How to Write a Poem Book
In this evocative and playful picture book How to Write a Poem, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of
Description
In this evocative and playful picture book How to Write a Poem, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry in the world around you.
Begin
with a question
like an acorn
waiting for spring.
From this first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. The inventive artwork of the three artists is paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them - poems just waiting to be written down.
Dimensions
How to Write a Poem Book is hardcover, measures 8.75" W x 10.25" L and is 32 pages long.
