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Today, we're talking with Lynn Brunelle about poetry, the appeal of the gross and disgusting, and why she gets my 2024 Backmatter of the Year Award.
Review of the Day: The Book of Whys by Gianni Rodari, ill. JooHee Yoon, translated by Antony Shugaar
A wild amalgamation of poetry, philosophy, science, and stellar art, this is a book just as eclectic, wild, and whimsical as its creator. It’s honestly not like anything out there.
Folks, I see the challenge before me and I raise you one Chris Harris and one Andrea Tsurumi. A literary power duo the like of which the world of literature for kids has never seen.
Quietly engrossing, this is an appreciation for both subject and form, all wrapped up together. Hug a tree, or write a poem, or just do both.
Ah, poetry. One of the categories that goes across age ranges. Come see some of the finest bits of verse to grace the page in 2022, and find a couple surprises along the way.
As smart as it is funny, this is the Mother Goose book we didn’t know we’d been waiting for all this time.
A bilingual production, the book is as physically beautiful as it is mentally engaging. For the know-it-alls amongst us, turns out Mr. Neruda still has something to teach us, young and old.
With care, grace, and not a little cleverness, Zoboi doesn’t just introduce Butler to kids in the book Star Child. She makes it very clear from the get go that young Octavia was one of us. A supremely relatable person with a drive and output that far outstripped her times.
Marshmallow Clouds is one of those books that works so effectively for young readers that it feels as though the co-authors (co-poets?) had been honing their talents for kids, specifically, for years. One of those books that will subtly coil its way around your heart, even as you obliviously flip page after page after page.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Poetry for Kids
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Oh poetry, you funny little beast, you. Here are the titles that made my little poetry lovin' heart go pitta-pat this year. Hopefully they'll do the same for yours.