The Year Comes Round: Haiku Through the Seasons
The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons, by Sid Farrar, illustrated by Ilse Plume, published by Albert Whitman & Company. As I write this we are coming out of …
Poetry
Children Are . . . Poem
Children Are . . . by Meiji Stewart Meiji Stewart kindly gave me permission to create a graphic of his lovely poem “Children Are . . .” I first saw this …
Poem-Mobiles: Crazy Car Poems
Poem-Mobiles: Crazy Car Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and Douglas Florian, Illustrated by Jeremy Holmes, Schwartz & Wade Books 2014 If your boy likes cars you have to check out …
Fiddleheads to Fir Trees
Fiddleheads to Fir Trees: Leaves in All Seasons by Joanne Linden, Illustrated by Laurie Caple, Mountain Press Publishing Company. We are really enjoying this book. The illustrations are what drew …
Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, and More!: A Book Review
Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, and More! Poems for Two Voices, by Carole Gerber, Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, Henry Holt and Company, 2013 Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, and More! is one of my …
Read Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems
Getting boys to read poetry can be a bit of a challenge at times. Finding books like this new title can make that job a whole lot easier. Stardines Swim …