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Celebrate Poetry
Inside:J. Patrick Lewis, Alan Katz, Ellen Hopkins,
Karma Wilson, Charles R. Smith Jr.,and many more!
with Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing!
Visit TEACH.SimonandSchuster.net for a Poetry Classroom Activity Guide
From Whats the Weather Inside?by Karma Wilson. Illustration 2009
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Straight from the Poets Mouth ..
Q: How did you decide to start writing poetry?
A:Without being earnestly melodramatic, I should say that poetry found me. Before that I professedcollege economics for thirty years.Q: What place does poetry occupy in literature, particularly for children?
A: Poetry predates books, predates the alphabet. It is the path through which children first learnlanguagesongs, nursery rhymes. Poetry ought to be part of every childs everyday experience. If somepeople say they dont need poetry, bully for them. But thats not an argument for keeping poetry fromchildren in the first place. I like to think that poetry is a blind date with enchantment.Q: What is your usual writing process?
A:The eternal question: Where does a poet get his ideas? I believe they rise, after a few hours, through the bottom
of a chair. Seriously, you must be willing to remove yourself from the world for long periods of timein my case,seven days a week. Its a lonely business, but its also the most satisfying I can think of. To paraphrase ThomasEdison, writing is only ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. If I have written a dozen words atthe end of a day in a way no one else has ever written them, I count myself a lucky man. J. Patrick Lewis
A Conversation with J. Patrick Lewis
Anthologies I create are the kinds of volumes I had access to while teaching elementary grades. I have alwaysaffirmed that poetry should be shared every daymeshing with every area of the curriculum. To spark a love of poetry,to bring poetry into childrens lives in a meaningful, unforced way is one of the best gifts we can give.
Reading, writing, collecting, and sharing poetry is my passion. The power of poetry forever mystifies me, for so much can besaid with few words and lines. I hope you enjoy my collections as much as I love bringing them to you. Happy poetry-ing!
Lee Bennett Hopkins, Recipient of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
FromLee Bennett Hopkins:
Sharer of Poetry
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Poetry with PicturesFrom Photographer Charles R. Smith Jr.: Capturing
Langston Hughess My PeopleThrough Pictures
How do you translate words into pictures? That was thechallenge when I decided to illustrate Langston Hughessclassic poem, My People. Who should be the people in thebook? Old? Young? Black? White? Everyone? What should thephotos look like? Serious? Playful? Head shots? Full-body shots?
At just thirty-three words total, the poem is astudy in simplicity, which attracted me to it inthe first place. Langston wrote the poem tocelebrate the pride he had for his black brothersand sisters in the late 1920s when blackswere not acknowledged much in societyat that time.
To me, the words celebrate black peopleof differing shades and age, so I wanted
to show skin color as bright as the sun and as dark as the night; I wanted to showthe newness of a newborn smile and the wisdom of wrinkled skin. But,more than anything, I simply wanted to show that like any other groupof people, black people come in all shapes, sizes, shades, and age,and that each of us is unique. Charles R. Smith Jr.
One of the best things about my childhood was nothaving to do it alone. From day one, I had my twinsister, Robin, at my side the ideal accessory for a shykid. Together, we smiled atthe good and frowned at the
bad, studied ants and madedoll clothes out of Kleenex.Today, when I write a poemfor kids, I try to go backto those days in my mind.I especially remember thethings that made me laugh andhow, every day, the world felt new.
Deborah Ruddell
A poem is a word picture that comes tolife in the readers head AND heart. Myreading in elementary school sometimesgot me into trouble. I preferred finishinga book instead of doing my homework.[Later in life] I was still reading books,only now to my children. We had two sons and two daughteso you can imagine that our house was always busy. . . The
quiet moments came after supper when everyone was readybed. Then we would sit, so close our skins touched, and reatogether. Those peaceful, cozy times inspired me to write bthat other adults and children could share. Ann Whitford Pa
Ann Whitford Paul:
The Book Builder
Deborah Ruddell on
Childhood Memories
Illustration 2009 Kurt Cyrus
Illustration from Today at the Bluebird Cafe 2007 Joan Rankin
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Betsy Franco says:Ive always seen math as quirky, beautiful, creative and sassy
People had often called my work too far outside the box. After
Mathematickles!That no longer happened. I like to set a concept on itshead, blast open genres and combine elements and that arent normally
mixed together, such as math and poetry or counting and birdsongs. A poemabout one hundred turned into one hundred poems in Counting Our Way tothe 100th Day!Fifteen years of observing geometry in nature became Bees,Snails & Peacock Tails.Whats my secret hope? I hope that mathematiciansbecome poets and poets become mathematicians after reading my books. Ive
seen it happen over and over. It could happen to you.Betsy Franco
BIGBOOKBill Martin Jr
POETRYof
The
Acollectionthathasbeenyearsinthemaking,thisbeautifulanthology
issuretobecomeanewclassic.BillMartinJrisbelovedformakingpoetrypopularwithchildrenin
America.Beforehisdeathin2004,hecompiledhisfavoritepoems,
andhereisthatcollection,withcontributionsfromeveryonefrom
AileenFisherandDennisLeetoRobertFrostandLangstonHughes.
Thebestnamesintheindustryleapttoillustratethisbook,which
featuresoriginalartworkfromLoisEhlert,AshleyBryan,Steven
Kellogg,ChrisRaschka,andothers.Thishandsomeanthologyisperfectforkidsandadultsandissuretobetreasuredforyearstocome.
Rhyme It Up!
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A WHIFF OF PINE, A HINT OF SKUNKBY DEBORAH RUDDELL
ISBN: 9781416942115
BELLA & BEANBY REBECCA DOTLICH
ISBN: 9780689856167
BOOGIE KNIGHTSBY LISA WHEELER
ISBN: 9780689876394
DINOTHESAURUS: PREHISTORIC POEMS AND PAINTINGSBY DOUGLAS FLORIAN
ISBN: 9781416979784
GOING, GOING, GONE!AND OTHER SILLY DILLY SPORTS SONGSBY ALAN KATZ
ISBN: 9781416906964
IDENTICALBY ELLEN HOPKINS
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MY PEOPLEBY LANGSTON HUGHES
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POND CIRCLEBY BETSY FRANCO
ISBN: 9781416940210
SLEEPSONGBY GEORGE ELLA LYON
ISBN: 9780689869730
THE BILL MARTIN JR BIG BOOK OF POETRYVARIOUS
ISBN: 9781416939719
THE UNDERWEAR SALESMANBY J. PATRICK LEWIS
ISBN: 9780689853258
WHATS THE WEATHER INSIDE?BY KARMA WILSON
ISBN: 9781416900924
WHOS IN THE BATHROOM?BY JEANNE WILLIS
ISBN: 9781416935162
WORD BUILDERBY ANN WHITFORD PAUL
ISBN: 9781416939818
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A CHILDS GARDEN OF VERSESBY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONISBN: 9780689823824
AMERICA AT WARBY LEE BENNETT HOPKINSISBN: 9781416918325
ANGELS WATCHING OVER MEBY JULIA DURANGOISBN: 9780689862526
ASHLEY BRYANS ABC OF AFRICANAMERICAN POETRYBY ASHLEY BRYANISBN: 9780689840456
BEES, SNAILS AND PEACOCK TAILSBY BETSY FRANCOISBN: 9781416903864
BIRDSONGSBY BETSY FRANCOISBN: 9780689877773
BOOGIE KNIGHTS
BY LISA WHEELERISBN: 9780689876394
CASEY AT THE BATBY ERNEST L. THAYERISBN: 9780689854941
CASTAWAY CATSBY LISA WHEELERISBN: 9780689862328
CHACHA CHIMPSBY JULIE DURANGOISBN: 9780689864568
COUNTING OUR WAY TO THE 100TH DAYBY BETSY FRANCOISBN: 9780689847936
DOODLE DANDIESBY J. PATRICK LEWISISBN: 9780689848896
ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREETBY NTOZAKE SHANGEISBN: 9780689828843
FIREFLIES AT MIDNIGHTBY MARILYN SINGERISBN: 9780689824920
GIVE YOURSELF TO THE RAINBY MARGARET WISE BROWNISBN: 9780689833441
HERES WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOUCANT FIND YOUR SHOEBY ANDREA PERRYISBN: 9780689830679
HURRY, HURRY, MARY DEARBY N.M. BODECKERISBN: 9780689817700
IF: A FATHERS ADVICE TO HIS SON
BY RUDYARD KIPLINGISBN: 9780689877995
IF I WERE IN CHARGE OF THE WORLDBY JUDITH VIORSTISBN: 9780689707704
IF THE SHOE FITSBY LAURA WHIPPLEISBN: 9780689840708
IF YOURE NOT HERE, PLEASE RAISEYOUR HANDBY KALLI DAKOSISBN: 9780689801167
KNOCK ON WOODBY JANET S. WONG
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MARVELOUS MATHBY LEE BENNET HOPKINSISBN: 9780689844423
MATHEMATICKLES!BY BETSY FRANCOISBN: 9781416918615
MRS. BROWN ON EXHIBITBY SUSAN KATZISBN: 9780689829703
MRS. COLE ON AN ONION ROLLBY KALLI DAKOSISBN: 9780689826870
MY AMERICABY LEE BENNETT HOPKINSISBN: 9780689812477
OLD CRICKETBY LISA WHEELERISBN: 9781416918554
OOPS!BY ALAN KATZ
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POETRY FROM A TO ZBY PAUL B. JANECZKOISBN: 9780027476729
PUT YOUR EYES UP HEREBY KALLI DAKOSISBN: 9781416918028
SAD UNDERWEAR AND OTHERCOMPLICATIONSBY JUDITH VIORSTISBN: 9780689833762
SO, WHATS IT LIKE TO BE A CAT?BY KARLA KUSKINISBN: 9780689847332
SOFT HAY WILL CATCH YOUCOMPILED BY SANDFORD LYNEISBN: 9780689834608
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF POODLES LIKENOODLESBY LAURA NUMEROFFISBN: 9780689851230
SPRINGS SPRUNGBY LYNN PLOURDEISBN: 9780689842290
SPECTACULAR SCIENCE: A BOOK OF POEBY LEE BENNET HOPKINSISBN: 9780689851209
THE FLAG OF CHILDHOOD: POEMS FROMTHE MIDDLE EASTVARIOUSISBN: 9780689851728
THE MOVABLE MOTHER GOOSEBY ROBERT SABUDAISBN: 9780689811920
THE PLACE MY WORDS ARE LOOKING FOBY PAUL B. JANECZKOISBN: 9780027476712
THE SPIDER AND THE FLYBY MARY HOWITTISBN: 9780689852893
THE TREE IS OLDER THAN YOU AREBY NAOMI SHIHAB NYEISBN: 9780689820878
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TREASURY OF MOTHER GOOSERHYMESBY LINDA YEATMANISBN: 9780671501181
TWIST: YOGA POEMSBY JANET S. WONGISBN: 9780689873942
BEHIND THE WHEELBY JANET S. WONGISBN: 9780689825316
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CRANKBY ELLEN HOPKINSISBN: 9780689865190
FAR FROM YOUBY LISA SCHROEDERISBN: 9781416975069
FREE STALLION: POEMSBY AMBER TAMBYLNISBN: 9781416902591
GLASSBY ELLEN HOPKINSISBN: 9781416940906
WAITING TO WALTZ
BY CYNTHIA RYLANTISBN: 9780689842924
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A SHOE?BY BEATRICE SCHENK DE REGNIERSISBN: 9780689812316
WHO SAID BOO?BY PHYLLIS ROOTISBN: 9780689854088
WHO WANTS A CHEAP RHINOCEROS?BY SHEL SILVERSTEINISBN: 9780689851131
I AM THE DARKER BROTHERBY ARNOLD ADOFFISBN: 9780689808692
I FEEL A LITTLE JUMPY AROUND YOUVARIOUSISBN: 9780689813412
I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT MEBY LISA SCHROEDERISBN: 9781416955207
IMPULSEBY ELLEN HOPKINSISBN: 9781416903567
LOOSE THREADSBY LORIE ANN GROVERISBN: 9780689844195
ON POINTEBY LORIE ANN GROVERISBN: 9781416978268
UNCLES AND ANTLERS
BY LISA WHEELERISBN: 9780689864698
WAY FAR AWAY ON A WILD SAFARIBY JAN PECKISBN: 9781416900726
WHEN YOU ARE HAPPYBY EILEEN SPINELLIISBN: 9780689862519
WONDERFUL WORDSBY LEE BENNETT HOPKINSISBN: 9780689835889
ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS BOOKSWHERE THE MOTHER DIESBY SONYA SONESISBN: 9781416907886
THE SPACE BETWEEN OUR FOOTSTEPSBY NAOMI SHIHAB NYEISBN: 9780689812330
THIS SAME SKYBY NAOMI SHIHAB NYEISBN: 9780689806308
TRUE BELIEVERBY VIRGINIA EUWER WOLFFISBN: 9780689852886
WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESNT KNOWBY SONYA SONESISBN: 9780689876035
WHAT MY MOTHER DOESNT KNOWBY SONYA SONESISBN: 9780689855535
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From Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and PaintingsIllustration 2009 Douglas Florian
From The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of PoetryIllustration 2008 Laura Logan
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