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10 poetry books from around the world
Once again, I attended the IBBY Regional conference hosted by USBBY in Austin, Texas. Every two years, USBBY (United States Board on Books for Young People) organizes a 3 day conference at different...
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EXTRA! EXTRA! Calef Brown and UP VERSES DOWN
It's time for another behind-the-scenes glimpse at a new 2019 poetry book for my EXTRA EXTRA feature. This time, poet and artist Calef Brown has been kind enough to share a bunch of poems from previous...
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Chicago Treasure
Have y'all seen this creative and wacky book, Chicago Treasure? It's a collection of fairy tale-themed poems and short stories all focused around actual children out and about in Chicago illustrated in...
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Cybils 2019 Poetry Finalists
It's a new year and time to celebrate lists of best books, favorite books, and just-plain-awesome books for young people. I love participating in the Cybils award, in particular, because they focus on...
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Sneak Peek list for 2020
It's time again to share my "sneak peek" list of the poetry for young people that is due to be published this year. As usual, please let me know about any titles that I may have missed or any errors I...
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Poetry among the ALA Awards
I was in Philadelphia last year for the American Library Association midwinter conference and was in the room on Monday when they announced all the big awards-- such a fun, electric morning!And as...
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Oppa, Gangnam Style!
Eight years ago, seventy-six poets joined us in a project that aimed to make it easy for K-5 teachers to share poetry with their students for five minutes each Friday. That was 2012, the year we...
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Hop to It!
Trumpets, please!Right here, right now, we're issuing an invitation to submit poems for our next book, HOP TO IT: Poems to Get You Moving, to be published later this year by our company Pomelo Books....
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Shedding Light on AFTER DARK
Today is my turn to participate in a "blog tour" for my friend, David L. Harrison's new book, After Dark. I asked David to share some back story about the writing of this new poetry collection and he...
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Poetry Awards Catch-up 2020
Three major poetry awards announced the winners in the last month, so it's time to catch up and corral that info. I was lucky enough to serve on the Round I panel of judges for the Cybils 2020, so...
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TLA Virtual Poetry Round Up: Irene Latham
As you probably know, the annual conference of the Texas Library Association was cancelled--like so many other events-- due to the coronavirus outbreak we are all facing. It's always a great...
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"Bilingual/Bilingüe" by Alma Flor Ada
For Poetry Month this year, I'm featuring a variety of things, including guest posts for new, forthcoming poetry books and mini movies my graduate students created to bring individual poems to life....
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"In the Life of a Substitute" by Lydia Breiseth
Here's another mini movie created by Elaine A. featuring the poem "In the Life of a Substitute" by Lydia Breiseth from Great Morning: Poems for School Leaders to Read Aloud (Pomelo Books, 2018). Enjoy!
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Guest post: Nikki Grimes
Photo credit: Aaron LemenI'm so happy to share my blog space with another poet for a guest post! The award-winning poet Nikki Grimes has a new book out in May and I thought it would be lovely to get a...
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"How to Make a Friend" by Jane Heitman Healy
Here's another mini movie created by Alex A. featuring the poem "How to Make a Friend" by Jane Heitman Healy from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books, 2015). Click on the link...
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"Make a Joyful Noise" by B J Lee
Here's another mini movie created by Kathleen C. featuring the poem "Make a Joyful Noise" by B J Lee from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books, 2015). Enjoy!
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"School Bake Sale" by Elaine Magliaro
Here's another mini movie created by Emily C. featuring the poem "School Bake Sale" by Elaine Magliaro from Great Morning: Poems for School Leaders to Read Aloud (Pomelo Books, 2018). Enjoy!
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Guest post: Vikram Madan
Vikram Madan is an up-and-coming poet with a new book out this spring: A Hatful of Dragons. Vikram was born in India and lives in Seattle, started out as an engineer, and now is an artist and writer--...
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"Thankful" by Traci Sorell
Here's another mini movie created by Brittnee D. featuring the poem "Thankful" by Traci Sorell from Great Morning: Poems for School Leaders to Read Aloud (Pomelo Books, 2018). Enjoy!
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"Look for the Helpers" by Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
Here's another mini movie created by Dominique D. featuring the poem "Look for the Helpers" by Michelle Heidenrich Barnes from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books, 2015). Enjoy!
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