Universe at the Tips of Your Toes (library edition)
real poems written for real kids
Published on 21. July 2025
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-1-961853-15-7 (ISBN)
Description
2025 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Poetry
Typewriter Rodeo travels the country writing poems on typewriters. Universe at the Tips of Your Toes is a collection of some of their favorites, written for real kids & teens.
You'll find odes to friendship and fear, along with poems about baseball and black holes, Edgar Allan Poe, prom, potatoes, bellybuttons, hope, sisters, and farts. Plus 100s more. Even the most reluctant reader will find a poem that shines just for them.
By Rodeo poets Sean Petrie, Rebecca Bendheim, Megan Benedict, Jodi Egerton, Shanna Gerlach, & Jena Kirkpatrick.
Teacher resources: Includes the stories behind each poem, tips from the poets, and interactive "po-mojis" (poetry skills emojis).
Grades 3-8 (ages 8-14)
More details
Edition
Library ed.
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-961853-15-7 (9781961853157)
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