How to Write a Poem
Published on 27. April 2023
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-06-306090-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 question
like an acorn
waiting 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.
Begin
with a question
like an acorn
waiting 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.
Reviews / Votes
"Marvelously crafted to inspire blooming writers." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Alexander and Nikaido cleverly integrate alliteration, similes, allusions, and wordplay to model for young writers what a poem can look and sound like. The buoyant text provides ample sensory imagery and nudges readers to look, listen, hear, feel, touch, speak, and then write, offering a guide for the process of observing, imagining, and putting it all down in words." - Horn Book Magazine
"A highly welcoming invitation to write that makes clear poetry is for everyone-reader and writer alike." - Publishers Weekly
"An exquisite guide that inspires and encapsulates the essence of poetry." - Booklist (starred review)
"Both a teaching tool for writing poetry as well as an ode to poetry itself. Highly recommended." - School Library Journal (starred review)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Preschool, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-306090-6 (9780063060906)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Kwame Alexander | Deanna Nikaido
How to Write a Poem
E-Book
04/2023
HarperCollins
€12.93
Available for download
Persons
Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than one hundred books, including Kwame Alexander's How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem, and has written and illustrated her own work. Her work has been featured in magazines, on greeting cards, and on living room walls. Melissa has received the Caldecott Honor Medal twice, among many other awards, including the Sibert Award, and is a New York Times bestselling author and artist. Melissa lives in Maine. You can visit her at melissasweet.net.