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Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: I Like Old Clothes

Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman reads her collection I Like Old Clothes, playfully praising hand-me-downs: “‘You lived in East Bend, / Blue Sweater,’ I say. / ‘Just think, you are living / in my town today.’” 04:18

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