, sidewalk ends abruptly,
spy along with Harriet, freight train as my chariot,
the caterpillar’s hungry, holes are being dug up in a book
A lot of stuff’s hidden in the book
movies are fun but they cost more to look
and certain things are only in a book
Charlie’s in a factory, when you going to reach me?
Moon you have a good night, Uncle Remus alright,
ham along with green eggs, rooting for the little pigs,
a giving tree, a little prince, George is curious about a book
A lot of stuff’s hidden in the book
YouTube videos can be off the hook
but certain things are only in a book
Character details and plot, great ideas and whatnot
Some things don’t fit on a screen or get laughs as a meme
Some subtle, but crucial, so we read
Woo hoo!
Pat the Bunny, one cat wants to wear the sorting hat,
We the Kids, Huck Finn, one tough little engine,
a young girl’s diary, The Hunger Games: fiery,
the bridge to Terabithia’s phantom toll’s cheaper in the book
A lot of stuff’s hidden in the book
X Box? No thanks. Though maybe a Nook®
Certain things are only in a book
A ring to rule, a mockingbird, the secret garden got disturbed,
making way for ducklings, I can find some wild things,
Sarah’s plain and Tuck lasts, Mrs. Frisby knows some rats,
lots to cover good thing time can wrinkle when you read a book
A lot of stuff’s hidden in the book
Okay that was fun but let’s speed back up
Buzz Feed: sure at times worth a look
but certain things are only in a book
Age and options may grow, new devices or shows
But books have proven their worth from Rhode Island to Perth
It’s in there, if that’s clear, then let’s read. Now some for the big kids:
The Earth is new and Hamlet’s messed, Don Quixote on a quest,
Leaves of Grass, the king’s men, 1984 again,
met an alchemist, a catch-22, grapes of wrath,
possibility’s an art, the omnivore’s chewing on a book
A lot of stuff’s hidden in the book
Castle on TV, the cops got a crook
texted sarcastically, think she mistook
chess in the park, ah there goes my rook
blues on the stereo the house really shook
page 1 of Charlotte’s Web: I’m already hooked
plenty of places that yeah you could look
but certain things are only in a book