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These poems from the life of Lawrie Barton celebrate the joys, dreams and fears of children as they grow up. The author's lifelong love of teaching and parenting inspired her to create this collection recognizing the important benefits that play and fun bring to a good life. These delightful poems will be enjoyed by children and parents alike as they cuddle to read at bedtime wherever they may be. Fun, fanciful and rhythmical, these poems will delight kids of all ages. To Catch A Sunbeam might make the ideal gift for special occasions. The illustrations in pen and ink can be coloured, making this book a perfect synthesis of poetry and art.

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Lawrie Barton has enjoyed recording her own life experiences through poetry, both in her career as an educator and in her personal life with friends and family. Having lived in Ontario, Cape Breton and Nunavut, she has always encouraged people to write and share poems with friends and family alike and has received two awards for her children's' poetry, one in 1977 from The Federation of Women Teachers of Ontario, and another from the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia in 1980.

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