Poetry Month - Kids (April 2024)

"Celebrated poets Ted Kooser along with Connie Wanek, and illustrator Richard Jones, explore figures of speech in a spirited and magical way--and invite our imaginations out to play."--From publisher description.

"A witty, illustrated collection of humorous (and sometimes even heartwarming) poems and nonsense inspired by the absurdities of everyday life"--

"Poems are for reading out loud! Tackle tongue twisters, confound your classmates with riddles, make your friends laugh, and transform into a ball of slime as you perform these poems and bring them to life. Discover performance and writing techniques to build your confidence. This is the perfect first book about the fun of poetry and spoken word." -- back cover.

"A collection of illustrated poems about everything from new shoes and falling leaves to friendship and growing up"--

"For all of life's adventures comes this beautifully illustrated companion inspired by Robert Frost's perennial poem "The Road Not Taken." Heartwarming illustrations of a young boy journeying through a yellow wood accompany the original text of the poem. When a fork in the road arises for the boy, so too does the first of life's many choices. And as the poem progresses, so does the boy's life: college, career, marriage, family, loss, and, by journey's...

A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.