In Winter by Marchette Chute

Marchette Gaylord Chute (1909-1994) was born in Minnesota. Best known for her biographies of William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Ben Jonson, she also wrote biographies of poets George Herbert and Robert Herrick and a variety of fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children. Look for them at your library or find used copies online and at your local second-hand stores.

Anastasia:
One elementary school I went to was old enough that each classroom had its own cloakroom. I always felt bad for the janitors who had to clean up after all the melting snow carried in on our coats and boots!
Posted 01/18/2021 05:27 PM

LindaCrosfield:
A perfect snowsuit poem if ever there was one! Also, yay Bobbsey Twins... When my twin sisters were born when I was ten my dad said it was the fault of my reading all those books!
Posted 01/18/2021 02:57 PM

VNesdoly:
When I was a Grade 1 teacher in Sask., snowsuits were the bane of my life. Recess was half over before everyone was suited up!
Posted 01/18/2021 10:36 AM

cork:
The "on and off" wore me out.
Posted 01/18/2021 10:12 AM

Kbc:
Ah, but it was NEVER as quick as this to get it on and off and on again! I grew up in northern Wyoming where it snowed from Labor Day to Memorial Day!
Posted 01/18/2021 09:59 AM

Darrell Arnold:
I love it. Kinda Ogden Nashian. Having grown up in Colorado snow country, I feel her pain. Half of recess was getting in and out of your coat.
Posted 01/18/2021 09:25 AM

mail@schoolbusmart.com:
Light and cute. Made me smile. Randy
Posted 01/18/2021 08:18 AM

michael escoubas:
Delightful cadence and rhyme-scheme to this poem. Many relate its experiences.
Posted 01/18/2021 08:18 AM

Larry Schug:
Major Chuckle!
Posted 01/18/2021 07:23 AM