Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
-Mason Cooley-
Seeing The Blue Between
Module 6 Janeczko Collection Bibliography: Janeczko, Paul B. Seeing the Blue between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets. Candlewick Press, 2002. Summary: Paul Janeczko created a book he says he wished he had as a young writer. Advice and poems from some of the most well known poets that will inspire any young writer. With…
The Canyon’s Edge
Module 6 Free Choice Poetry Bibliography: Bowling, Dusti. The Canyon’s Edge. Little, Brown and Company, 2020. Summary: The Canyon’s Edge is an intense novel in verse that tells the survival story of a young girl. Nora and her father commemorate the anniversary of her mother’s death at the hand of a gunman that opened fire…
One Last Word
Module 5: Hopkins Award Poetry Bibliography: Grimes, Nikki. One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance. Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2017. Summary: This award winning collection of poems by Nikki Grimes gives the reader so much to appreciate in one book. Nikki Grimes adds 16 original poems to accompany poems from amazing poets of the Harlem…
Follow Follow
Module 5: Performance Poetry Bibliography: Singer, M. (2013). Follow follow: A book of reverso poems. (Massee, J, Illus.). New York: Penguin. Summary: Follow Follow is a wonderful companion to Singer’s first book of reverso poem book, Mirror Mirror. This book follows the same unique formula using much loved fables instead of fairytales. Singer creates a poem…
Drum Dream Girl
Module 4: Biography Poem Bibliography: Engle, Margarita, and Rafael Lopez . Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Summary: This Pura Belpre award winning book will inspire readers with it’s beautiful words and equally stunning illustrations. Margarita Engle tells this historical fiction story based on Millo Castro Zaldarriaga using…
Rutherford B Who Was HE? Poems about our Presidents
Module 4- Social Studies Poetry Bibliography: Singer, Marilyn, and John Hendrix. Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems about Our Presidents. Disney*Hyperion Books, 2013. Summary: Rutherford B who was He? is a 2015-2016 Texas Bluebonnet book. It is written by the brilliant Marilyn Singer. Her poems always capture the attention of her audience in a fun…
Animal Ark: Celebrating our World in Poetry and Pictures
Module 4- Science Poetry Bibliography: Alexander, Kwame, et al. Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures. National Geographic, 2017. Summary: The picture book of poems does just what the cover says, it celebrates our wild world in poetry and pictures. The book contains beautiful photographs from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The…
No Voice Too Small
Bibliography: Metcalf, Lindsay H., et al. No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History. Charlesbridge, 2020. Summary: No Voice Too Small is a book of poetry that features true stories of 14 young Americans making history. The book of poems feature a variety of poets as well as types of poetry. The book is…
The Poet X
LS 5663 Module 3 (2/3) Bibliography: Acevedo, E. (2020). The Poet X. New York, USA: HarperCollins. Summary: The Poet X is a a collection of short poems weaved into a story of Xiomara Batista. In this book in verse, Xiomara is a sophomore in high school who lives in Harlem with her parents and her twin…
Bow-Tie Pasta
LS 5663 Module 3 (1/3) Bibliography: Cleary, Brian P., and Andy Rowland. Bow-Tie Pasta: Acrostic Poems. Millbrook Press, 2016. Summary: Bow-Tie Pasta is a very creative book filled with acrostic poems. This books will clearly show readers of all ages how fun these poems can be. The focus of each poem is written vertically down…
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