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A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book
A Sock Is a Pocket for Your A Pocket Book is a whimsical pocket full of bells and balloons, ice cream and mud, giggles and hugs. Elizabeth Garton Scanlon's delightful verse is captured in Robin Preiss Glasser's energetic artwork, which follows four families through a busy day exploring the surprising ins and outs of the world's pockets. This special book will leave readers young and old with pockets full of joy!
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 2, 2004
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July 23, 2024“A bell is a pocket for a ding”
Need I say more?
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October 16, 2019
An adorable story with great rhymes for young readers. The illustrations are very sweet. VCFA faculty.
October 10, 2022
This is a terrific imaginative book about how different things can serve as pockets.
Examples: a bed is a pocket for a rest; a bathtub is a pocket full of suds. The book has a rhythm to it when reading aloud--it is written in verses that each end with a strong statement. Kids enjoyed listening to this today. (10.10.22)
Examples: a bed is a pocket for a rest; a bathtub is a pocket full of suds. The book has a rhythm to it when reading aloud--it is written in verses that each end with a strong statement. Kids enjoyed listening to this today. (10.10.22)
June 25, 2019
"A pocket for a whisper is an ear,
a smile is a pocket of good cheer."
This darling book combines a delightful read aloud rhythm with the intriguing idea of noticing pockets throughout life. With warm, wholesome drawings, it's a treasure of a picture book that will have you and your kids knowingly sharing pockets everywhere!
a smile is a pocket of good cheer."
This darling book combines a delightful read aloud rhythm with the intriguing idea of noticing pockets throughout life. With warm, wholesome drawings, it's a treasure of a picture book that will have you and your kids knowingly sharing pockets everywhere!
November 13, 2017
This one got me thinking about pockets in a whole new way. A lovely book with few words that reads like a picture book.
January 16, 2022
What a clever book. It makes you want to write a few comparisons of your own.
January 10, 2023
Award winning author and personal favorite Elizabeth Garton Scanlon's first book is this delightful poetically written book which explores containers and all the things they contain them using pockets as metaphors. Starting with the title metaphor, Scanlon presents a number of examples with minimal text and repeated patterns that will make reading the book more accessible for young readers. Fancy Nancy illustrator Robin Priess Glasser provides the detail-rich joy filled illustrations. Great book to add to any classroom or home collection.
December 20, 2019
Great title & it's now a phrase I use often to explain a somewhat complicated & important dressing technique with people at the hospital I work at. I enjoy seeing their comprehension, & then their smiles at the phrase. Smiles get bigger when I tell them I'm borrowing it from a kids book. The content of the book is fun & original as well. Let your imagination take flight with a pocketful of giggles!
November 28, 2023
Sock, poem, love
This book shares all the surprising pockets of life and what they hold. This book will leave children with pockets full of joy. From a sock being a pocket for your toes to a heart being a pocket full of love this book takes us on an adventure full of life's different pockets.
I would use this book for a read aloud because it flows very well. This book has characteristics that allow students to be engaged and want to interact with it.
This book shares all the surprising pockets of life and what they hold. This book will leave children with pockets full of joy. From a sock being a pocket for your toes to a heart being a pocket full of love this book takes us on an adventure full of life's different pockets.
I would use this book for a read aloud because it flows very well. This book has characteristics that allow students to be engaged and want to interact with it.
October 29, 2022
Elizabeth’s a master wordsmith. Her, A SOCK IS A POCKET FOR YOUR TOES is, Soooooo much fun! And, Sooo sneakily educational. 😁 “A breath is a pocket full of air.” ‘A hat is a pocket for your hair.” 😁
Fabulously fun read. And Robin Preiss Glasser’s illustrations are joyous and colorful perfection.
Highly recommend!
Fabulously fun read. And Robin Preiss Glasser’s illustrations are joyous and colorful perfection.
Highly recommend!
April 27, 2023
Key Words: Silly, cute and funny
Summary: It was a good book to read on how everyday life things act as a pocket such as your bed and socks. A book I would definitely have in my library and read as a nighttime story.
Summary: It was a good book to read on how everyday life things act as a pocket such as your bed and socks. A book I would definitely have in my library and read as a nighttime story.
July 17, 2018
If you want to know more about pockets, definitely give this book a try.
November 22, 2019
Cute and simple.
June 25, 2020
Funny and sweet poetry book for young kids. Highly recommend for K-2 poetry teatime!
March 17, 2023
This is a sweet rhyming story of four different families who go through an entire day exploring the "world's pockets". This would be a cute bedtime story to share with a young one.
August 1, 2024
This one didn't do it for me. The "pocket" concept got stretched a bit too far.
June 17, 2025
Storytime: Pockets, Poetry
October 8, 2022
This poem book is about pockets. "A sock is a pocket for your toes" "A vase is a pocket for a rose". Every day things can be a pocket for other things around us. It talks about four different families traveling through their daily lives finding things that are pockets.
I think this book is an adorable book. It shows good and colorful illustrations. I like the way Scanlon starts with the poem being silly and giggling like "A pocket for chicken is a coop and a bowl is a pocket full of soup- uh-oh! A bowl is a pocket spilling soup. But at the end of the book, it shows love "Wide arms are pockets made for hugs, and your heart is a pocket full of love- sweet love. This would be a cute book to read for pre-schoolers and up!
I think this book is an adorable book. It shows good and colorful illustrations. I like the way Scanlon starts with the poem being silly and giggling like "A pocket for chicken is a coop and a bowl is a pocket full of soup- uh-oh! A bowl is a pocket spilling soup. But at the end of the book, it shows love "Wide arms are pockets made for hugs, and your heart is a pocket full of love- sweet love. This would be a cute book to read for pre-schoolers and up!
October 13, 2011
So gorgeous...
A sock is a pocket for your toes,
a vase is a pocket
for a rose.
A pocket for a chicken
is a coop,
and a bowl is a pocket full of soup--
uh-oh!
A bowl is a pocket spilling soup.
A cave is a pocket for a bear,
a breath is a pocket
full of air.
A hat is a pocket
for your hair,
and a seat is a pocket called a chair--
please scootch.
This chair is a pocket to be shared.
A pocket for a bird
is a nest,
a bed is a pocket for a rest.
A bathtub is a pocket full of suds,
and piggies love a pocket full of mud--
oink oink.
The piggies need a rub-a-dub-dub.
A lake is a pocket for a duck,
a horseshoe is a pocket
full of luck.
A chimney is a pocket blowing smoke,
and a pocket for a giggle is a joke--
tee hee.
A pocket packed with giggles is a joke.
A phone is a pocket
for a ring,
a bell is a pocket
for a ding.
A pocket for a duckling is a shell,
and a pocket for a farmer is a dell--
hi ho.
The farmer and his dairy
in the dell.
A pocket for a family
is a home,
a pocket for an ice cream
is a cone.
A poem is a pocket for a rhyme,
and stars are little pockets full of shine--
blink blink.
Wish upon a pocket full of shine.
A pocket for a whisper
is an ear,
a smile is a pocket
of good cheer.
Wide arms are pockets made for hugs,
and your heart is a pocket full of love--
sweet love.
My heart is a pocket full of love.
A sock is a pocket for your toes,
a vase is a pocket
for a rose.
A pocket for a chicken
is a coop,
and a bowl is a pocket full of soup--
uh-oh!
A bowl is a pocket spilling soup.
A cave is a pocket for a bear,
a breath is a pocket
full of air.
A hat is a pocket
for your hair,
and a seat is a pocket called a chair--
please scootch.
This chair is a pocket to be shared.
A pocket for a bird
is a nest,
a bed is a pocket for a rest.
A bathtub is a pocket full of suds,
and piggies love a pocket full of mud--
oink oink.
The piggies need a rub-a-dub-dub.
A lake is a pocket for a duck,
a horseshoe is a pocket
full of luck.
A chimney is a pocket blowing smoke,
and a pocket for a giggle is a joke--
tee hee.
A pocket packed with giggles is a joke.
A phone is a pocket
for a ring,
a bell is a pocket
for a ding.
A pocket for a duckling is a shell,
and a pocket for a farmer is a dell--
hi ho.
The farmer and his dairy
in the dell.
A pocket for a family
is a home,
a pocket for an ice cream
is a cone.
A poem is a pocket for a rhyme,
and stars are little pockets full of shine--
blink blink.
Wish upon a pocket full of shine.
A pocket for a whisper
is an ear,
a smile is a pocket
of good cheer.
Wide arms are pockets made for hugs,
and your heart is a pocket full of love--
sweet love.
My heart is a pocket full of love.
December 29, 2010
This book explores the wonderful world of pockets. There are more pockets out there than you might think. A bowl is a pocket for soup, a breath is a pocket full of air and a nest is a pocket for a bird. Four families travel through their daily lives in this book, finding many things that are pockets.
The artwork is full of action. Every picture has movement in it. On one page, a bowl of soup is spilling, causing everyone to be frantic. On another page, the children are running through the zoo and imitating a big white bear. Each person has different details, and even the animals all have distinct features.
This book is best for reading to an individual child. Children will love the strange array of things that are a type of pocket. This book will be sure to delight young readers.
The artwork is full of action. Every picture has movement in it. On one page, a bowl of soup is spilling, causing everyone to be frantic. On another page, the children are running through the zoo and imitating a big white bear. Each person has different details, and even the animals all have distinct features.
This book is best for reading to an individual child. Children will love the strange array of things that are a type of pocket. This book will be sure to delight young readers.
March 20, 2010
Ready for a laugh? A Sock is a Pocket for your Toes is sure to get you giggling! Great for preschoolers up to second graders. This wonderfully whimsical story is filled with rhyming words and exaggerated fun- like a huge stick of cotton candy and an overflowing bathtub filled with bubbles.
Something that I really liked in this story was that the illustrator included multicultural families throughout. Simple and enjoyably fun!
Something that I really liked in this story was that the illustrator included multicultural families throughout. Simple and enjoyably fun!
February 28, 2011
Speaking of pockets... I wonder how many kinds of pockets we can discover. Elizabeth Garton Scanlon and artist Robin Preiss Glasser have some ideas to share in this book. (I try to make it a habit to share the name of the author and illustrator before sharing a story to a group).
I "sang" this book to the tune "If You're Happy & You Know It". I had to improvise a little on each stanza (double-page spread), but I made it work.
If little ones are restless just do a few pages.
I "sang" this book to the tune "If You're Happy & You Know It". I had to improvise a little on each stanza (double-page spread), but I made it work.
If little ones are restless just do a few pages.
September 3, 2012
This very cute and funny! I like how the author, Elizabeth Garton Scanlon use poetry to rhyme! This book is for ages 3 and up! It is a breath of fresh air. If my classroom seems to become very tense during the day I will pull out " A Sock is a pocket for your toes" , to loosen the atmosphere. I will also allow my students to think of other things that are used as pockets in their lives!
March 10, 2015
This book is about socks for your toes, for bears, for birds, for a duck and much more. This would be a great book for early readers because there are a lot of repeating words and the words are simpler words. The illustrations in this book are busy and will allow for the students to look at the pictures to assist in learning words.
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April 5, 2016This book goes through different items and how they relate as a "pocket" to other items.
I think this is such a cute book!
It would be awesome to use relationally, to show students how things are used and done. The younger age will relate to the idea of everything being a certain thing, because they think like this often.
I think this is such a cute book!
It would be awesome to use relationally, to show students how things are used and done. The younger age will relate to the idea of everything being a certain thing, because they think like this often.
January 22, 2009
Cute little book with adorable pictures. The concept was beyond my 3 year old "a vase is a pocket for a rose, a pocket for a chicken is a coop and a bowl is a pocket full of soup" but the pictures were fun for her to look at.
April 10, 2013
This is a sweet, silly, giggly book. It's fun to read and rhymes well. And the illustrations are the best part. Still I think a phone being a pocket full of talk is stretching it just a bit. Or a dell is a pocket for a farmer. (however it does rhyme with bell). Kids will love it.
August 10, 2012
This is a cute book about all the ways things can be used as pockets. Some of my favorites from the book were a bowl is a pocket full of soup, a bed is a pocket for a rest, and a pocket for a family is a home. Very sweet book!
May 3, 2013
I was not overwhelmed by this book. It is very sweet, and I like both the author and the illustrator a lot. But in fact it might have been too sweet for me, and the pocket theme started to feel pretty contrived after the very first stanza.
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