Books for Poetry Month

April is Poetry Month! You might be surprised at how great some of the poetry books published in the last few years are. Some people think of poetry as being old, but fresh poetry is being written every day!

 

Marilyn Singer / J 811.54 SINGER

Follow follow : a book of reverso poems

 

Lisa Wheeler / J 811.54 WHEELER

The pet project : cute and cuddly vicious verses

 

Dallas Clayton / J 811.6 CLAYTON

Make Magic! Do Good!

 

Hope Vestergaard / J 811.6 VESTERGA

Digger, Dozer, Dumper

Have You Heard About Book Spine Poetry?

So, what is book spine poetry? It's a poem that is made by stacking a few or more books together and reading the titles from top to bottom. All the examples we've come across are excellent and so fun! A lot of them tend to be funny, but they can also be more serious in tone. Who says you need a pencil and blank paper to create a poem? The book spine poetry images below were all done by Candlewick Press and you can view them all and more at their Book Spine Poem Galley. The 100 Scope Notes blog also has other fabulous examples.

There are no cats in this book/Just ducks!/Quack!

Hooray for Fish!/Bluefish/33 snowfish/What do fish have to do with anything?

Here's a little poem/Lala salama/Tweedle dee dee/Caterpillar caterpillar/Dance with me

New Book: "Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It!"

There's a new and fabulous book in the Children’s Department: Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It: False Apology Poems by: Gail Carson Levine (J 811.54 LEVINE). The title sums it up well: it’s a collection of (made-up) hilarious and smart “apology” poems written by people, animals, and other characters that aren’t so sorry!  If you read this with your child, it’s a great opportunity to laugh and, on a serious note, to discuss why it’s important be sincere when you say sorry. As always with new books, if it is not checked out, it will either be on the shelf (J 811.54 LEVINE) or on the new books display.