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Poetry

National Poetry Month

April 1, 2019 by Amy 1 Comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Check out some of these poetry books as your celebrate! Animal Poems by Valerie Worth (illustrations by Steve Jenkins) Castles:  Old Stone Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and Rebecca Kai Dotlich A Poke in the I:  A Collection of Concrete Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: National Poetry Month, Poetry

Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes

February 20, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

 Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes is a short novel-in-verse that is written entirely in tanka poems.  These poems consist of five lines each, and Grimes follows the format of a 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllable-count for the lines of her tanka poems (English syllable count may vary as this is a Japanese poetic form). … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Uncategorized Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Cybils poetry, novel in verse, Poetry

Guess Who, Haiku by Deanna Caswell

February 17, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

Guess Who, Haiku by Deanna Caswell (homeschooling mother of five!) is what I’d consider to be the “youngest” book of the 2016 shortlisted titles in the poetry category.  Of course, anyone who has ever written haiku will know that the apparent simplicity of these poems is very deceptive.  However, younger kids who read this book … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Cybils poetry, haiku, Poetry, poetry tea time

When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Fogliano

February 16, 2017 by Amy 1 Comment

When Green Becomes Tomatoes:  Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano is a delight!  This collection of poems, about fifty of them, follows the changing seasons from the perspective of a child, depicted as a girl through the illustrations.  Each poem is dated, so this is also a nature journal, of sorts.  The poems are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Cybils poetry, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nature Study, Poetry

To Stay Alive by Skila Brown

February 15, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

To Stay Alive:  Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown was shortlisted for the poetry category of the 2016 Cybils.  It is a novel-in-verse that chronicles the experiences of one of the actual members of the Donner party, the group of settlers who left their Midwestern homes for California … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Cybils poetry, historical fiction, novel in verse, Poetry, Young Adult Fiction
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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