Poems with Lois Letchford - Complanin' Jack

14 Dec 2020 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube video, Lois Letchford—author of the memoir Reversed and a literacy problem‑solver—introduces herself and her background before reading Shel Silverstein’s children’s poem “Complainin’ Jack” from the collection Falling Up. She dramatizes the poem, describing a mischievous jack‑in‑the‑box that complains about a tack, a crack, a missing snack, and a resident duck. After completing the reading, Lois thanks viewers, encourages them to enjoy the poem, and issues a call‑to‑action to subscribe and share the video.

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Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and literacy problem solver, reading today from Falling Up. By Shel Silverstein. Poetry for kids is a fantastic way for all to learn, and this is one of my favourite poems called Complainin' Jack. This morning my old jack-in-the-box popped out and wouldn't get back in the box. He cried, hey, there's a tack in my box and it's cutting me through and through! There's also a crack in the box, and I never find a snack in the box, and sometimes I hear a quack in the box because a duck lives in here too. Complain, complain was all he did. I finally had to close the lid. Thank you. Enjoy. Subscribe and share.