Wishes, Lies, and Dreams

Author: Kenneth Koch
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060955090
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
The classic, inspiring account of a poet's experience teaching school children to write poetry When Kenneth Koch entered the Manhattan classrooms of P.S. 61, the children, excited by the opportunity to work with an instructor able to inspire their talent and energy, would clap and shout with pleasure. In this vivid account, Koch describes his inventive methods for teaching these children how to create poems and gives numerous examples of their work. Wishes, Lies, and Dreams is a valuable text for all those who care about freeing the creative imagination and educating the young.

A Child’s Garden of Verses

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752423390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Making Your Own Days

Author: Kenneth Koch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684824388
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
From the winner of the Bollingen Prize in poetry and author of the classic bestseller "Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?" comes a unique, highly entertaining book for anyone who wants to be a better reader and writer of poetry.

No Breathing in Class

Author: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780141300221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Collection of poems about school. Suggested level: primary.

Poems are Teachers

Author: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325096537
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Children's writer and poet Amy Ludwig VanDerwater leads us on an adventure through poetry, pointing out craft elements along the way that students can use to improve all their writing, from idea finding to language play. "Poems wake us up, keep us company, and remind us that our world is big and small," Amy explains. "And, too, poems teach us how to write. Anything." This is a practical book designed for every classroom teacher. Each lesson exploration includes three poems, one by a contemporary adult poet and two by students in grades 2 through 8, which serve as models to illustrate how poetry teaches writers to: find ideas, choose perspective and point of view, structure texts, play with language, craft beginnings and endings, choose titles. Students will learn how to replicate the craft techniques found in poetry to strengthen all writing, from fiction to opinion, from personal narrative to information. "Poets arrange words and phrases just as prose writers do, simply in tighter spaces," Amy argues. "In the tight space of poetry, readers can identify writing techniques after reading one page, not thirty pages."

Little Dog Poems

Author: Kristine O'Connell George
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547678894
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
From cold-nose wake-up to bedtime with a Little Dog-shaped lump under the covers, a day that a little girl spends with her Little Dog is recounted in thirty short, playful poems and enchanting watercolor illustrations. Little Dog protects the little girl from vacuum cleaners and beetles, chases cats, digs up flowers, and waits hopefully as kitchen preparations take place and as popcorn is eaten. The little girl, who loves Little Dog enough to "bake / birthday cookies with / liver powder," retrieves tennis balls, brings home a present from the pet store, and observes how little a wet Little Dog becomes at bath time. A perfect introduction to the pleasures of poetry, this beguiling volume belongs on every young dog lover's bookshelf.

Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons (A Stillwater and Friends Book)

Author: Jon J Muth
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 054577764X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! Caldecott Honoree and New York Times bestselling author/artist Jon J Muth takes a fresh and exciting new look at the four seasons! Eating warm cookies on a cold day is easy water catchesevery thrown stone skip skip splash With a featherlight touch and disarming charm, Jon J Muth--and his delightful little panda bear, Koo--challenge readers to stretch their minds and imaginations with twenty-six haikus about the four seasons.

The Works

Author: Paul Cookson
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 9781447273493
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This edition published 2010; reissued 2014.

Monster & Dragon Write Poems

Author: Shannon Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640710153
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
When Monster and Dragon discover a poetry contest, they both decide they are in it to win it. Making the most of every minute, Monster and Dragon try out many kinds of poems. They drop their entries into the box right before the deadline, with some high fives and high hopes.

On a Snow-Melting Day

Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1541578139
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
The world comes to life on a snow-melting day.