Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

Because my students
Love books about kids
who hurt;
this doesn't stay on the shelf.
They like to know their lives aren't as bad
as someone else's.

My students talk to each other,
and come in one after another to get this book.
They want MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS!

I love my students,
I buy them books they want to read:
Ellen Hopkins--books in verse.
Elizabeth Scott--books about abused kids.

Because I am Librarian.