A Year of Reading

Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston illustrated by Victor Rivas Penguin Young Readers Group, 2008 Yes, I know I already reviewed this book. Th...

all the small poems and fourteen more by Valerie Worth illustrated by Natalie Babbitt Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994 Are you ready for Poem...

Hoop Kings by Charles R. Smith Candlewick Press, 2004 Hoop Queens by Charles R. Smith Candlewick Press, 2003 I don't know much about bas...

Imaginary Menagerie: A Book of Curious Creatures by Julie Larios illustrated by Julie Paschkis Harcourt, 2008 Sometimes you just have to be ...

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN OLD RED SHOE by Anna Alter is not a poetry book. But a poem introduces each page.  This book is "a green activ...

Omnibeasts: Animal Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian Harcourt, 2004 A. It wouldn't be National Poetry Month without Douglas Florian...

The little orange fur-ball stuck in a cage, the little orange fur-ball sleeping in a rage. *** The cat is tiny all bright and gold while it ...

As I have been working with K-5 students, I have been thinking about what it means when we think about creating in a 21st Century world? ...

I don't spend a lot of money on poetry books for myself. I enjoy poetry but I am not one to sit down with an entire book of poems. I ha...

Welcome Julie at Raising Readers and Writers to the Kidlitosphere!  She just started her blog and already has some great posts.  Take a minu...