In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck, Tricia Tusa The Secret Garden Arguably America's greatest poet

Arguably America's greatest poet

as the mayor's wife had heard

and a real magnifying glass

Tired of the noise

In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck, Tricia Tusa The Secret Garden Arguably America's greatest poetAlice is wide, wide awake. Mama brings flowers, tea, a quilt, even lullaby bells to help her sleep. But none of these things are blue, and Alice can sleep only in a blue room. Yet when the light goes out, a bit of magic is stirred up. Pale blue moonlight swirls into her bedroom window. Then the night swirls out, around the moon and into the universe, leaving Alice fast asleep in a most celestial blue room. A 2009 Charlotte Zolotow Honor book. A