Book Reviews
Amazing Placesselected by Lee Bennett Hopkins; illus. by Chris Soentpiet and
Christy HalePrimary, Intermediate Lee & Low 40 pp.10/15 978-1-60060-653-3 $18.95The amazing places mentioned in the title of this poetry collection are all in the United States, with their locations marked on a map on the endpapers. The specificity of...
My Seneca Villageby Marilyn NelsonMiddle School, High School Namelos 88 pp.11/15 978-1-60898-196-0 $21.95Paper ed. 978-1-60898-197-7 $11.95e-book ed. 978-1-60898-198-4 $9.95Seneca Village in Manhattan was founded in 1825 by free African Americans; by 1857 it had been razed to make way for the construction of Central Park. In forty-one poems Nelson spans...
Flutter & Hum /
Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de Animalesby Julie Paschkis; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Holt 32 pp.8/15 978-1-62779-103-8 $17.99A turtle hides treasures in its shell. Whales dance with the ocean. A cat sleeps on a map and wakes to stretch across the world, from...
Poetry appears in many forms in these four illustrated books: one collection of old favorites, two books that present original poetry in both Spanish and English, and one biography of an enslaved man who became a poet.JooHee Yoon's sixteen selections of poems about animals in Beastly Verse include the usual...
Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poemby Jorge Argueta; illus. by Duncan Tonatiuh; trans. from the Spanish by Elisa AmadoPrimary Groundwood 32 pp.3/15 978-1-55498-442-8 $18.95e-book ed. 978-1-55498-443-5 $16.95In this latest addition to his series of bilingual cooking poems (Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding; Guacamole), Argueta...
April is National Poetry Month, and what better way to celebrate than by talking with acclaimed poet Nikki Grimes? Her many books include narratives in verse, prose fiction, poetry collections, and nonfiction, frequently featuring African American characters and culture. In Grimes's latest picture book, Poems in the Attic (illustrated by...
National Poetry Month (better known as April) celebrates a form that can be used in myriad ways to explore any topic imaginable. Here are two collections of poems with themes in common, and two books that use poetry to help tell a larger story.A kitty named Won Ton makes his...
Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generationedited by Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn MelnickHigh School Viking 289 pp.3/15 978-0-670-01479-8 $16.99 g“Most poets begin writing poetry in secret.” Poet Carolyn Forché opens her introduction to this anthology of contemporary American poetry with a shout-out to young or...
Novels in verse have earned their place in the mainstream of children’s and young adult literature — Exhibit A: Kwame Alexander’s The Crossover winning the Newbery Medal — and this is good news for reluctant readers, especially reluctant middle-grade and middle-school readers. Compared to a conventional novel, a novel in...
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