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Celebrate the Magic of Poetry

2010; Western Michigan University; Volume: 50; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

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Terrell A. Young, Barbara A. Ward,

Joseph Conrad and Literature

Books reviewed: Anthologies: Andrews, Julie and Walton, Emma. (2009). (Anthologists). Julie Andrews’ collection of poems, songs, and lullabies; Cullinan, Bernice E. and Wooten, Deborah. (2010). (Anthologists). Another jar of tiny stars: Poems by more NCTE award-winning poets; Martin, Bill, & Sampson, Michael. (2008). (Anthologists). The Bill Martin, Jr. big book of poetry: Paschen, Elise. (2010). (Anthologist). Poetry speaks who I am: Poems of discovery, inspiration, independence, and everything else; Yolen, Jane & Peters, Andrew Fusek. (2007). (Anthologists). Here’s a little poem: A very first book of poetry. Collections: Wilson, Karma. (2009). What’s the weather inside?; Heard, Georgia. (2009). (Compiler). Falling down the page: A book of list poems; Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (2010). (Compiler). Sharing the seasons: A book of poems; Janeczko, Paul B. (2009). (Compiler). A foot in the mouth: Poems to speak, sing and shout; Atkins, Jeannine. (2010). Borrowed names: Poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie and their daughters; Ehlert, Lois. (2010). Lots of spots; Florian, Douglas. (2009). Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric poems and paintings; Florian, Douglas. (2010). Poetrees; Franco, Betsy. (2009). A curious collection of cats: Concrete poems; Holbrook, Sara. (2010). Zombies! Evacuate the school; Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (2009). City I love; Lewis, J. Patrick. (2009). The underwear salesman and other jobs for better or verse; Peters, Lisa Estberg. (2010). Volcano wakes up!; Sidman, Joyce. (2010). Ubiquitous: Celebrating nature’s survivors; Singer, Marilyn. (2010). Mirror Mirror: A book of reversible verse; Yolen, Jane. (2010). An egret’s day. Poetry Picture Books: Hughes, Langston. (2009). My people; Myers, Walter Dean. (2009). Looking like me. Verse Novels: Brison, Pat. (2010). The best and hardest thing; Frost, Helen. (2009). Crossing stones; Engle, Margarita. (2010). The firefly letters: A suffragette’s journey to Cuba; Richards, Jame. (2010). Three rivers rising: A novel of the Johnstown flood. Celebrate the Magic of Poetry • 211 Celebrate the Magic of Poetry Terrell A. Young, Ed.D. & Barbara A. Ward, Ph.D. “Poetry should be like fireworks, packed carefully and artfully, ready to explode with unpredictable effects.” Lillian Moore (cited in Cullinan & Wooten, 2010) Most poetry is meant to be read aloud, celebrating the word play created by its authors, and bringing smiles to our faces. Children often develop oral language by reciting nursery rhymes, repeating favorite words, and learning song lyrics. If the adults in their lives can refrain from overanalyzing the poetry they encounter in later years, those children who come to love the words they are learning may develop into young adults with a f lair for language and the taste for poetry. Similar to fiction and nonfiction, poetry books are published in many different formats including some that typically are not classified as poetry (Hadaway & Young, 2010). In this article, we highlight some of our favorite books of poetry in the following formats: Anthologies, Single Topic Collections, Single Author Collections, Single Topic Collections with the Work of One Poet (a combination of Single Author & Single Topic Collections), Poetry Picture Books, and Verse Novels—all “ready to explode with unpredictable effects” in your classrooms.