{"id":5867761607,"title":"Because I Could Not Stop My Bike","handle":"because-i-could-not-stop-my-bike","description":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/karen-jo-shapiro\" title=\"Karen Jo Shapiro\"\u003eKaren Jo Shapiro\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/matt-faulkner\" title=\"Matt Faulkner\"\u003eMatt Faulkner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\"Because I could not stop my bike\/it kindly stopped for me...\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Jo Shapiro's lighthearted take on some of the most celebrated poems from English and American literature will bring a smile to readers everywhere. Twenty-six hilarious poems fill the pages of this book, and many of them should sound familiar -- if just a little off. From a little dog's version of Shakespeare to the fractured homage to Emily Dickinson of the title poem, these verses will have you laughing faster than you can say \"iambic pentameter.\" With Matt Faulkner's witty illustrations, this is one poetry book that's pure fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/one-big-rain\" title=\"One Big Rain\"\u003eOne Big Rain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/hey-there-stink-bug\" title=\"Hey There, Stink Bug!\"\u003eHey There, Stink Bug!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-stop-spread.jpg?9123618322484550735\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Jo Shapiro, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Jo (KJ) Shapiro is a mother, psychologist, and the author of \u003ci\u003eI Must Go Down to the Beach Again and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecause I Could Not Stop My Bike and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. An avid poetry lover since childhood, she majored in English and Spanish at Colby College where she studied many of the poems and poets that inspired her children's books. She got her graduate degree in psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/karen-jo-shapiro\" title=\"Karen Jo Shapiro\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Karen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Faulkner, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatt Faulkner's first work of art was \"Portrait of a Dog,\" etched into the oak kitchen table when he was five. Fortunately his parents were the forgiving types, and Matt's art career blossomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatt graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and has done work for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eForbes Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Matt is also an award-winning children's book author and illustrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/matt-faulkner\" title=\"Matt Faulkner\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Matt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these delightful transformations of 26 classic poems, Shapiro has taken the rhythms and meters of the originals and made them her own. Walt Whitman's \"O Captain! My Captain\" becomes \"Oh Mommy! My Mommy!,\" a lament from a kid stuck in the backseat on a long car trip. Edgar Allen Poe's \"Annabel Lee\" becomes \"Macroni and Cheese\" (\"It was many and many a week ago\/ that I and my sister Louise\/ first tried out a food that you might know\/ called macaroni and cheese\"). Each selection begins with apologies to the original poet. Although the best audience for this book might be English-major parents of seven-and eight-year-olds, most of the poems do have child appeal, at least on some level. Faulkner's comic watercolor-and-ink pictures add a light touch that is totally appropriate for this fun book. With apologies to John Donne, Shapiro notes in a brief foreword: \"Do not ask for whom the poems are told\/ The poems are told for you.\" Indeed. A great concept with a highly appealing treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Because I Could Not Stop My Bike book cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-stop-cvr.jpg?14426977686993355399\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-stop-hires.zip?14426977686993355399\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-original_poems.pdf?14426977686993355399\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eOriginal poems that inspired the story\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-58089-105-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN: 978-1-60734-168-0 PDF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 7-10\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 32\u003cbr\u003e8\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\/\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]","published_at":"2016-03-31T14:37:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-03-31T14:25:33-04:00","vendor":"Charlesbridge","type":"Children's Book","tags":["Browse by Age_Ages 6-10","Browse by Fiction\/Nonfiction_Fiction","Browse by Language_English","Browse by Subject_Poetry \u0026 Language","Browse by Subject_Story Time \u0026 Play"],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":18533670983,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"91059","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Because I Could Not Stop My Bike - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":795,"weight":181,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":99,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"978-1-58089-105-9","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/because-i-could-not-stop-cover.jpg?v=1586785561"],"featured_image":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/because-i-could-not-stop-cover.jpg?v=1586785561","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Because I Could Not Stop My Bike and other poems book cover","id":2449501093967,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.798,"height":752,"width":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/because-i-could-not-stop-cover.jpg?v=1586785561"},"aspect_ratio":0.798,"height":752,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/because-i-could-not-stop-cover.jpg?v=1586785561","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/karen-jo-shapiro\" title=\"Karen Jo Shapiro\"\u003eKaren Jo Shapiro\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/matt-faulkner\" title=\"Matt Faulkner\"\u003eMatt Faulkner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\"Because I could not stop my bike\/it kindly stopped for me...\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Jo Shapiro's lighthearted take on some of the most celebrated poems from English and American literature will bring a smile to readers everywhere. Twenty-six hilarious poems fill the pages of this book, and many of them should sound familiar -- if just a little off. From a little dog's version of Shakespeare to the fractured homage to Emily Dickinson of the title poem, these verses will have you laughing faster than you can say \"iambic pentameter.\" With Matt Faulkner's witty illustrations, this is one poetry book that's pure fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/one-big-rain\" title=\"One Big Rain\"\u003eOne Big Rain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/hey-there-stink-bug\" title=\"Hey There, Stink Bug!\"\u003eHey There, Stink Bug!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-stop-spread.jpg?9123618322484550735\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Jo Shapiro, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Jo (KJ) Shapiro is a mother, psychologist, and the author of \u003ci\u003eI Must Go Down to the Beach Again and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecause I Could Not Stop My Bike and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. An avid poetry lover since childhood, she majored in English and Spanish at Colby College where she studied many of the poems and poets that inspired her children's books. She got her graduate degree in psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/karen-jo-shapiro\" title=\"Karen Jo Shapiro\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Karen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Faulkner, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatt Faulkner's first work of art was \"Portrait of a Dog,\" etched into the oak kitchen table when he was five. Fortunately his parents were the forgiving types, and Matt's art career blossomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatt graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and has done work for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eForbes Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Matt is also an award-winning children's book author and illustrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/matt-faulkner\" title=\"Matt Faulkner\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Matt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these delightful transformations of 26 classic poems, Shapiro has taken the rhythms and meters of the originals and made them her own. Walt Whitman's \"O Captain! My Captain\" becomes \"Oh Mommy! My Mommy!,\" a lament from a kid stuck in the backseat on a long car trip. Edgar Allen Poe's \"Annabel Lee\" becomes \"Macroni and Cheese\" (\"It was many and many a week ago\/ that I and my sister Louise\/ first tried out a food that you might know\/ called macaroni and cheese\"). Each selection begins with apologies to the original poet. Although the best audience for this book might be English-major parents of seven-and eight-year-olds, most of the poems do have child appeal, at least on some level. Faulkner's comic watercolor-and-ink pictures add a light touch that is totally appropriate for this fun book. With apologies to John Donne, Shapiro notes in a brief foreword: \"Do not ask for whom the poems are told\/ The poems are told for you.\" Indeed. A great concept with a highly appealing treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Because I Could Not Stop My Bike book cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-stop-cvr.jpg?14426977686993355399\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-stop-hires.zip?14426977686993355399\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/because-i-could-not-original_poems.pdf?14426977686993355399\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eOriginal poems that inspired the story\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-58089-105-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN: 978-1-60734-168-0 PDF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 7-10\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 32\u003cbr\u003e8\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\/\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}