{"product_id":"beast-beneath-my-bed-poetry-for-children-paperback","title":"Beast Beneath My Bed, poetry for children - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Lukiv\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition: LukivPress (Quesnel, BC), 1999. [Distributed through the Quesnel Public Library]. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSecond Edition: \u003ci\u003eCanTeach\u003c\/i\u003e (Vancouver, BC), 2002. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVarious poems in this collection have appeared in one or more of \u003ci\u003eAhoy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTale Spinners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoffee Break\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarson Communique\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRobin's Nes\u003c\/i\u003et, \u003ci\u003eKwil Kids Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime for Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author performed (singing, playing guitar) \"I Love You\" and \"I Have a Car\" at McNaugthon Café (June 13, 2013). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn excerpt \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Beast Beneath My Bed \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's a creepy-crawly monster\u003cbr\u003eUnderneath my bed;\u003cbr\u003eIt's a horribly hairy beastie\u003cbr\u003eWith an ugly purple head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI know it's there;\u003cbr\u003eI know it is;\u003cbr\u003eI hear it in the night.\u003cbr\u003eIt'll groan and spit and even hiss, \u003cbr\u003eAnd maybe take a bite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYes, maybe take a bite\u003cbr\u003eIt will, \u003cbr\u003eAnd eat up both my feet, \u003cbr\u003eSo never do I let them hang\u003cbr\u003eOutside my cotton sheet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI worry much\u003cbr\u003eAbout this thing, \u003cbr\u003eThis thing that lurks below.\u003cbr\u003eI chew my nails\u003cbr\u003eAnd try to sleep\u003cbr\u003eAnd utter not a peep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut down below\u003cbr\u003eThat toothy nest\u003cbr\u003eOf jaws and paws and claws\u003cbr\u003eIs waiting just to eat me\u003cbr\u003eWhile I try to get some rest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf only I could teach it\u003cbr\u003eNot to treat me so.\u003cbr\u003eJust how do I do that?\u003cbr\u003eDoes anybody know? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan Lukiv, published in 19 countries, is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). As a creative writer, he apprenticed with Canada's Professor Robert Harlow (recipient of the George Woodcock Achievement award for an outstanding literary career), the USA's Paul Bagdon (Spur Award finalist for Best Original Paperback), and England's D. M. Thomas (recipient of the Cheltenham Prize for Literature, Orwell Prize [biography], Los Angeles Fiction Prize, and Cholmondeley award for poetry). He attended The University of British Columbia (creative writing department), the acclaimed Humber School for Writers (poetry writing program), and Writer's Digest University (novel writing program).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.06 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728133255475,"sku":"9781712729069","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TDBmWHQ4RTNHcUJhSGhkUXE2VXNDZz09.webp?v=1763776930","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/beast-beneath-my-bed-poetry-for-children-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}