Bibliograph

How to write a poem, by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido ; art by Melissa Sweet

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How to write a poem, by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido ; art by Melissa Sweet

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

How to write a poem

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1374997192

Responsibility statement

by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido ; art by Melissa Sweet

Summary

In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry in the world around you. Begin with a questionlike an acornwaiting for spring. From this first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention--and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido's playful text and Melissa Sweet's dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them--poems just waiting to be written down

Target audience

preschool

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