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Poetry for Star Wars Day
Surely you know by now that I am a big Star Wars fan! (I have my very own Aunt Beru costume for cosplay!) Since today is May 4 ("May the fourth [Force] be with you") and Star Wars Day, I would like to...
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Poems + Picture Books (+ NY)
I had the chance to participate in the Annual Multicultural Book Fair organized by Jenice Mateo in Hastings, NY last week. What an amazing experience! The whole community turns out to buy books and...
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Good morning! No... GREAT Morning!
Welcome, Poetry Friday Peeps!My Caldecott "family" including the artists seated in front! It’s been a fun summer for me thus far—traveling half the time and working on projects half the time....
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Reading with Pets
Today I am presenting at the conference of the International Literacy Association in Austin, Texas, with Janet (Wong), author Kathi Appelt, and librarian Amy McFadden. This time, our focus is on...
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More Morning!
Please indulge me just a bit longer as I share a spontaneous video we made at the recent convention of the International Literacy Association in Austin, TX. Janet and I read aloud one excerpt from...
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Florian's Friends and Foes
It's back to school time!One of the best things about heading back to school from the kid point of view is seeing your friends again! School is very much about friends and friendship in their eyes (and...
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BOOK LINKS: New Voices in Poetry
Are you a BOOK LINKS (Booklist) subscriber? It's such a lovely magazine full of practical articles focused on literature for young people. I was lucky to collaborate on a piece ("New Voices in Poetry")...
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Behind the Scenes with David Bowles and Güero
I'm happy to share the stage with David Bowles, my teaching colleague, and an award-winning author and poet. Here's a short bio of David: A product of a Mexican-American family, I have lived most of my...
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SWING + #HugLife
Have you read Angie Thomas's amazing YA novel, The Hate You Give, now a powerful movie? (+ award-winning audiobook) And now there's an excellent novel-in-verse written by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand...
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Alice Faye Duncan on Gwendolyn Brooks
Coming in January is an exciting new poetic picture book biography, A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks (Sterling, 2019) by Alice Faye Duncan. It's a beautiful look at a much loved and important poet, the...
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Poetry, Principals, and NCTE
I'm catching up a bit and want to share highlights of my presentation at the NCTE conference (National Council of Teachers of English) in Houston, TX. I was lucky enough to present alongside my friend...
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Sneak Peek for Poetry Friday 2019
Welcome to our first Poetry Friday gathering for 2019! (InLinkz at the bottom)It's time again for me to gather all the poetry books for young people that I believe will be published in the year ahead....
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A Print-and-Fold Book of Poems #1
I'm a big fan of making things, especially easy, fun things that are inexpensive and simple. So, when I discovered that one could make a tiny book out of a single piece of paper (8.5 x 11), I was...
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Joyce Sidman in Chicago: April 20
If you live in the Chicago area, mark your calendars for Sat., April 20 (10-11am) because poet Joyce Sidman will be there to speak about "Poetry & Science" at the Poetry Foundation. This sounds...
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500 Reasons to Explore Poetry Anthologies
I wrote an article on the resurgence of poetry anthologies for ALA's BOOK LINKS magazine that is out this month, "500 Reasons to Explore Poetry Anthologies."As I worked on it late last year, I was...
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Cybils 2018: And the winner is...
The Cybils Awards (The Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards) aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and...
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Remembering Paul B. Janeczko
Teacher, poet, and anthologist Paul B. Janeczkohas passed away. Such a loss; such a significant contribution to the world of literature for young people. I would like to take a moment to celebrate his...
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National Poetry Month 2019
Now head on over to Carol's Corner where all the Poetry Friday folks are gathered!
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