Toads, beetles, bats. Author: Gary D. Schmidt Copy Quote More from Gary D. Schmidt “You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them…” “I saw my town as if I had just arrived. It was as if I was waking up. You see h…” “You can't just skip the boring parts.""Of course I can skip the boring parts.""…” “In English, we were still on the Introduction to Poetry Unit, and I'm not lying…”