Freedom in Congo Square (2016) by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie. I love picture books that are truly poems.  Free...

My seventh graders are studying the geography of Latin America in Social Studies, so I knew that I wanted to feature Latin American poets i...

Last month I shared a lengthy list of novels in verse with the Poetry Friday community. Well, mark your calendars, because this Tuesday,...

The Desert is My Mother / El Desierto Es Mi Madre (1994) by Pat Mora and illustrated by Daniel Lechon. This poem-in-a-picture book woul...

Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths (2016). Marilyn Singer has done it again! If you have not yet read either of her two previou...

And the winner is ...  Love that Dog  (2001) by Sharon Creech! As part of our poetry unit we read  Love that Dog  as a class, sha...

The votes have been counted, and the final round is here! After some ballot-stuffing in the previous rounds (gotta love the enthusiasm!)...

In honor of April being National Poetry Month, my students and I are organizing a Poetry Book Madness tournament #2016APM. Thank you...

In honor of April being National Poetry Month, my students and I are organizing a Poetry Book Madness tournament #2016APM. Thank you s...

In honor of April being National Poetry Month, my students and I are organizing a Poetry Book Madness tournament #2016APM. Thank you so ...