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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 18:45:18 -0500
April is National Poetry Month! Several resources can be helpful.
1) The Children's Book Council's terrific links to the Library of Congress and other sites. This web site also contains a huge amount of book information to stir us all up about Poetry for the entire year. The focus is actually on Young People's Poetry Week beginning April 16. The Council's site can be found at http://www.CBCBooks.org/html/poetry_week.html
2) New editions of favorites, such as: Casey at the Bat written by Earnest Lawrence Thayer & illustrated by Christopher Bing (Handprint Books); The Times They Used to Be written by Lucille Clifton & illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Delacorte), and Children of Long Ago written by Lessie Jones Little & illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
(Lee & Low).
3) The CCBC web site's Link of the Month http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ leads to the web site of the relatively new poet Kristine O'Connell George who writes charmingly for young children.
4) See the CCBC Book of the Week, checking Megan Schliesman's review of Jan Greenberg's handsome anthology of original poems inspired by works of contemporary American art http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/review.htm That link will also lead you to previous CCBC Books of the Week, some of which are poetry books.
5) In the publication CCBC Choices 2001, you'll find annotations for the following recommended books all published last year. Information about how to get a copy can be found at http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/public2.htm. Here are some of the featured books:
Adoff, Arnold. The Basket Counts. Illustrated by Michael Weaver. Simon & Schuster, 2000. 46 pages (0h9?108-4) $17.00
Fleischman, Paul. Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices. Illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe. Candlewick Press, 2000. 44 pages (0v3636-7)
$14.99
Florian, Douglas. Mammalabilia. Harcourt, 2000. 47 pages
(0 2167-1) $16.00
James, Simon. Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2000. 45 pages (0v3612-2) $17.99
Janeczko, Paul B, selector. Stone Bench in an Empty Park. Photographs by Henri Silberman. Orchard, 2000. 40 pages
(0S10259-8) $15.95 (haiku forms + city scenes/"seens")
Kurtz, Jane. River Friendly, River Wild. Illustrated by Neil Brennan. Simon & Schuster, 2000. 40 pages (0h9?049-6) $16.00
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Come with Me: Poems for a Journey. Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2000. 32 pages
(0h8946-X) $15.95
Nye, Naomi Shihab, editor. Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2000. 111 pages (00h8193-6) $16.95
Prelutsky, Jack. It's Raining Pigs & Noodles. Illustrated by James Stevenson. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2000. 158 pages
(09194-X) $17.95
Rosenberg, Liz, editor. Light-Gathering Poems. Henry Holt, 2000. 146 pages (0?50b23-8) $15.95 (young adult)
Vecchione, Patrice, editor. Truth & Lies: An Anthology of Poems. Henry Holt, 2000. 142 pages (0?50d79-6) $17.00 (young adult)
Wong, Janet S. Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum, 2000. 32 pages (0h9?617-6) $16.00
Enjoy! - Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
Phone: 608&3721 or 720 Fax: 608&2I33
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a noncirculating library for adults with an academic, professional or career interest in contemporary or historical literature for children and young adults.
Received on Sun 01 Apr 2001 06:45:18 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 18:45:18 -0500
April is National Poetry Month! Several resources can be helpful.
1) The Children's Book Council's terrific links to the Library of Congress and other sites. This web site also contains a huge amount of book information to stir us all up about Poetry for the entire year. The focus is actually on Young People's Poetry Week beginning April 16. The Council's site can be found at http://www.CBCBooks.org/html/poetry_week.html
2) New editions of favorites, such as: Casey at the Bat written by Earnest Lawrence Thayer & illustrated by Christopher Bing (Handprint Books); The Times They Used to Be written by Lucille Clifton & illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Delacorte), and Children of Long Ago written by Lessie Jones Little & illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
(Lee & Low).
3) The CCBC web site's Link of the Month http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ leads to the web site of the relatively new poet Kristine O'Connell George who writes charmingly for young children.
4) See the CCBC Book of the Week, checking Megan Schliesman's review of Jan Greenberg's handsome anthology of original poems inspired by works of contemporary American art http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/review.htm That link will also lead you to previous CCBC Books of the Week, some of which are poetry books.
5) In the publication CCBC Choices 2001, you'll find annotations for the following recommended books all published last year. Information about how to get a copy can be found at http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/public2.htm. Here are some of the featured books:
Adoff, Arnold. The Basket Counts. Illustrated by Michael Weaver. Simon & Schuster, 2000. 46 pages (0h9?108-4) $17.00
Fleischman, Paul. Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices. Illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe. Candlewick Press, 2000. 44 pages (0v3636-7)
$14.99
Florian, Douglas. Mammalabilia. Harcourt, 2000. 47 pages
(0 2167-1) $16.00
James, Simon. Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2000. 45 pages (0v3612-2) $17.99
Janeczko, Paul B, selector. Stone Bench in an Empty Park. Photographs by Henri Silberman. Orchard, 2000. 40 pages
(0S10259-8) $15.95 (haiku forms + city scenes/"seens")
Kurtz, Jane. River Friendly, River Wild. Illustrated by Neil Brennan. Simon & Schuster, 2000. 40 pages (0h9?049-6) $16.00
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Come with Me: Poems for a Journey. Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2000. 32 pages
(0h8946-X) $15.95
Nye, Naomi Shihab, editor. Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2000. 111 pages (00h8193-6) $16.95
Prelutsky, Jack. It's Raining Pigs & Noodles. Illustrated by James Stevenson. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2000. 158 pages
(09194-X) $17.95
Rosenberg, Liz, editor. Light-Gathering Poems. Henry Holt, 2000. 146 pages (0?50b23-8) $15.95 (young adult)
Vecchione, Patrice, editor. Truth & Lies: An Anthology of Poems. Henry Holt, 2000. 142 pages (0?50d79-6) $17.00 (young adult)
Wong, Janet S. Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum, 2000. 32 pages (0h9?617-6) $16.00
Enjoy! - Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
Phone: 608&3721 or 720 Fax: 608&2I33
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a noncirculating library for adults with an academic, professional or career interest in contemporary or historical literature for children and young adults.
Received on Sun 01 Apr 2001 06:45:18 PM CDT
