By Jill Eggleton

The rainbow isa sky bridgestretchingover the sky.But you cannotclimb the sky bridge no matter how you try.

You cannot climb the sky bridge,for no one,no one, knowswhere thesky bridge startsand where thesky bridge goes.

The Sky Bridge

By Jill Eggleton

I wouldn’t liketo be a worm.

It wouldn’t be much fun,hiding from the birdsand hiding from the sun.

I wouldn’t like to be a wormand only squirm around,eating leaves and dirtand living underground.

Worm

By Jill Eggleton

I caught a fishon my fishing line.

“This fish,” I said,“is mine, mine, mine!”

But it wriggled,and it wriggled, till it wriggled freeand it swamto the bottomof the deep blue sea.

FishingFishing

By Jill Eggleton

“Stop, Mr. Wind,

those socks are mine!Please leave my sockson the clothes line!”

But the wind didn’t stopto listen to me.It gave my socksto a bird in a tree.

The Wind

By Jill Eggleton

I got an applefrom the apple tree,but the apple had a holeand I didn’t see.

I bit the appleand it made me squirm,for the apple had a hole,and the hole had a worm!

Apple from the Apple Tree

By Jill Eggleton

I want a cat!I want one now,

but Mom said, “no.”

“Cats just meow.Cats just sleep.Cats just eat andget under your feet!

Have a fish!”my mom said.

But…I can’t take a fishto bed!

I Want a Cat

Catch a Star!By Jill Eggleton

I would liketo catch a starthat twinkles in the sky.

I would liketo catch a starbut stars are way too high.

I Used to Be…By Jill Eggleton

I used to be a babymy mom said.I used to wear diapersin my bed.

I used to be a babyand gurgle and goo.I used to be a baby,just like you!

Laugh!By Jill Eggleton

“Laugh!”said the giraffe.so what did the animals do?

They laughed so hardthat the fence fell down,and they all ranout of the zoo.

The Elephant Sneezed…By Jill Eggleton

The elephantsneezed a

humongous sneeze!

It blewthe leavesoff the trees.

It made the bugsand beetles fly.

And it blewthe cloudsright outof the sky.

The HippoBy Jill Eggleton

The hippo at the zoogot thinner and thinner.He wouldn’t eat his lunchand he wouldn’t eat his dinner.

The doctor cameand the doctor said:“Put that hippo into bed!Get some socksfor his hippo feet and give himchocolate cake to eat!”

Moon in the SkyBy Jill Eggleton

I look at the moonin the sky at night.I look at the moon, when it’s big and bright.

I look at the moon, when it’s round like a ball, And I say to the moon, “Never, ever fall!If you fell from the sky,It would be a mistake, for what a horrible holeyou would make!”

Night ShadowsBy Jill Eggleton

At night, there are shadowsthat dance on the wall.Some shadows are big.Some shadows are small.

They dance on the ceiling.They dance on the floor.They dance on the curtains.They dance on the door.

At night there are shadows, but when it is day, the shadows, I know, will go dancing away.

Bird PartyBy Jill Eggleton

Bird got a letterand the letter said…

Come to a party!Dress in red!Wear pink shoesand a purple hat!Come to a party, but don’t tell cat!

Crocodile CreekBy Jill Eggleton

In Crocodile CreekCrocodiles lie,So…

Don’t move your head.Don’t blink your eye.Don’t say a word.Don’t ask why.Just…

sneak, sneak, sneakpast Crocodile Creek!

The Dream Catcherby Jill Eggleton

I made a dream catcherfor my bed to catch the dreams that are in my head.

And . . .When there is nothing that I can do, I look inside for a dream or two.“This dream I’ll have for me,” I say.

And then . . .I dream the day away!

Fish Sleepby Jill Eggleton

The fish that swim in the ocean deep . . . do they ever stop swimming and go to sleep?

Do they find a rock and make their beds with pillows of seaweed for their heads?

The fish that swim in the ocean deep . . . do they ever stop swimming and go to sleep?

Grannyby Jill Eggleton

Granny came to our house with her poodle pups, and her twenty kittens, and fish in fifty cups!

Granny came to our house with her plants and pots, and she filled up every room- with lots and lots and lots!

Granny came to our house but we didn’t want to fuss, so . . . we had to go to Granny’s house, ‘cause there wasn’t room for us!

Snake’s Skinby Jill Eggleton

Snake said . . .

“I don’t feel right!This skin I’m in is far too tight!This skin I’m in, it doesn’t fit.I think I’ll wriggle out of it!”

Snake said . . .

“If you don’t mind, this skin I’m in I’ll leave behind.This skin I’m in, it doesn’t fit.”

And so . . .

He wriggledOut of it!

What’s in My Shoe?by Jill Eggleton

I put on my shoe, but it didn’t feel right. My toe got tickled, and my shoe was tight.

I took off my shoe, and I looked inside – a big, black spider was trying to hide.

I said to the spider, “How are you? What are you doing in my shoe?”

I said to the spider, “You can’t stay, I have to wear my shoe today!”

Tiger Teethby Jill Eggleton

The tiger’s teeth were dirty and sore, so he went and knocked on the dentist’s door.

“Dentist! Dentist!Let me in!that tiger said with a tiger grin.

But the dentist said,“No! Go away!I’m not cleaning tiger teeth today!”

Rooster’s Coldby Jill Eggleton

Rooster got a cold in his rooster head, and he couldn’t crow,

“Get out of bed!”

So the sun came up, and the sun went down, and nobody, nobody, woke in town!

Rooster got a cold in his rooster head and everyone stayed at home in bed!

Rufus McBrownby Jill Eggleton

Rufus McBrown was a sight to see – he wore old jeans with a hole in the knee.He wore green shoes with red, red laces, and a pompom hat, and pink, pink braces.He hopped and bopped all over the town, and everyone said . . .

“That’s Rufus McBrown!”

Turtleby Jill Eggleton

Turtle poked out his turtle head.“It’s winter still,” that Turtle said.

“The wind is cold, and the sky is gray.Wake me up on a warm spring day.”

But nobody knocked on Turtle’s shell, so he slept all spring and summer as well!

The Swish of Fishby Jill Eggleton

I am going under the sea, to the underwater world where the fish swim free.To the underwater world, where there isn’t a sound, just the . . .

swish

of the fish and me!

The Magic Manby Jill Eggleton

The Magic Man had a magic stick.He gave it a twist, and he gave it a flick.The Magic Man said a magic word.And . . .

The Magic Man had a big blue bird!

The Magic Man had a magic stick.He gave it a twist, and he gave it a flick.He tapped his head and he tapped his leg, and . . .

The big blue bird laid a big blue egg!

A Spider in the Spoutby Jill Eggleton

I heard my mother scream,I heard my mother shout:“There’s a spider in the teapot,sitting in the spout!There’s a spider in the teapot and it won’t come out!”

Wormsby Jill Eggleton

Cats have fur and dogs have hair, but worms have nothing they can wear!Rabbits have fur and mice have hair, but worms are only bare, bare, bare!

But the worms say . . .We don’t care!We don’t want fur or hair.We want to be bare, bare, bare!

Mouseby Jill Eggleton

There’s a mouse in the house . . . I know.There’s a mouse living up on the shelf.For my mother said, “There’s a hole in the bread, and it didn’t get there by itself!”

There’s a mouse in the house . . .I know.There’s a mouse running around, if you please!For my mother said, ”There’s no more bread, and now there are holes in the cheese!”

Nighttime Is for Dreamingby Jill Eggleton

Nighttime is for dreaming, when you’re cozy in your bed.Nighttime is for dreaming, painting pictures in you head.Nighttime is for dreaming, going places far away.Nighttime is for dreaming, ‘till the sun brings in the day.