What did you put in your pocket? What did you put in your pocket? In your pockety pockety pocket Early Monday morning? What do YOU put in YOUR pocket? Everyday things like a spinky spanky handkerchief? Or silly things like slushy gushy pudding? No matter what you put in your pockets, you'll get a whole lot of ideas from Beatrice Schenk de Regnier's catchy, cumulative rhymes. Together with Michael Grejniec's zany, bright illustrations, they'll make you look at pockets -- and the days of the week -- in a whole new way!

Author Biography

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers wrote many well-loved children's books, such as What Can You Do With A Shoe? and the Caldecott-winning May I Bring a Friend? Ms. de Regniers was once a social worker, a dancer, and the founder of a children's book club, but her true passion was writing children's books. She died in 2000. Michael Grejniec has illustrated many books, including The Animals and the Ark by Karla Kuskin. He keeps all kinds of things in his pockets: sometimes toothpicks. But he always has a pencil so that he can sketch the things that interest him. He was born in Poland and now lives in Tokyo, Japan.