I Like Mud: and other poems for the young and young-at-heart

By Margaret Grote and Marcia Wheelan Coles

In the final year of her life, award-winning poet Margaret Grote (1922-2005) handed a collection of poems to her son, David, with instructions to "do something" with them. David jumped right on it, and 17 years later approached his cousin, Marcia Wheelan Coles, a children's book author and illustrator. Truth be told, these whimsical and sometime

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beach Chair Books
• Release date: Mar 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9798987839119

Margaret Grote

Over 30 years ago Margaret Grote wrote a series of poems intended for children. They remained unseen by the public until 2023, 18 years after her death, when her son and niece combined to publish the first half of the work. Critically acclaimed, "I Like Mud and other poems for the young and young-at-heart" has won top awards from Children's Book International, American Writing Awards, Literary Titan, FirebirdBook Awards, and Purple Dragonfly. Children and adults alike have been enthralled. Now the second half of the work is being made available with "A Farmer I'll Be and more poems for the young and young-at-heart". Although it will be hard to top Mud, we believe Farmer may very well do that.

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