Monty Harper Songbook

Do you have DEAR Time at your school? This song is a great way to mark the beginning of DEAR Time! Feel free to download it and play it in your classroom or over the intercom while students choose books. Feel free to share it with a friend. Please send em here for the download.


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Drop Everything and Read - song lyric

D, E, A, R, Drop everything and read!

At my school they've got this thing called DEAR Time.
It's my favorite part of any week.
Eyes are locked on the clock that shows us,
and when that time arrives you'll know 'cause
that's when we get to drop everything and read!

D, E, A, R, Drop everything and read!

Listen to the sound of pages turning.
Feel those brainwaves buzzing through the halls.
Reading the headlines - that's our hamster!
Even the cafeteria staff are
dropping everything to answer to that call.

Now where's that page that I was on?
I dive back in and before to long
the world around me simply fades away.
I'm sailing 'cross the seven seas
or swinging through the jungle trees!
My heart is racing! Teacher, hey,
we've got to do this every day!

D, E, A, R, Drop everything and read!

See the faces frowning when our time's up.
Hear the gripes and groans as we protest.
Teacher insists we'll read again
but I still wish it wouldn't end, 'cause
DEAR is the time I love the best!
DEAR is the time I love the best!
DEAR is the time I love the best!

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The question is: If you could drop everything and read right now, what would you read?

The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang