The latest submission in our Bookmarks series includes a video clip that is sure to make you smile and appreciate the joy that reading can bring to a child. 
 
Sherrelwood Elementary Librarian Stephanae Gutierrez-McKain had her iPhone out as Leilani Vu was reading the poem “An Everything Pizza” by Linda J. Knaus last year when she broke out into uncontrollable laughter. 

“She had us all engaged and laughing,” Gutierrez-McKain recently recounted. “It was a really fun moment that I am so happy to have captured on video. I love being able to share these moments with students that helps reinforce my love of reading.”

An Everything Pizza

I ordered an 'everything' pizza
which probably was a mistake.
For it came with a bag full of doughnuts;
it came with a shovel and rake.

It came with a woman named Ida.
It came with a man from Peru.
It came with a half jar of peanuts.
It came with somebody's left shoe.

It came with a clown from the circus.
It came with a butterfly net.
It came with a small piece of Kleenex
that was used by Marie Antoinette.

It came with an open umbrella.
It came with some old smelly socks.
It came with a picture of Lassie,
and two lovely grandfather clocks.

It came with a nice set of dishes.
It came with a stale loaf of bread.
It came with a sack of potatoes.
It came with a four-poster bed.

It came with a dining room table.
It came with a washer and dryer.
It came with a broken guitar string.
It came with a radial tire.

It came with a Golden Retriever.
It came with a basket of fruit.
It came with a bottle of mustard.
It came with a red rubber boot.

It came with a college professor.
It came with a hive full of bees.
And then - this is simply amazing -
They forgot to put on any cheese!

Speaking of pizza, Sherrelwood Elementary is participating in the Pizza Hut Book It Program, which is a free reading incentive program for children in Pre-K through grade six. 

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