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From: JSidman at aol.com <JSidman>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:24:08 EST
Can a poet chime in? Here are some poetry books from the past year that I especially enjoyed:
Young Children: CAT, WHAT IS THAT? Tony Johnston--totally captures a cat's personality, with lovely illustrations by Wendell Mino SILVER SEEDS, Paolilli & Brewer--lovely, simple acrostic nature poems DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE, Janeczko--collection of poems that take the voices of inanimate objects TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS--Kristine O'Connell George's latest, a set of camping poems I'M SMALL AND OTHER VERSES, Lilian Moore--lyric & perfectly suited to kids PIECES, Hines--seasonal poems gorgeously illustrated by quilts
Older Children:
TRUTH AND LIES, Patrice Vecchione--collection of fabulous thought-provoking about what the truth is and how we lie
Joyce Sidman
Received on Fri 07 Dec 2001 11:24:08 AM CST
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:24:08 EST
Can a poet chime in? Here are some poetry books from the past year that I especially enjoyed:
Young Children: CAT, WHAT IS THAT? Tony Johnston--totally captures a cat's personality, with lovely illustrations by Wendell Mino SILVER SEEDS, Paolilli & Brewer--lovely, simple acrostic nature poems DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE, Janeczko--collection of poems that take the voices of inanimate objects TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS--Kristine O'Connell George's latest, a set of camping poems I'M SMALL AND OTHER VERSES, Lilian Moore--lyric & perfectly suited to kids PIECES, Hines--seasonal poems gorgeously illustrated by quilts
Older Children:
TRUTH AND LIES, Patrice Vecchione--collection of fabulous thought-provoking about what the truth is and how we lie
Joyce Sidman
Received on Fri 07 Dec 2001 11:24:08 AM CST
