--- For Queens Village Children's Poetry Club that
took place on Jan 29, 2008
By Carol Chen, Librarian of Queens Library
I wrote my first English poem seven years ago,
At Flushing Library near my home,
To encourage the children to read,
With a heart song of my own.
I never saw so many books When I was young,
I only had one book* to read It was lots of fun.
It was a Chinese Harry Potter as you guessed,
It was lucky I read the best.
If I could restart my life from the beginning,
If I only had one thing could be changed,
I'd choose to have as many books as you do,
I would read, read, and read as much as I could.
张天翼，汉族，中国著名的现代小说家和作家、文学家，儿童文学作家。名元定、才宁，字汉弟，号一之，笔名张天净、铁池翰，湖南省湘乡县东山乡双泉村一是庠人，出生于南京。代表作有《大林与小林》《宝葫芦的秘密》等
