Comments on: Diverse Poetry Books for Kids

By: ccarpinello

ccarpinello — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:49:19 +0000

Thanks for the great selection of children's poetry books. Going to look into these. Stopping by from the Kid Lit Blog Hop!

By: Alicia Owen

Alicia Owen — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 19:07:10 +0000

Wow! Who knew there were so many children's poetry books? I used to love reading and writing poetry when I was younger. Thank you for sharing!

By: howlingyoga

howlingyoga — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:29:14 +0000

Thank you for sharing poetry books! I am all up for reading them to kids and experiencing the fun and aliveness of poems. I just self-published my first book; it is a poem mixed up with yoga poses to raise awareness about our beautiful rainforests. I invite to come check out a few posts I wrote about it.
Btw, I found you through Kid Lit Blog Hop.
Thereza Howling

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:41:26 +0000

In reply to bookseedstudio. That's a good question about a character who likes to write poems. I'm sure there is one! Thanks for your comment!

By: bookseedstudio

bookseedstudio — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:32:16 +0000

Erica,
My first time here at this vibrant world you've created. Brava to you.
Glad for these titles.

I read in Kindergarten through the volunteer BookPALS effort, of the Screen Actors Guild.
I'm espcially glomming onto MEET DANITRA BROWN not only to read to the kiddos ( a word I've used for years am not appropriating... but also for my own book list at my blog/site -

Bookseedstudio
http://bookseedstudio.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/a-young-poet-in-character/

I became Intrigued with the young poet-making character, Calpurnia, in THE SECRET RIVER, recently reissued with artwork from Leo & Daine Dillon.
Now, I'm on the hunt for titles of picture books, chapter books or even middle grade novels, where a young character also writes poems.

If you can help, I'd be in your debt.

many thanks,

Jan

ps Manhattan is where we brought our daughter as often as we could from her birth state & our re-located home, Florida, to learn about great city parks, museums & sky-high views. She's now in Boston in college & still loves NYC.

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:06:35 +0000

In reply to Johanna. Great! I started yesterday but my son wanted me to read the entire poetry book, not just one poem, so I guess it was a successful beginning!

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:03:49 +0000

In reply to Maria Gianferrari. Thank you so much for leaving a comment, Maria. I love these recommendations you have for more poetry books. A couple of them are new to me and I look forward to checking them out!

By: Maria Gianferrari

Maria Gianferrari — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:12:17 +0000

Thanks for the great list, Erica! I've been subscribing to your site for quite awhile (I found it on Pragmatic Mom), but this is the first time that I've commented. I'm a HUGE fan of haiku picture books, and of Wonton especially. I heard her speak at a conference a few years ago & she mentioned a sequel with Wonton and a dog character. I am eagerly awaiting it! Here are some others that are also well done: A new one by Jon J. Muth, Hi, Koo! (featuring Koo, Stillwater's nephew) Dogku by Andrew Clements Grace Lin's Our Seasons with seasonal-oriented haikus and a longer nonfiction explanations. For general nature-oriented poetry, I love all of Joyce Sidman's work--it's stellar. Marilyn Singer's reverso poems are amazing in Mirror Mirror and the sequel, Follow, Follow.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:07:30 +0000

I'm in! I used to recite poetry and wrote poems, so it is one of my favorite activity as a parent too. Thanks for the challenge!