About the Author

In the last five years, while working on her other books, author/illustrator Loris Lesynski kept dropping in on kindergartensóall kinds of classes in all kinds of schools, soaking up Kindergarten Culture and finding out what kinds of sounds and rhythms the kids liked best. I Did It Because: How a Poem Happens, a unique collection blending the "best of" with "how to" for passionate poets, is Loris's most recent book. Zigzag: Zoems for Zindergarten combines pictures, sounds, and movements, appealing even to children who donít speak English yet or those without books at home, as well as to the grown-ups who will be reading them aloud. Loris strongly believes that pleasure in the sound of language is the undercoat for a love of reading, and has seen thousands of children respond with delight to good rhythms and funny words.

About the Book
Got a passion for poetry? Are you primed to rhyme? Word whiz Loris Lesynski shows you how itís done in this unique collection that blends ìbest ofî with ìhow toî. Inside youíll find over 30 Lesynski favorites alongside advice for kids on creating poems.

Bursting with Michael Martchenkoís vivid illustrations and packed with over 20 pages of all-new material by Lesynski, I Did It Because is a playground of poetry where readers are invited to play along.