Fireflies : BALLOON Brad Burg

A poem from Outside the Lines: Poetry At Play

"I can be the queen of bug-panic, but even I like these glow-in-the-dark guys."

List of pages and songs HEAR "FIREFLIES" SONG (Windows Media)

Reading hint: Read down--but left and right--as the fireflies lead you. Don't trip!

(Note: This does not show the book's illustration; we can only show a limited number online.)

                                                                                           Blink
                                                                                                              here

                                               don't wait!

                                                                                                                   uh oh

                                                                                                                                     too late

                            now where'd
                            it go?

                                                                                                                  blink    blink


                            Don't know

                                                                                                                                blink (where?)

                     DON'T---(blink!)

                                                                   now THIS...
                                                                                                                                    one's.....

                               there?

                                                                                                              blink (here)
                                                                                                         how--?

                                                                                                                       when--?

           blink -- AH!...Now, then:

                      Hello, little yellow fellow,
                                A drop of starlight in my hand;
                                      Such a soft and golden glow!
                                                Blink blink blink---
                                                                                 and--
                                                                                                    let you...
                                                                                                                                                      go!

HEAR "FIREFLIES" SONG (Windows Media)

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