Collects poetry and commentary from thirty-nine leading poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Fleishman, X.J. Kennedy, and John Updike, and introduces children to the joys of verse

The Place My Words Are Looking For : What Poets Say About and Through Their Work

Children's Books

Janeczko, Paul B.

Biographies

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

A variety of poems on subjects from autumn to zebras are accompanied by suggestions for writing original poems, in forms from acrostic to parody

Poetry From A to Z : A Guide for Young Writers

Education & Reference

A collection of 104 brief poems by such poets as William Carlos Williams, Richard Brautigan, Langston Hughes, Ezra Pound, Charles Simic, Cid Corman, and Carl Sandburg.

Postcard Poems: A Collection of Poetry for Sharing

Simon&Schuster

Feeling trapped by the rigorous and religious rules of his Catholic school, which does not even have a baseball team, troubled James tries to find his answers down previously forbidden paths

Bridges to Cross

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Atheneum

Hey, You!: Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things

What would you say to a mailbox? What would you say to your shoe? To a sea horse? A snowflake? A bee? A mosquito? An octopus? Light? The faraway moon?
What would you say to a poetry book? Give it a try: Hey, you!

Harpercollins

 What would you say to a mailbox? What would you say to your shoe? To a sea horse?  A snowflake?  A bee?  A mosquito? An octopus? Light? The faraway moon?   What would you say to a poetry book? Give it a try: Hey, you! 

Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices

Pssst . . . I've got something to tell you. I'm not just another book of poetry. I'm full of voices you've never heard before. Turtles, snowflakes, even washing machines speak up in these poems that are just shouting to be read! So what are you waiting for? Check me out!

HarperTrophy

This hilarious collection of offbeat poetry introduces senryu, a cousin of haiku featuring punchy and punny poems that tackle a range of child-friendly subjects. Full color.

Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiku

Lewis, J. Patrick

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

"As teachers today, everything we teach has to be turbo-charged with skills and the promise of advancing our students academically. Here's the cool thing: poetry can get you there. It is inherently turbo-charged. Poets distill a novel's worth of content and emotion in twenty lines. The literary elements and devices you need to teach are all there, powerful and miniature as a Bonsai tree." Paul B. Janeczko You'd like to teach poetry with confidence and passion, but let's face it: poetry can be intimidating to both you and your students. Here is the book that takes the fear factor out of poetry and shows you how to use this powerful genre to spark student engagement and meet language arts requirements. Award-winning poet Paul B. Janeczko is the master for creating anthologies for pre-teen and adolescent readers, and here he's chosen 20 contemporary and classic selections with step-by-step, detailed lessons for investigating each poem from the inside out. Kids learn to become active readers of poetry, using graphic organizer worksheets to help them jump over their fear and dive into personal, smart, analytical responses. There's no better genre than poetry for helping students gain perspective on their own identities and their own worlds, and Paul provides a space on each reproducible poem for private thoughts, questions, feelings, and ideas. Your students will discover what each poem means to them. The 20 poems in this collection were chosen for their thought-provoking topics; compelling real-world themes that lead to conversation and collaboration in middle school classrooms. And by showing you how the poems and activities address the common core standards for English Language Arts (complete with a sample chart linking the poems to the standards), Paul provides a clear understanding of how you can "get there" using poetry. You can cultivate a passion for poetry in your classroom. Take the journey with Paul B. Janeczko and grow in confidence with your students, meeting some standards along the way.

Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: 20 Poems and Activities That Meet the Common Core Standards and Cultivate a Pass ion for Poetry

Business & Money

Heard, Georgia

Heinemann

Poet and teacher Paul Janeczko knows how to appeal to kids' sense of what's silly, while teaching them a thing or two about reading and writing poetry! Highly motivating sample poems and lessons show students how to write funny poems they will love to share with others. Great for reluctant writers. For use with Grades 3-6.

Writing Funny Bone Poems: Easy Lessons and Models by Favorite Poets That Teach Kids to Write Funny Free Verse, Rollicking Riddle Poems, Laugh-Out-Loud Limericks, and More

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Scholastic. Inc.

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Books by Janeczko, Paul B.

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The Place My Words Are Looking For : What Poets Say About and Through Their Work

Poetry From A to Z : A Guide for Young Writers

Postcard Poems: A Collection of Poetry for Sharing

Bridges to Cross

Hey, You!: Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things

Hey, You!: Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things

Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices

Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiku

Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: 20 Poems and Activities That Meet the Common Core Standards and Cultivate a Pass ion for Poetry

Writing Funny Bone Poems: Easy Lessons and Models by Favorite Poets That Teach Kids to Write Funny Free Verse, Rollicking Riddle Poems, Laugh-Out-Loud Limericks, and More