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Category Archives: Poetry
The Undefeated
This picture book, The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson, is profoundly beautiful. My library has it categorized under poetry, and it is that, too. Every word hits home, powerfully, meaningfully, the cadence spot on with the page turn. … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Love that art, Love that prose, Picture books, Poetry, Voice, Word choice
Tagged black history, nonfiction, picture book, poetry
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When My Sister Started Kissing
Helen Frost‘s masterful novel-in-poems When My Sister Started Kissing features Claire and Abigail at their summer cottage on the lake, where they navigate a new stepmother, boys, kissing, and memories. Claire, the younger of the two, is the main narrator, and can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Children's novels, Poetry, Tween book
Tagged family, novel-in-verse, sisters, upper middle grade
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Loving Vs. Virginia
Loving Vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Shadra Strickland is a large, beautifully made historical novel-in-verse. Well-researched (there are lists of the author’s interviews and sources in the back) … Continue reading
Posted in Children's novels, historical, Poetry, Teen/Young Adult, Tween book
Tagged historical fiction, history, novel-in-verse
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Before Morning
Luscious verse invokes a snow day while illustrations show a pilot going to work in the wee hours, the snow clogging her commute and the flights at the airport are all cancelled. She flags down a snowplow driver, who brings … Continue reading
Posted in Love that art, Picture books, Poetry, Rhyme
Tagged picture book, snow, winter
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Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems
This collection of poems is as fun as it looks, full of clever word play and concrete poetry. Even typography works to make the poems fun, with just the half-circle of the e showing in “Sunset” and one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word choice
Tagged children's books, high interest, humourous, poetry
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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement is that rare book that packs nonfiction, biography, poetry and gorgeous layered artwork to tell the story of Fannie, whose community activism and singing earned her “the voice of … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Love that art, Nonfiction, Picture books, Poetry
Tagged fabulous illustrations, history, nonfiction, picture book
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Forest Has a Song
I’m ready for spring, and while I can’t move to a warmer climate or force my tulips to bloom outside, I can read this lovely book of poems about the forest. Today I heard a pinecone fall (from “Invitation”) are the … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Picture books, Poetry
Tagged forest, picture book, poems, seasons
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The Crossover
I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel-in-verse with this sort of pace and feel to it. Usually novels-in-verse are on the quieter side, but this book changes the whole genre. There’s movement and depth. After reading it, I know exactly why Kwame … Continue reading
Posted in Children's novels, Poetry, Rhyme
Tagged children's books, Newbery winner, novel-in-verse
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Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
Michigan is in the midst of winter, but I want to read about spring and summer. Enter Firefly July, a picture book of poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Each poem is very short, some only three … Continue reading
Posted in Love that art, Picture books, Poetry
Tagged fabulous illustrations, picture book, poetry, seasons
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The Lightning Dreamer
Margarita Engle‘s biographical and historical novel-in-verse (it is a fictionalized account of the young Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda) dives into the heart and soul of a young poet who is not allowed to read books because “girls who read too much are unladylike”. Tula … Continue reading
Posted in Children's novels, Poetry, Voice
Tagged children's books, Cuba, historical fiction, novel-in-verse, poetry
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An Education in Books Blog 