Please Bury Me in the Library

Bibliography
Lewis, Patrick J. 2005. Please Bury Me in the Library. Illustrated by Kyle M. Stone. Gulliver Books. ISBN: 0152163875.

Plot Summary
Please Bury Me in the Library is a compilation of poems by Patrick J. Lewis. He writes about the magic of books, importance of libraries, and the joys of reading.

Critical Analysis
This book celebrates reading, books, and libraries. Anyone who likes to read books will find these poems amusing and anyone who doesn’t like reading may be enthused to read after reading Patrick Lewis’s poems. The dark, vibrant illustration’s provides a unique visual imagery to the poems. The poet has used a variety of poetry writing techniques like haiku, acrostic, rhyming couplets etc to deliver a wonderful blend of poems. The short yet meaningful poems will make the children wanting to read more. The poems also have a touch of humor like the first poem “What if Books had Different Names” that switches words in book titles making it sound funny to the readers.

It’s a nice concoction of poems that can be read aloud with your child.