Category Archives: Poetry

Ready for Spaghetti by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Polly Dunbar

Posted on January 25, 2023 by susanh579

Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536224979 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review): 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Poetry What did you like … Continue reading →

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Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

Posted on January 11, 2023 by kyurenka

Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois. Holiday House, 2022. 9780823451562 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Novel-in-verse Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Quinn, 13, feels inferior … Continue reading →

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If This Bird Had Pockets by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater,  illustrated by Emma J. Virján

Posted on October 2, 2022 by susanh579

If This Bird Had Pockets by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater,  illustrated by Emma J. Virján. Wordsong, 2022. 9781635923865 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  In … Continue reading →

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Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes

Posted on September 13, 2022 by susanh579

Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes. Wordsong, c2013, 2022. 97801635924787 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback Genre: Realistic fiction, novel-in-verse What did you like about the book?  In this re-issue of Grimes’s 2013 … Continue reading →

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The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch by Carrie Fountain, illustrated by Chris Turnham

Posted on September 11, 2022 by kyurenka

The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch by Carrie Fountain, illustrated by Chris Turnham, Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536211269 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover … Continue reading →

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Take Off Your Brave by Nadim, illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail.

Posted on August 12, 2022 by susanh579

Take Off Your Brave: The World Through the Eyes of a Preschool Poet by Nadim, illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail. Candlewick Press, c2021, 2022. 9781536223163 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review): 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Poetry What … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes

Posted on August 12, 2022 by susanh579

Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes. Wordsong, c2019, 2022. 9781635925623 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Paperback Genre: Realistic What did you like about the book? Ordinary Hazards is Nikki Grimes’s memoir-in-verse. She tells the … Continue reading →

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Carver by Marilyn Nelson

Posted on August 10, 2022 by susanh579

Carver by Marilyn Nelson. Astra Books, c2001, 2022. 9781635925616 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback Genre:  Biography, poetry What did you like about the book? Accounts of the life of George Washington Carver … Continue reading →

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Serengeti: Plains of Grass by Leslie Bulion, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander

Posted on July 26, 2022 by susanh579

Serengeti: Plains of Grass by Leslie Bulion, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander.  Peachtree, 2022.  9781682631911 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review):  4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  This engaging and informative … Continue reading →

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Wait – and See by Helen Frost, photographs by Rick Lieder

Posted on July 5, 2022 by susanh579

Wait – and See by Helen Frost, photographs by Rick Lieder. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536216318 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? This spare and … Continue reading →

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