Today’s featured book is Give Me Wings.
This is an eclectic collection of poems by various poets that comes together nicely because they all deal with wings.
Classroom Activity: Give your class a topic and turn them loose to write a poem. Compile them into a classroom anthology.… Read More
I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“I once considered poetry a form of indulgent shorthand but I have worked to overcome my bias.”
~Vince Vawter’s Paperboy… Read More
On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.
Stefanie Lyons released her debut novel, Dating Down, this month. It’s a verse novel for older teens – just in time for National Poetry Month. Rich poems, interesting characters, dilemmas and choices. This is a great … Read More
Today’s featured book is Have You Ever Done That? by Julie Larios. Illustrated by Anne Hunter.
This book has such a wonderful and delightful rhythm. It’s perfect for kids who love adventures!
Classroom Activity: Have students write their own addition to the rhyme, describing something they have done.… Read More
Today’s featured book is That Sweet Diamond by Paul B. Janeczko.
It’s a book of baseball poems! What’s not to love about that?
Classroom Activity: There’s a great “How To Spit” poem in this book. Read it aloud and ask kids to write their own “How To” poem.… Read More
Today’s featured book is Make Things Fly.
This is a collection of poems (from lots of different poets) about the wind. I love the illustrations in this! (How do you draw wind? Sasha Meret did a wonderful job showing us ways to do that.)
Classroom Activity: Have them choose … Read More
I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“Now I know
in a single breath of yes, yes
you can hear your soul
leaking out of your mouth.
A yes can change you inside,
make all the … Read More
Today’s featured book is Ubiquitous by Joyce Sidman.
Sidman is such a talented poet! This collection of poems is all about nature’s survivors. The endpages in this book are amazing. The poems are wonderful too.
Classroom Activity: Like the squirrel poem in this book, write an animal poem in … Read More
Today’s featured book is BoshBlobBerBosh by J. Patrick Lewis
This is a biography of sorts about Edward Lear–poems about his life, written in his style. What I love about this collection is that it doesn’t narrate his whole life–rather it’s a glimpse of a collection of moments in a life. … Read More
Today’s featured book is Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems by Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez.
I love this book. It’s a good example of how titles can be used as a poetic tool. It also shows that poems can be long or short.
Classroom … Read More