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by Janet Roberts (Introduction by), Nick Gaetano (Illustrator), Richard Roberts (Author)
The Cat with a Cigar can be enjoyed by preschoolers, adults and everyone in between. Fun poems will make young children laugh. The poems are followed by blank pages for children to draw their impressions. The Limericks can be fun for older children (and adults young at heart). Blank pages give readers a place to compose their own limericks. The same is true for the Recommended Readings jokes- a chance to make up book titles with funny authors. Some adults find this to be addictive.
Author Biography
Richard Edwin Roberts (Dick) was born in Miles City, Montana, in 1919. At the age of five he and his family moved to Billings where he lived until graduating from high school. Dick's entire life was lived in Montana except for the years served in the Army during World War II and the years 1946 to 1947 spent at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. In 1965 Dick and his wife were recruited to teach remedial reading on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. (They had taught on the Blackfeet Reservation in 1947 during their early years of marriage.) They taught for four years on the Cheyenne Reservation until settling in Superior, Montana, in 1969. Dick taught first and third grades there until his retirement in 1980. In his early twenties, Dick self-published a book of his poetry, "Spring Comes in Many Ways." In later years, his poems appeared in various publications, including "The Christian Science Monitor," "The Educational Forum," "High Country News," Oscar William's "The War Poets: Anthology of the War Poetry of the Twentieth Century" and "Voices." After retirement, Dick built his log house with the help of friends and family on the banks of Oregon Creek, never disturbing the bog orchids or the cedar groves. Dick died in 2007. Dick's last book of poetry, "Before We Say Goodbye," was published by his wife, Jan, in 2014.
