Carole Robertson

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Robertston,
Who loved books, earned straight A's,
And took dance lessons every Saturday.
Who joined the Girl Scouts and science club
And played clarinet in the high school band.
A member of Jack and Jill of America.
Carole, who thought she might want
To teach history someday
Or at least make her mark on it.

Copyright Credit: Carole Boston Weatherford, "Carole Robertson" from Birmingham, 1963. Copyright © 2007 by Carole Boston Weatherford. Reprinted by permission of Highlights for Children/Boyds Mills Press.
Source: Birmingham, 1963 (Wordsong, 2007)